Kent Billingsley, Dan Thurman, Mike Brady, Tony Jones, Tim Scott, Jackie Eby
Next Meeting:
Saturday, January 14, 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
Get plugged into the body by joining one of the following small groups!
Discipleship
Get plugged into the body by joining one of the following small groups!
- Sunday - Youth Group
- Monday - Men's Prayer Group
- Tuesday - Donna Marie's Prayer Group
- Wednesday - River of Life Group
- Thursday - Redeemed Group
- Thursday - Wilson Group
Fellowship
In April, we will be attending the Rend Collective concert at Immanual, the Women will be having a celebration at the church to review their book study, and the men will be heading to Hardin for a men's retreat. We hope you can plug in to one of these opportunities.
Evangelism
There is continued interest in what we have going on in the community on the Third Thursday. As we reach the maximum number of people served last year, we are shifting toward going deeper this year. One example is Fifth Third Bank sending a representative to teach a "Financial Checkup" class on the Third Thursday in June.
To support the adults meeting in the building for the class, our body will need to lead some activities with the children in June.
Service
We will be starting our fourth class for the 24/7 Dad program with the Fayette County Fatherhood Initiative. If you haven't taken the opportunity to serve with these men that want to become better Dads, then please talk to Kevin Eby about what you might be able to contribute.
Growth
For the rest of the year, we will attempt to pay for the building expenses that we have made since April. The building and landscaping are doing well. We do have a few things that we can work on in terms of cleaning up the junk that is being stored in the building so that space can be used by all the churches. There was much discussion about giving all the other churches at least 30 days notice before we fill up a dumpster with all the junk that is accumulating in the various nooks and crannies. One of the biggest areas of neglect is the windowed room in the foyer. Once we get everything cleaned up, we will assign people to police the junk from accumulating again.
Building and Grounds
Our next attempt to direct water flow from the roof to greenery instead of under the church is now complete. We hope that this will be attractive and sustainable for all the churches that use the building. We still have a bit more work to do to make sure that the water from the parking lot does not go under the church. Mike also requested that we remove the water fountain in the foyer.
Because of the increased regular usage of the building, we will no longer be renting the building to people outside of the churches using the building. This will reduce the complexity of scheduling and cleaning and increase the ministry.
Evangelism
Kent challenged us to come up with a way to make our visitors more plugged into the regular meetings and special events that can help them develop relationships with each other. Growth Point does this with a monthly meeting for new members and with flyers and social media for events. We will begin a search for someone gifted in media that would be interested in helping us all be more aware of our church calendar.
Jewish Church on Saturday
God has presented another opportunity for us to grow in relationship with another body. We discussed the pros and cons of this opportunity at the administration meeting. Having completed the discussion at the Administration meeting, we believe the next step would be for the pastors to get together. First Mike, then Mario, Butch and Curt. It certainly would be a growing experience for all of us.
From an administration team perspective, having a small church of 30 to 50 people meet every Saturday from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM would not be too much on Tatesbrook, but it might restrict Growth Point. Obviously, God's perspective is more important and we trust our elders to work through that decision.
Church Calendar
October --
20 - Community Cook Out ( last one of the year.. )
21-23 - Fall Retreat at The Hill
22 - Prayer Walk with Growth Point
November --
4-6 -- Women's Retreat at Agape Wilderness Retreat
December --
25 - Joint service with Growth Point
January --
14 -- Administration Meeting
29 -- Celebration
20 - Community Cook Out ( last one of the year.. )
21-23 - Fall Retreat at The Hill
22 - Prayer Walk with Growth Point
November --
4-6 -- Women's Retreat at Agape Wilderness Retreat
December --
25 - Joint service with Growth Point
January --
14 -- Administration Meeting
29 -- Celebration
