Mission and Outreach

Meeting Minutes of January 6, 2011
Recorder: Kristen Silvia

Members Present: Maureen Clancy, Richard Parker, Laurie Carey, Sarah Randall, Sandy Dyer, Jan Bosse, Mike Kasputes, Kristen Silvia.

Opening prayer offered by Maureen Clancy.

Treasurer’s Report was presented by Mike Kasputes. No concerns were raised regarding the report.

Minutes from the December 2, 2010 were approved with the following change: “Our Christian World Mission” should be “Our Church’s Wider Mission”.

OLD BUSINESS:
Mission Sunday Service
• The order of service and each member’s role was reviewed.
• Maureen will submit a Beacon announcement regarding the Service by January 24th.
• Final draft of the service and hymns will be submitted to the office by February 7th.
• Laurie will create envelopes for the pews for members to donate to the Maine Seacoast Mission trip.
• Elsa will contact the Director from MSCM regarding his plan for the sermon and his preferences regarding accommodations.
• Maureen will contact the SMCC McKearnan Center about accommodation rates if the Director prefers staying there.

Coffee Hour
• Members volunteered to bake, setup and cleanup for the two upcoming coffee hours we are hosting on January 9 and January 16.

Upcoming Meeting
• John will be joining us in March to discuss our protocol for deciding which organizations to which we donate money. At our February meeting, we plan to develop a framework for discussion of this important topic.

NEW BUSINESS:
Thank You Notes
• Received from Bangor Theological Seminary, Wayside Soup Kitchen, Maine Council of Churches, FCCUCC Food Pantry, Preble Street, and Family Crisis Services.

Email from Carol Zechman
• This email involved a request for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Champion(s) in our church to help support local agriculture and promote CSA shares.
• We decided to redirect this to Social Witness Ministries. Maureen will contact Carol to let her know.


Closing Prayer was offered by Maureen.

Next Meeting: February 3, 2011 in the Laity Room
• Co-Chair: Sandy Dyer
• Devotions: Richard Parker
• Recorder: Suzanne Linder