Brothers Meeting Minutes - Oct 21, 2006

Attendees:
Dr. Scott, Paul Baker, Duane Keaton, Fred McKinney, Tony Jones, Mike Brady

Next Meeting: November 18th ( 3rd Saturday of every month )

Purpose of the Brother's Meeting:
Men getting together to share with each other. Ministering to one another and sharing encouragement from individual areas of ministry

Meeting Minutes:

Brothers testified as to what God is doing with the various challenges we face in life:

Tim:

• "Blue Like Jazz" - Story of Ron Rabbit chasing a carrot all his life, then....
• "Forgotten Children" - Story of children ripped from families, trained as warriors in Uganda
• Confirmed River of Life plans to build at least one well in Africa ( .., I'll be, It is .., Make me ..)

Tony:

• lots of schoolwork
• naming of gray hairs in his beard
• 22 girls over for Abby's slumber party

Duane:

• Duane's nephew, Andrew Morgan left for Iraq yesterday. His wife and child live in Texas.
• Asked about the purpose of the Brother's meeting as it relates to the direction of the church. Discussion ensued:
  1) Weekly Prayer on Monday ( corporate meeting with God )
  2) Monthly Brothers Meeting ( corporate meeting with each other )
  3) Monthly Administration Meeting ( dealing with physical, administration needs )
• Prayer is the backbone of all the ministries. It places our focus on Christ.

Mike:

• Reminded everyone to pray for Paul Wilkerson
• Up late with friends from out of town after attending Lafayette/Henry Clay football game
• Returned to the house to put his guest to work

Kevin:

• Encouraged about God's work in the community
• Plea for brothers to provide feedback to Mike & Dan
• Requested prayer covering for our ministers dealing with youth

Fred:

• Good to be on fall break
• Enjoying life in Missouri
• Delivered HTML of church website on CD
• Officially established as a Tatesbrook Stream

Paul:

• Relating to Carmen's 15th birthday, Paul shared of his childhood experience of stealing his grandmother's car before he had his license and being chased down by the police.
• Sunday School has boosted the worship service:
  1) Prepares the people for worship
  2) Reinforces the message ( many times it is the same message )
• Paul votes for Sunday School to continue after these topics are complete

Grace and Peace,
Kevin