MINUTES

September 8, 2009 6:30pm – Jones Hall

Present: Theresa Armendariz, Susan Grandle, Mark Hellman, Greg Temple

Excused: Gena Breck and Dina Schroeder

Absent: Martha Mitchell

Opening: Susan opened with devotion and prayer at 6:30

Items for Session:

No Items for Session at this time.

Review and Approval of last meeting Minutes:

No corrections to the last meeting’s minutes

Budget:

The team viewed budget items for Salt and Light programming. No items were discussed in detail.

Sunday School and Church Classes:

The CE ministry team would like to acknowledge and say thank you to Judith Ames and Carole Goss for their service of programming and teaching the summer’s Sunday School to multi-age children. Adult Sunday school is going strong with Blaine Goss starting a new lesson series, Dick Dale leading a study on the Book of Job, and Susan Grandle leading a Beth Moore class. 3^rd and 6^th grade students will be receiving Bibles during Sept. 13 worship service. Elementary Sunday school fall workshops are starting Sept 13. Titles of the workshops are “Creation”, “Joseph: God’s Dreamer”, and “Advent: The Shepards”. Looking for a few volunteers to cover some classes for fall semester. Come and join the fun. College Ministry Group is looking to start Sept 21.

Youth:

Mark is very encouraged and pleased with the attendance at youth meetings increasing from 12 to 21. The youth did a great job serving at the Salt and Light luncheon. A new event called 5^th Quarter will be introduced to the youth and their friends. It is a time for the youth to come to a safe place after high school football games and have a good time. The first will be Sept 11^th from 9:00pm – 12:00am. A service project with the Gospel Mission is planned for Sept 12 starting at 8:45am. A Communicants class will start on Sept 13 (after church 12:30) for youth, 6^th grade and up, who would like to join our church. The youth will be having a Pancake Breakfast fundraiser on Sept. 20 before worship (7:30 – 10:00am) in Walkins Hall. Mark will be out of the office Sept 24 to Sept 29 to attend a youth leaders conference hosted by “Youth Specialties” in Los Angeles.

Old Business:

Discipleship Project:

More cards and points are starting to come in and will be recorded soon. Looking to add more resources. New resources to be added are people doing daily devotions and participating in sermon discussions. Dina is acquiring feedback from participants for the improvement of implementation. Looking to place articles in the Good News including book reviews and resource recommendations. For additional information on the Discipleship Project you can go to http://www.thediscipleshipproject.com

Salt and Light:

The Salt and Light luncheon was well attended. Thank you to those who support the program with donations of time and talents. Thank you to the kitchen staff and the youth for doing a great job. An acknowledgement and thank you to Jane Gurnea for holding a training event on Sept 2 for Salt and Light volunteers.

Program Director:

The CE ministry team finalized the writing of a job description for a “Program Director” position to replace the “Christian Education Program Director” position. Currently, the CE and Administration Ministry Teams are discussing funding possibilities and terms of employment.

New Business:

There is no new business at this time.

Closing: The meeting was closed at 7:15pm.

Next Meeting: October 13, 2009 at 6:30pm in Jones Hall.

Dates to Remember:

Sept. 9 – First night of Salt and Light

Sept. 11 – 5^th Quarter 9:00pm-12:00am

Sept 12 – Youth Service Project – 8:45am

Sept. 12 – Saturday Night Life/Worship – Watkins

Sept. 13 – Students receive new Bibles – worship

Sept 13 – Confirmation classes begin- after worship

Sept. 18 – 5^th Quarter 9:00pm-12:00am

Sept. 20 – Pancake Breakfast – 7:30am – 10:00am

Minutes submitted by Greg Temple

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