August 20, 2008
Recorder: Margaret Thibodeau
Next Meeting: 9/11/08
Attendance: Ginny Gledhill, Amy Foster, Jayne Quinn-Sawtelle, Elsa Peters, Margaret Thibodeau
Opening & Introductions
New Team members Karen Pierce-Souza and Aaron French were not able to attend this meeting.
Minutes
The 5/1/08 Minutes were read and approved.
Update on Summer Activities
Nursery: Amy and Jayne found volunteers to cover babysitting in the nursery (to assist Diane). Elsa has been paying the volunteers each Sunday. Jayne has checked on the nursery Sunday mornings. Attendance has been low overall.
Lemonade on the Porch: Ginny has been coordinating volunteers. Margaret has made sure lemonade and cookies are available each Sunday.
Youth Ministry and Christian Education: Elsa started her new responsibilities this summer as director of Christian education. Aaron French will join our Team as the new YM coordinator. He begins September 2nd. His schedule has not been determined yet.
Adult and Christian Education
Elsa will be coordinating Christian education programs for children through adults. This will be called “Faith Formation”. Elsa reported that most teachers for Sunday School have been recruited for the fall session. There is still a need for a 7th/8th grade teacher, as well as substitutes and superintendents. Some grade levels will be grouped, although no class sizes go beyond 12 children. A schedule was distributed, which indicated that Christ Kid’s Club will now meet on the fourth Sunday of each Monday, so Elsa can be in attendance. The idea was proposed of not having Sunday School classes on holidays. This would encourage intergenerational worship, as well as appeal to many teachers. The Team was supportive of this concept. Sunday school will start September 14th.
Elsa also informed the Team that only two youth had signed up for Confirmation this year. Therefore, there will not be a Confirmation Class this year. In 2009/2010, youth in the 8th, 9th, and 10th grades will all be able to participate in Confirmation. After that, it will be offered during a student’s 8th grade year.
Subgroups & Team Responsibilities
Each member of the EG&F Team will serve as a contact person for a “sub-group”. We are pleased to have Karen Pierce-Souza join our Team this year. Responsibilities are organized as follows:
Coffee Hour Ginny Gledhill
Library Karen Pierce-Souza
Scholarship Amy Foster
Nursery Jane Quinn-Sawtelle
Faith Formation Elsa Peters
Youth Ministry Aaron French
Hospitality/Inquirers Margaret Thibodeau (Team contact)
Team members hope to involve more volunteers this year in each of the subgroups.
Homecoming Sunday
Coverage and needs for Homecoming Sunday (September 7th) were discussed. Margaret will submit appropriate forms to the church office.
Next Meeting
Thursday, September 11th @ 7:00 PM
Showing posts with label August 2008. Show all posts
Showing posts with label August 2008. Show all posts
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Growth Group
August 19, 2008
In attendance: Jerry Andres, Jerry Onos, John McCall, Rick Angell, Kendra Palmer
Next Meeting, Potentially Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 7pm, combined with group working on volunteerism and the participation opportunities forms
Some wonderful ideas came out of this meeting for working toward providing a more extravagant welcome at church:
Action Items
*Developing a group of Mentors for new church members
*Incorporating more multimedia over time to meet the needs of the upcoming generations in church
*We did review the Successful church practices on pg 5 of The Power of Invitation and Welcome
**we came to the consensus that we do meet the majority of these requirements but determined the extravagant welcome is a theme that is infused in all of the recommendations and that is something that we will enhance at church.
*Side Note: There was mention of other congregations that have pick up orchestras that perform occasionally comprised of musicians from the congregation
*Offering tours after church with informational info about the church to those interested
*Equipping existing groups in church to work on providing a more extravagant welcome
(Perhaps it will be a church theme and/or each group may consider this theme as they are planning events throughout the year)
*Church to obtain more publicity in terms of local news sources, the 3 local papers, enhancing visibility on search engines, potentially tv or radio, maybe advertising in yellow pages under Congregational churches as well.
*Develop a marketing plan utilizing marketing plan guidelines next time
In attendance: Jerry Andres, Jerry Onos, John McCall, Rick Angell, Kendra Palmer
Next Meeting, Potentially Tuesday, September 16, 2008 at 7pm, combined with group working on volunteerism and the participation opportunities forms
Some wonderful ideas came out of this meeting for working toward providing a more extravagant welcome at church:
Action Items
*Developing a group of Mentors for new church members
*Incorporating more multimedia over time to meet the needs of the upcoming generations in church
*We did review the Successful church practices on pg 5 of The Power of Invitation and Welcome
**we came to the consensus that we do meet the majority of these requirements but determined the extravagant welcome is a theme that is infused in all of the recommendations and that is something that we will enhance at church.
