May Meeting

The group met for its May meeting after church to review our work. Basically, the play is over, and the congregation is resting from its good work. The official fundraising total will be coming this week, I think. We opened with prayer and went around the table in approximately the following order:

I (Kevin) reported in about the efforts to become a teaching church. I've made contacts with lay leaders at MCCDC through Pastor Candace. After we have done some P.L.A.C.E. work, and I've met 1:1 with the SGI team, I'm expecting to be ready to reinitiate attempts to talk to members of the congregation with past teaching church experiences and then make contact with my new MCCDC friends.

Faith reported in about empowering lay leaders and the P.L.A.C.E. program. SGI team members are invited to participate in the workshop on Saturday, May 20. The subcommittee will use other channels, I think, to communicate the details (though they're welcome to post here too!)

Randy reported in about welcoming guests and reminded us of the wonderful new packets we have.

Adam discussed outreach ideas and is in the process of drafting a strategic ministry plan to guide the outreach efforts of the SGI team. Welcome, Adam! Adam has stepped in to lead the outreach subcommittee. You can learn more about Adam's service by visiting Chi Rho Press, an MCC-specific publishing venture.

Rev. Rob came in to answer questions about P.L.A.C.E. and review the status of the teaching chruch application, which we're praying is on the way to acceptance.

We will meet again in June!