MISSIONS MINISTRY TEAM MINUTES

March 10, 2009

PRESENT: Alex Burr, Jacque Parks, Janice Sherman, Rosemary Maddox, and Blaine Goss.

 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the February 16th meeting were approved as submitted.

 1. Correspondence:  Several items of correspondence were received, all requesting funds. No action was taken on these requests.

 2.  The Trudells' Visit:  We were fortunate that they were able to spend an entire week with us. All their interaction with the First Presbyterian Congregation was well attended and well received.

  3.  The Magazine "Mission Frontiers."   Bob Taylor has made this magazine available to Mission Team members. Alex reviewed several articles and the editorial comment in the January-February  issue. Articles discussed were "Centenary of Edinburgh 1910 World Missionary Conference," and "Planting  Churches, Learning the Hard Way,"  which touches on efforts to bring the gospel to Muslim communities.

 4. One Great Hour of Sharing:  It was decided that we should have two Minute for Missions: Jacque will do one on March 29, and Blaine will do the second one on Palm Sunday, April 5. The One Great Hour of Sharing offering will be collected on Easter Sunday, April 12. Alex will write an article for The Lantern on this subject.

 5. Adult Mission Trip:  Alex has been in touch with the Sierra Blanca Presbytery about publicizing the proposed mission trip to New Orleans to the other churches in the Presbytery. So far as he knows, nothing has been done. He is considering emailing those churches. 

6. 2009 Goals:  The Session would like us to articulate our goals for next year. After discussion, these are the Ministry Team's goals:

             1. To support our missionaries, local and global (objective 3);

            2. To organize a mission trip to New Orleans to rebuild churches devastated by Hurricane Katrina                  (objective 2); and

            3. To revise our Mission Booklet so the congregation will be fully informed about the activities of the                  missionaries whom we support (objective 1).

 7. Tracking Assignments: The 2008 assignment sheet, matching Mission Team members with missionaries, was reviewed. The changeover of Team members and retirement from the mission field of some missionaries will require that the assignments be redone in the immediate future.

 8. Budget. The January-February Mission Team budget report was reviewed. Some Team members feel that the budget needs some fine tuning to show what we spend each month.

 Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. with prayer.

 Rosemary Maddox

Recording Secretary

 NO ACTION ITEMS FOR SESSION

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