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Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Transition Team Meeting Minutes - 2-1-10
Transition Team Meeting 2/1/10
In Attendance: Stanna McDougal, Lundie Carstensen, Aaron Lawson, Ken Campbell, Mel Nelson, Marc Bellaart, Dominique Hale, CholeAnne Dilgard
Distributed the mission statement that Noel Becchetti wrote. Discussed that our underlying goal is to become a healthy missional church. Amy Conrad will work on making the statement more concise.
Communication: Team includes Noel, CholeAnne, Mike Atkinson, Amy Conrad, Doug Johnston, Whitney Bovensiep. Looking for someone to represent the older generation. The team met 1/29/10. Discussed dissemination of information to congregation, written, electronic, spoken.
To Do:
*Create a chart with the markers of a healthy missional church.
*Create a slide with the markers of a healthy missional church
*Worship leader define healthy missional church
*If you are a small group leader, please contact Stanna McDougal(for 2/14)
*In the future-Create a video about healthy missional church-interview?
Prayer: Team will meet this week.
Internal Assessment: Stanna & Mel-Team will meet soon. Contacted Stacey and Pat for giving and attendance report. Marc will give list of small groups and group leaders. Stanna will speak to 1-2 people from each group and ask focus group questions. Those people will go back to their groups and ask the questions. Stanna will be a listener and not conversationalist, a gatherer of information. Keep track of male/female, age group, member/attender, service. To think about: getting information from irregular attenders and even people who have left the church.
External Assessment: Aaron & Lundie-Deb Ferrin will work on this team, still looking for more volunteers. Good resources: realtors, school profiles, crime reports.
History: Dominique-Has begun time line. Francine Phillips is helping with this. Mapped out a plan for completion-time line, interviews for historical information. Interviews will include basic information as well as CCC events that were memorable and what was symbolic about those events. Get some oral history on video.
Internal and History will coordinate to try and not interview the same people.
Continue sign-up sheets
Post the finalized lists of groups after remaining sign-ups have been contacted
Relational Covenant-
As part of this process we are called to draft a relational covenant for how we should interactduring this process and beyond. This sets the ground rules for communication.
When we come to an agreement, this will be sent to the Elders. Marc will ask Allan how this is presented to the church. Dominique noted that there is also information on the website about how to present. Aaron also noted that we need to communicate the thought behind the relational covenant.
“How do we walk hand-in-hand when we don't see eye-to-eye.”
Brainstorm:
Because love is our first and highest calling:
*We seek to build each other up and not tear down.
*We respect and honor each other as brothers and sisters in Christ.
*We believe the best in each other and give each other the benefit of the doubt.
*We seek to discover what is best for our church as a whole, not what may be best for us or for some small group in the church.
*We accept disagreement, conflict, and evaluation as normal and natural.
*We are committed to being inconvenienced for the sake of the gospel.
*We offer our opinions with charity and humility.
*We will seek to communicate directly with those we disagree with.
*We will demonstrate God's grace by forgiving as we have been forgiven.
*We seek to communicate clearly, completely, directly, and transparently.
Scripture references: Colossians 3:12-17, I Thessalonians 5:12-26
Next Meeting: Monday, February 22, 2010
In Attendance: Stanna McDougal, Lundie Carstensen, Aaron Lawson, Ken Campbell, Mel Nelson, Marc Bellaart, Dominique Hale, CholeAnne Dilgard
Distributed the mission statement that Noel Becchetti wrote. Discussed that our underlying goal is to become a healthy missional church. Amy Conrad will work on making the statement more concise.
Communication: Team includes Noel, CholeAnne, Mike Atkinson, Amy Conrad, Doug Johnston, Whitney Bovensiep. Looking for someone to represent the older generation. The team met 1/29/10. Discussed dissemination of information to congregation, written, electronic, spoken.
To Do:
*Create a chart with the markers of a healthy missional church.
*Create a slide with the markers of a healthy missional church
*Worship leader define healthy missional church
*If you are a small group leader, please contact Stanna McDougal(for 2/14)
*In the future-Create a video about healthy missional church-interview?
Prayer: Team will meet this week.
