July E-mail Mission Meeting Minutes

July E-mail Mission Meeting Minutes

Mission Meeting Agenda - July, 2008 On-line Meeting

1. Soup Kitchen- July 15

2. PADS volunteers needed July 9

3. Rainbow Covenant Project for July is the Soup Kettle

Old Business:

1. Flood buckets and health kits- Alyson made an announcement in church that there was a great need for flood buckets. Money was collected on 2 Sundays and we were able to get together 15 flood buckets which were delivered to Cornerstone UMC for pick-up. Kelley and Alyson bought the items and packed the buckets. 4 buckets were given and money collected for another 11. Each bucket costs about$60.

2. Taste of Epworth salsa booth- what did we do with what was left over? Can we use it for something else?

3. Missions meeting is responsible for coffee service for the month of August.

4. Box Tops for Education- how is this going?

New Business:

1. Pastor Newhouse has ask us to sell tickets for the Jirani Children’s Choir Concert for Sunday, July 27, 2008 at 3pm at Pheasant Run. The tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children 12 and younger. I would like some feedback as to what you would like to do with this issue.

2. Pastor Newhouse also suggested a mission trip to China for some of the youth. He estimated the cost to be about $3000 per person. I would like some feedback on this issue.

3. The mission committee was approached by the finance committee about an outstanding debt of $700 for the mission trip to Montana last summer. They have tried to collect this from the people who participated and have been unsuccessful. They have ask us to pay this bill, but we won’t have any money left in the account if we do. Suggestions?

4. The Thomas the Train event will be at the Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. This years event will be August 22,23,24,30, and 31. Volunteers are needed for this important event. Volunteers help at the museum and money that would be paid in wages is donated to the PADS program. This is a major fundraiser for them. We need ideas on how to get volunteers for this important project.

Kelley Stover  Regarding the following -

Old Business:

 

2. I don't have any leftovers;

3. Coffee hour - I can help. The only Sunday I might not be able to is August 17 (don't know yet);

 

New Business:

 

1. I will probably be attending as part of the Youth Council and ideas for selling other tickets - hmmmmm?! Don't have any other than promoting it to friends/family;

2. I think the trip is a good idea but how is it being paid for? Also, I think there should be a formal selection process to determine who is best suited to be representing us;

3. How does that happen from last year? I don't think we should deplete our funds to pay for it all. Yes - I think we should pay part of it – but how about splitting it with other depts., too?

4. I could help a day probably because it is for a good cause. Erin and I did it last year. She will be back in school by then but I should be able to help out either a Saturday or Sunday, not Friday is all. I will check my schedule to see if I have other commitments for those days. Maybe I could recruit some Youth (as part of being on the Youth Council), too, to help out with it (starting with my son). I will feel them out and see what they say.

 

Thanks, Mary, and let me know if you need anything else. Have a good day!!

Kelley S,  

Kara B.

Hi All!

I believe Box Tops is going well. There is awareness, now if people will just bring them in!  David B has been putting any collected from service in the missions hutch in the hall, with the soup labels-if we are looking for them.



Also, the flood buckets is great!! I'm gonna write that up for the bulletin next week!  Kinda celebration type article!  Let me know if you need any other PR-I'll definitely send out the Press Release for Thomas the Train-I have one ready from last year/just need to change dates.  See ya Sunday!

Kara B.

Carole B

Old Business:

1. Flood buckets and health kits- Alyson made an announcement in church that there was a great need for flood buckets. Money was collected on 2 Sundays and we were able to get together 15 flood buckets which were delivered to Cornerstone UMC for pick-up. Kelley and Alyson bought the items and packed the buckets. 4 buckets were given and money collected for another 11. Each bucket costs about $60. Thank you for doing this and I think that was an amazing response

New Business:

2. Pastor Newhouse also suggested a mission trip to China for some of the youth. He estimated the cost to be about $3000 per person. I would like some feedback on this issue. I'm assuming this is in the future, like next year or something? Some partnering to raise some funds and education together could be done to work on something like this

3. The mission committee was approached by the finance committee about an outstanding debt of $700 for the mission trip to Montana last summer. They have tried to collect this from the people who participated and have been unsuccessful. They have to ask us to pay this bill, but we won’t have any money left in the account if we do. Suggestions? This is being worked on as Craig has shared some reports he had that he feels it's covered so let's wait to see how that works thru

4. The Thomas the Train event will be at the Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. This years event will be August 22,23,24,30, and 31. Volunteers are needed for this important event. Volunteers help at the museum and money that would be paid in wages is donated to the PADS program. This is a major fundraiser for them. We need ideas on how to get volunteers for this important project. People that have done it in the past would be perfect ones to ask another 1-5 people to join them on a certain day to do this since they can explain exactly what it is as well as an open invite to the congregation---is it the type of thing that a parent and grade school age child could do together or are children not really welcome to help along side an adult?

Carole B