January Stewardship Committee Minutes

Stewardship Meeting Notes Jan 08

Attendees,

Kara B, Carole B, David N, Keith P, Carol & Don T, Bob B

Opening

Carol opened by reading the purpose of the Stewardship Committee, stressing the new emphasis on discipleship particularly in the areas of prayers, presence, gifts and service.

Topic: Recap of Stewardship Commitments
There was concern expressed over the individuals who made commitments in the prior year but had not this year. Carole presented information about the response to our follow up letter. David noted that when compared with other congregations in our area with a similar profile we are below the mean. He suggested we need to ask the honest question what is up? Carole will put a team together to do personal follow ups.
Topic: Lenten Emphasis-Prayer
There was a discussion of the emphasis over this quarter and particularly the Lenten Season. In the last meeting it was decided it would be prayer. Commitment forms showed a high level of response to be involved in prayer. There was discussion of how to have an effective for prayer such as prayer chain or a prayer blog. There also was discussion concerning developing personal prayer, particularly areas we don’t consider to be prayer like contemplation or fasting. Keith discussed the Celebration of Discipline series. It is scheduled to be done during Lent. David expressed that he would like to see several groups, Wednesday, possibly at 6 and 7 to reach two different groups, during the day in the middle of the week and Saturday. The goal is to have multiple opportunities for individuals to become exposed to this area. The group also discussed having prayer centers where people could experience different aspects of prayer. Among the issues to be addressed concerning Prayer centers: Where would they be set up Instructions what to do, different groups take responsibilities Posters/ Videos Write letter to God Share a concern Walk through a song When prayer spoke to me Taize Service Music as prayer
Topic: Meeting Time
Consensus was Tuesday evening, but we could meet at other times, even a Saturday.
Action Items:	Owner
Recruit team to contact nonresponders, ask what is up	Carole B
Ash Wednesday-Discuss with the kitchen crew menu-Soup	Keith P
Lenten Bible Study-Names of possible leaders	David N
Lenten Bible Study-Material & equipping leaders	Keith P