Internal Assessment: Stanna & Mel-Team will meet soon. Contacted Stacey and Pat for giving and attendance report. Marc will give list of small groups and group leaders. Stanna will speak to 1-2 people from each group and ask focus group questions. Those people will go back to their groups and ask the questions. Stanna will be a listener and not conversationalist, a gatherer of information. Keep track of male/female, age group, member/attender, service. To think about: getting information from irregular attenders and even people who have left the church.
External Assessment: Aaron & Lundie-Deb Ferrin will work on this team, still looking for more volunteers. Good resources: realtors, school profiles, crime reports.
History: Dominique-Has begun time line. Francine Phillips is helping with this. Mapped out a plan for completion-time line, interviews for historical information. Interviews will include basic information as well as CCC events that were memorable and what was symbolic about those events. Get some oral history on video.
Internal and History will coordinate to try and not interview the same people.
Continue sign-up sheets
Post the finalized lists of groups after remaining sign-ups have been contacted
Relational Covenant-
As part of this process we are called to draft a relational covenant for how we should interactduring this process and beyond. This sets the ground rules for communication.
When we come to an agreement, this will be sent to the Elders. Marc will ask Allan how this is presented to the church. Dominique noted that there is also information on the website about how to present. Aaron also noted that we need to communicate the thought behind the relational covenant.
“How do we walk hand-in-hand when we don't see eye-to-eye.”
Brainstorm:
Because love is our first and highest calling:
*We seek to build each other up and not tear down.
*We respect and honor each other as brothers and sisters in Christ.
*We believe the best in each other and give each other the benefit of the doubt.
*We seek to discover what is best for our church as a whole, not what may be best for us or for some small group in the church.
*We accept disagreement, conflict, and evaluation as normal and natural.
*We are committed to being inconvenienced for the sake of the gospel.
*We offer our opinions with charity and humility.
*We will seek to communicate directly with those we disagree with.
*We will demonstrate God's grace by forgiving as we have been forgiven.
*We seek to communicate clearly, completely, directly, and transparently.
Scripture references: Colossians 3:12-17, I Thessalonians 5:12-26
Next Meeting: Monday, February 22, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
CCC Book Cart Gets a Makeover
Book Cart – Leave a Book; Take a Book: The CCC book cart is being made-over into a community sharing library. We will use this as a place where people can share church-related books. You may bring a book and then take one of the books on the cart – just remember to bring it back when you are done. Please keep this to church-related material only! Questions? Contact Stacey in the church office (619-447-2675; office@communitycovenantchurch.org).
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
11-8-09; Larry Warner "Walking a Mile in Their Shoes"
Larry Warner's Message from 11-8-09: "Walking a Mile in Their Shoes"
Transition Team Meeting Minutes - 1-18-10
As the transition team meets to guide us through these next few months, they want to keep the congregation informed as much as possible as to what they are doing. They will be sharing the meeting minutes with us after each meeting. Below are the minutes from their first meeting.
Transition Team Meeting Minutes 1/18/10
In Attendance: Noel Becchetti, Aaron Lawson, Marc Bellaart, Mel Nelson, Stanna McDougal, Dominique Hale, Andrew Schlegel, CholeAnne Dilgard, Lundie Carstensen, Ken Campbell
I. Lundie served as facilitator and shared:
· The transition team was brought together from different areas of the church and is composed of individuals who have been with the church for different periods of time.
· Constitution: seldom changed, tied to denomination, "Here's who we are"
· Bylaws: more often changed, deals more with process, "Here's how we do things"
bylaw changes will be made after this process
· Pastoral Search Committee: Transition team will have recommendations for this team, but will not be comprised of this team
· Transition Team: Purpose is to gain input, honestly assess where we are as a church, formulate thoughts and recommendations for the leadership, help move CCC toward being a healthy missional church
II. The group agreed upon positions
· Chairperson: Stanna McDougal
· Recorder: CholeAnne Dilgard
III. Subteams:
· Communication: Noel Becchetti, CholeAnne Dilgard
· Internal Environment: Stanna McDougal, Mel Nelson (keeping missions beyond our community in mind)
· External Environment: Aaron Lawson, Lundie Carstensen
· Church History: Dominique Hale, Andrew Schlegel
· Prayer: Ken Campbell, Marc Bellaart (resource)
Prayer Team-Brian, Lisa, Lydia
Women's Ministries-Amy Conrad
IV. Next Steps
· Recruit as many members of the congregation as we can to help fill out these groups.
