Kent, Dan, Tony, James, Jackie, Paul
Next Meeting:
Saturday, January 8, 8:00 AM
Purpose of Administration Meeting:
Developing leaders that 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:
Discipleship
The elders are modeling discipleship to us as they work through David Ravenhill's study on "Surviving the Annointing". We had some brief discussions about supporting the shepherd group leaders as they disciple each of the groups with their own style of leadership
Discipleship
The elders are modeling discipleship to us as they work through David Ravenhill's study on "Surviving the Annointing". We had some brief discussions about supporting the shepherd group leaders as they disciple each of the groups with their own style of leadership
Instead of measuring any kind of results for any of the groups, the bigger deal was to provide accountability and support for each leader of each group such they remained "plugged in" to God and with the elders. This is a specialized version of equipping the saints that equip the saints in the following groups:
- Jones Group
- Cheatham Group
- Davis Group
- Brady Group
- River of Life Group
- College Group
Worship
The team is shopping for a new keyboard, and will mount the monitors and move video input to the rear of building. Kent also wanted to have every member of the administration team encourage the body to become involved with the praise and worship team this year by attending the annual kickoff on October 17th.
Depending on the make up of the team, Kent is also looking to do some repair for some of the existing equipment. The bass guitar neck is not able to support all the strings and we may not have someone as talented as Ashlyn that is able to improvise with a small subset of a whole guitar. The drum heads also need to be replaced, again, this is somewhat dependent on the talent and expectations of the drummer.
Kent also made a request that some of the electrical outlets be maintained. Some do not work and some move when plugging equipment which will soon lead to other problems.
Fellowship
As a body, we have enjoyed a family tent camping at Cave Run, a church picnic at Shilito, a men's retreat at Wesley Woods and a women's retreat at Agape Wilderness Retreat. We don't have anything planned for the fourth quarter, but time is precious to families around the holidays so that is not seen to be problem
During the third quarter, the college, youth and a few adults also enjoyed a thrilling trip to Cedar Point. It is hard to keep track of all the "unofficial" fellowship that occurs over meals at homes and restaurants, but the administration team applauds those special subsets of the body that not only thirst for more intimate fellowship, but grab a hold of it. Some examples are the Mancation, the trip to Boyd's Orchard, traveling in pairs, traveling to interact with our missionaries, hosting missionaries, supporting the functions of the youth group as they move from house to house.
Finances
We have talked for many years about the opportunity to direct the resources that we spend away from the mortgage and toward ministry. With the mortgage gone, we can take the $15K and apply it to other things. We have operated with a $5K deficit in 2010 so far in order to eliminated the mortgage, so we are really talking about a $10K resource
- Staff - No specific target identified, but as an administration team, we feel that providing for and supporting our staff financially is very important. The ministers in every area of Tatesbrook make great sacrifices every day and so it is very difficult to determine where expansion of the staff or increase to the staff would be in the best interest of the body.
- Giving - General discussion supporting an increase and realignment of current giving to be more directly in contact with us. This is a matter for the elders to decide, but the administration team supports a change. There were many new opportunities presented to us this year for the elders to prayerfully consider as part of the increase. As Mike identified last week, one new area that we have already committed is to feeding middle school children on the weekends. If this goes well, we may expand that.
- Sign - Not exactly a ministry, but it is a need for us and plans are coming together ($10K)
- HVAC - No functional thermostats on the second floor of the education wing ($500)
- Cement Step - need to address a water and ice accumulation problem at an entrance ($2K)
- Parking lot - A smooth black surface would be easier for us to shovel and walk on, but this is such a large investment that we will likely have to set aside funds over multiple years.
- Remodeling Mike's Office - a work in progress
Building and Grounds
Josh and Dan did a great job of freshening up the place and we have now stepped back to a slower pace. Dan has stepped down from the maintenance position so we are looking for someone that is interested in doing that work. In his first semester as a teacher, Josh has had little extra time for painting and waxing so we are content with the improvements that the two of them were able to make over the summer.
This last quarter we also lost our faithful custodian and clutter remover that helped us through several transitions over the years. Kara has moved into a new role within Fayette County Public Schools and we know that she will do great things there. Tommie Martin has taken over the cleaning responsibilities and we are grateful to her for jumping onto that so quickly.
Evangelism:
Some discussion about measuring results here as well. It is hard to see results as our role is only to scatter seed and die, water and nurture, where God's role is to make things grow and increase. He doesn't really need us to measure things as much as we like to measure them.
Oct--
9 - Administration Meeting
17 - Praise & Worship Team Annual Kickoff ( Lunch at Keaton's )
Nov--
7 - Lord's Supper
Dec--
5 - Lord's Supper
Jan--
2 - Lord's Supper
8 - Administration Meeting
16 - Celebration ( Tentative place holder )
