Mike Brady, James Davis
Next Meeting:
Saturday, May 2, 8:00 AM
Purpose of Administration Meeting:
Developing leaders that can follow through with excellence in all of the five fold ministries as we coordinate body wide activities and serve each other as unto the Lord
- Discipleship
- Evangelism
- Worship
- Service
- Fellowship
Specific Topics discussed this month:
Finances
Income is exceeding budget and expenses are lower than budget mainly because of not paying the mortgage in January and February due to refinancing. Spending should be back on track in March.
Building rental rates were discussed and Kevin was given permission to communicate increases as long as the increases were three to six months in the future.
There was also discussion about how much need will exist in the community in the next few years of economic recovery. Surveys and interaction will help us, but the general view is that food, education and service will be the most important contributions to the community.
Education for our own body is also necessary as we all will be solicited by desparate people to get involved with scams. In these times, it is important to work for the Lord with all of our might, work prompted by the love of Christ.
Discipleship:
This is some of the most important work we can do as a family relating to each other and with the Christians in the community.
- Carol is leading a women's Bible Study
- Marriage group met in February to for fellowship and fireproof
- Travis is offering a Galatians Study ( after a new members class?? )
- Paul Barth's group has started the Romans Study
- Encounter Weekend tentatively set up for February 20, 21
Building and Grounds:
Need to remove the Christmas program props. A good suggestion from the January meeting was to have a children's party to help tear it down. At this point, it might just be one of the things for us to put in the dumpster in April.
We confirmed the dates of April 18th as a day to haul away junk from outside and May 9th to begin installing rain garden, bridge, water drainage. We would really like to have community (TBNA) involvement in this to help everyone know that the area is back there and that we desire the community to enjoy the improvement.
Duane and John got together last week and Duane has provided a sketch that will help everyone have a better idea of what the rain garden will look like. James will need to look into some measurements of the parking lot and the rain garden if we want to be considered on of the 101 rain gardens that the city is hoping to establish.
We also discussed the opportunity of tent positioning being a foreshadow of the picnic shelter that we would like to build for the community. Picnic shelter, bridge and walkway is intended to make the church campus more like a community park.
Mike has talked with a few local pastors and churches about the opportunity to join with us.
Members are praying for specific streets and specific people that they have met from the community.
Evangelism:
We talked about some of things we are doing to prepare the nets for the Tent meetings:
- Read the book that Mike and Josh have been passing out.(Author here March 16 )
- Prepare our small groups for growth ( More Groups, Classes, Service )
- Regular Prayer events for this purpose
- Block out calendar: April 23rd to 29th
There was also discussion about tying the Tent Meetings and community canvassing to the VBS at the end of June. Using our resources to minister to the children in the community is one of the best investments we can make.
Church Calendar
Mar--
1 - Lord's Supper
7 - Administration Meeting
13 - Friday Half night of Prayer (7:00 PM)
14 - Prayer walk (12:30 PM)
16 - Lee E. Thomas will be speaking at the church ( author of "Praying Effectively for the Lost" )
30 - Fayette County Spring Break
Apr--
5 - Palm Sunday, Lord's Supper, Pot Blessed Meal, Blood Drive
11 - Prayer event #4 (Saturday Prayer Walk) - Survey about use of Picnic Shelter, Grill, Open Space
12 - Easter
18 - Work day - Dumpster ( probably some extra room for a community cleanup... need to check with TBNA )
23-29 - Tent meetings
May--
2 - Administration Meeting ( Emphasis will likely be VBS )
3 - Lord's Supper
9 - Work day - Rain Garden
10 - Mother's Day
15-31 - Mission trip to Tanzania ( Health education, Discipleship, Service )
June--
7 - Lord's Supper
14 - Churchwide Picnic at Shilito ( Tentative )
21 - Father's Day
22-26 - VBS
28 - Passport Youth Camp at Mercer University: About Passport
July--
4 - Dr. Scott's Fireworks Extravaganza
5 - Lord's Supper
11 - Administration Meeting
19 - Churchwide Picnic at Shilito ( Tentative )
Aug--
HelloHaran
Sep--
Men's Retreat - Wesley Woods
