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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
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