Mike Brady, James Davis, Paul Barth, Kent Billingsley, Josh Wilson, Jackie Eby
Next Meeting:
Saturday, July 11, 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:
Fellowship
In addition to the regular weekly times that we meet and fellowship, we have several planned times for body wide fellowship of all ages
- June 13th - Tatesbrook Neighborhood Association Ice Cream Social
- July 19th - Picnic at Shilito
- August 23rd - Picnic Shilito
- TBD - Church wide campout
Finances
Income is exceeding budget, but some of the money was earmarked for specific items so people spending for the various ministries should still keep an eye on the budget.
Kevin talked with Kim Carroll in March about the rent increase from the current $75 per week (1998 through April, May, June of 2009) to $500 per month ( July 2009 - December 2010 ). Neither of us knew why the rent dropped to $850 per quarter the last few years, but that is water under the bridge. We talked about correcting it first in April, May, June and then later for July through December and discussed that this was just a step toward where we need it to be to be equitable.
We also have some temporary inflation of expenses while the Africa trip members raise funds for their trip this month. Funding is coming in, so that will bring expenses back to normal as we start depositing those funds. We are grateful to Paul Barth for heading up this mission trip and are aware of the extra work involved in fundraising and would like to become more efficient in the future.
Building and Grounds:
April 18th work day went well. Water is moving where we want it. Duane and John will be leading the landscaping effort next Saturday, May 9th.
We will be posting some pictures that Eva took of the work that was done.
Several people at the meeting requested a sign be put up out front. There have been several suggestions for improvements over the last few years. ( before and after we tore down the old sign )
Evangelism:
Lots of discussion about the recent tent meetings with Great Commission Fellowship Ministries. Even though there was not much community involvement at the meetings, we were blessed with a great turn out for the cook out on Wednesday before the tent meetings and also with the yard give-a-way on the Saturday before the meetings. Brother Gary Wilson believed that we would be better able to bridge the gap between the church and the community by including children ministry with the tent meetings. We do need to declare this first tent meeting a success, if for nothing else, the fact that Justin Baker accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior. Tatesbrook was definitely blessed and the elders will be meeting to discuss how we can bless GCFM now and how many ways we can partner with them in the future.
We do have two upcoming opportunities to connect with the community again.
- June 13th, TBNA Ice Cream Social
- June 22-26, Tatesbrook VBS
Last year at the Ice Cream Social, we provided drinks and Cornerstone provided hot dogs while the Tatesbrook Neighborhood Association provide the Ice Cream and all the toppings. Now that we know that Jordan Johnson can feed the community, we might rotate what we do after talking with the TBNA. Lou Gregory will be having the police there to help provide identification for the children at the very least. Last year, he also got the fire department there. We had some other activities that really went well like ultimate frisbee for the younger children and grass volleyball for the teens and young adults. At the meeting today, someone suggested that we do a Lego contest instead of the sidewalk chalk contest that we did last year.
The second opportunity to connect with the community is the Australian themed VBS this summer entitled Boomerang Express. Kent Billingsley will be leading this year. The first organizational meeting will be May 17th. There will be pizza after church on that day for all the volunteers.
James Davis also suggested that we might start playing ultimate frisbee at the church instead of playing at Kirklevington Park. There is not as much space so it would definitely be a slower paced game and probably reach 5th to 8th graders instead of high school and young adults.
Church Calendar
May--
3 - Lord's Supper
9 - Work day - Rain Garden
10 - Mother's Day
15-16 - Elders retreat
15-31 - Mission trip to Tanzania ( Health education, Discipleship, Service )
June--
7 - Lord's Supper
13 - Ice Cream Social
21 - Father's Day
22-26 - VBS: Boomerang Express
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 <-- 2009 Church Picture
Aug--
2 - Lord's Supper
7,9 - Cedarpoint trip ( Youth and College )
23 - Churchwide Picnic at Shilito
HelloHaran
Sep--
6 - Lord's Supper
12 - Administration Meeting
18-20 - Men's Retreat - Wesley Woods (tentative date)