· We will dialogue with the group and compile information to bring back to the team.
· The team will assemble the collective wisdom and make recommendations to the leadership.
V. This Sunday
· Sign up sheets will be out on Sunday in order to give members of the church an opportunity to be involved.
· CholeAnne will man a table on the trellis between services. Aaron will also be available. Ken will be available after 2nd service.
· Communicate the sign up through: special email, bulletin. announcement in service
VI. Reminder: People have different processing styles and we need to respect each of those.
VII. Keep healthy missional markers front and center: up on screen
VIII. Questions from church members
· We can state what the transition team is about and how people can plug in.
· If there is a problem, see the elders.
IX. Transition Team Input Box
· Ken will get a box and place it at the What's Up Booth
X. Next Meeting
· Monday, February 1, 2010
· Formulate behavioral covenant
The quote Noel challenged us with:"If we disappeared tomorrow,would the community miss us?"
Transition Team Meeting Minutes 1/18/10
In Attendance: Noel Becchetti, Aaron Lawson, Marc Bellaart, Mel Nelson, Stanna McDougal, Dominique Hale, Andrew Schlegel, CholeAnne Dilgard, Lundie Carstensen, Ken Campbell
I. Lundie served as facilitator and shared:
· The transition team was brought together from different areas of the church and is composed of individuals who have been with the church for different periods of time.
· Constitution: seldom changed, tied to denomination, "Here's who we are"
· Bylaws: more often changed, deals more with process, "Here's how we do things"
bylaw changes will be made after this process
· Pastoral Search Committee: Transition team will have recommendations for this team, but will not be comprised of this team
· Transition Team: Purpose is to gain input, honestly assess where we are as a church, formulate thoughts and recommendations for the leadership, help move CCC toward being a healthy missional church
II. The group agreed upon positions
· Chairperson: Stanna McDougal
· Recorder: CholeAnne Dilgard
III. Subteams:
· Communication: Noel Becchetti, CholeAnne Dilgard
· Internal Environment: Stanna McDougal, Mel Nelson (keeping missions beyond our community in mind)
· External Environment: Aaron Lawson, Lundie Carstensen
· Church History: Dominique Hale, Andrew Schlegel
· Prayer: Ken Campbell, Marc Bellaart (resource)
Prayer Team-Brian, Lisa, Lydia
Women's Ministries-Amy Conrad
IV. Next Steps
· Recruit as many members of the congregation as we can to help fill out these groups.
· We will dialogue with the group and compile information to bring back to the team.
· The team will assemble the collective wisdom and make recommendations to the leadership.
V. This Sunday
· Sign up sheets will be out on Sunday in order to give members of the church an opportunity to be involved.
· CholeAnne will man a table on the trellis between services. Aaron will also be available. Ken will be available after 2nd service.
· Communicate the sign up through: special email, bulletin. announcement in service
VI. Reminder: People have different processing styles and we need to respect each of those.
VII. Keep healthy missional markers front and center: up on screen
VIII. Questions from church members
· We can state what the transition team is about and how people can plug in.
· If there is a problem, see the elders.
IX. Transition Team Input Box
· Ken will get a box and place it at the What's Up Booth
X. Next Meeting
· Monday, February 1, 2010
· Formulate behavioral covenant
The quote Noel challenged us with:"If we disappeared tomorrow,would the community miss us?"
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Knudsen Farewell Weekend Update!
1. If you have photos or videos of Craig and/or Karen, please contact Mike Atkinson.
2. If you’re a past choir member and want to be part of the choir for Craig's final Sunday, please come to choir rehearsals at 7p on 1/13, 20 & 27.
3. Tickets to the Farewell Dinner (1/30) are on sale at church this week during office hours and this Sunday.
2. If you’re a past choir member and want to be part of the choir for Craig's final Sunday, please come to choir rehearsals at 7p on 1/13, 20 & 27.
3. Tickets to the Farewell Dinner (1/30) are on sale at church this week during office hours and this Sunday.
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