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?"