*Side Note: There was mention of other congregations that have pick up orchestras that perform occasionally comprised of musicians from the congregation
*Offering tours after church with informational info about the church to those interested
*Equipping existing groups in church to work on providing a more extravagant welcome
(Perhaps it will be a church theme and/or each group may consider this theme as they are planning events throughout the year)
*Church to obtain more publicity in terms of local news sources, the 3 local papers, enhancing visibility on search engines, potentially tv or radio, maybe advertising in yellow pages under Congregational churches as well.
*Develop a marketing plan utilizing marketing plan guidelines next time
Monday, August 18, 2008
New Hymnal Committee
August 13, 2008
Sub group: Lynn Howard, Deb Therriault, Carrie Skeffington, Dana Wiggins
Recap
Hymns of Truth and Light has been selected to replace the Pilgrim Hymnal which is out of print. The Truth and Light book has many of our favorite hymns already and also offers a custom bind-in supplement that can include responsive readings, church history or other songs not included in the hymnal. A sub-group was formed to list selections for the supplement, secure usage rights and provide computerized copies of the songs for publishing.
Progress
1. Lynn documented the favorite hymns requested in the survey results and organized copyright info within a spreadsheet— she has offered to finalize the list of selections and responsive readings after checking with Shirley and John
2. Usage rights were discussed and how to go about clearing all for publication
3. Responsive readings may be added. Where do we find those?
4. Carrie will contact Bob Currier to initiate conversation about making computerized copies of the songs available in his database.
5. Deb will contact Shirley for thoughts on most important songs to go into the bind-in– and will contact Joan for background on copyright process done for the Songs of the Spirit.
6. Dana contacted Maggi Tucker and confirmed that the sample book we are using for reference does indeed have the same selections in it as the one we will be ordering–
7. Cover designs to be circulated for consideration by larger committee
Truth and Light representative Maggi Tucker will advise and shepherd us through the process of our upcoming order and the publishing requirements. She has the following directions:
8. we should send our list of selected songs because she has background info and can help with usage permissions
9. any copyright info we have and which hymnal we found it in should also be sent to her along with our list of songs
10. she will advise us on which songs have recently gone into public domain and which will need permissions –obtaining permissions for the lowest price –she informs us that CCLI license requires payment each year whereas onelicense.net offers usage rights for a one-time only fee which may be less expensive
11. Make a copy of same list for Bob Currier for computerized copies of songs
12. Proof and prepare a mock up so page numbering can be assigned
13. Final proof
Submitted by Dana Wiggins
Sub group: Lynn Howard, Deb Therriault, Carrie Skeffington, Dana Wiggins
Recap
Hymns of Truth and Light has been selected to replace the Pilgrim Hymnal which is out of print. The Truth and Light book has many of our favorite hymns already and also offers a custom bind-in supplement that can include responsive readings, church history or other songs not included in the hymnal. A sub-group was formed to list selections for the supplement, secure usage rights and provide computerized copies of the songs for publishing.
Progress
1. Lynn documented the favorite hymns requested in the survey results and organized copyright info within a spreadsheet— she has offered to finalize the list of selections and responsive readings after checking with Shirley and John
2. Usage rights were discussed and how to go about clearing all for publication
3. Responsive readings may be added. Where do we find those?
4. Carrie will contact Bob Currier to initiate conversation about making computerized copies of the songs available in his database.
5. Deb will contact Shirley for thoughts on most important songs to go into the bind-in– and will contact Joan for background on copyright process done for the Songs of the Spirit.
6. Dana contacted Maggi Tucker and confirmed that the sample book we are using for reference does indeed have the same selections in it as the one we will be ordering–
7. Cover designs to be circulated for consideration by larger committee
Truth and Light representative Maggi Tucker will advise and shepherd us through the process of our upcoming order and the publishing requirements. She has the following directions:
8. we should send our list of selected songs because she has background info and can help with usage permissions
9. any copyright info we have and which hymnal we found it in should also be sent to her along with our list of songs
10. she will advise us on which songs have recently gone into public domain and which will need permissions –obtaining permissions for the lowest price –she informs us that CCLI license requires payment each year whereas onelicense.net offers usage rights for a one-time only fee which may be less expensive
11. Make a copy of same list for Bob Currier for computerized copies of songs
12. Proof and prepare a mock up so page numbering can be assigned
13. Final proof
Submitted by Dana Wiggins
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