Thursday, July 9, 2009
NEW VOLUNTEERS ASSUME ROLES
Having served Emmaus Road as the primary volunteer administrator for a few years, Chandra Mullenix is stepping away from those duties, as well as the Stewardship Team, in order to step into a new period of ministry as an Elder. Several individuals are taking the baton, including Angie R., who now adds the eMonthly to Prayer Chain responsibilities; Ryan Engel, Stewardship Team; Brad Bishop, art director and bulletin design; Teresa Elenbaas, retreat coordinator; Jennifer Henry, New Horizons Food Group liaison. We thank and praise God for giving gifts, strengths, and resources among us; we encourage all of you who are willing to share your time and energy with the church. Thank you, Chandra, for the many ways you have been faithfully serving among us over the past few years.
Monday, July 6, 2009
GROUNDWORKS SUNDAY, AUGUST 30
The fifth Sunday of August provides a great opportunity to experience Church Beyond the Building. This will be Emmaus Road's third Groundworks Sunday. The adjustment to our rhythm - embracing these alternate versions of Sunday mornings - has been a great development for our church. Enjoy the pictures; read what members have said below.
"This is pretty fun!"
-Quinn, six years old, after picking up cigarette butts during Emmaus Road's first Groundworks Sunday, March 29, 2009
"At first, I was kind of grumpy about missing the regular worship; I enjoy the music, fellowship, etc. But once we got into pulling blackberries out of the P Patch, I spent a whole lot of time getting to know one of the new people from church. We talked a lot, and were able to get to know one another because of the work we were doing outside. It was a very cool, and different, church experience."
- Dave, reflecting on the value of Groundworks Sundays
"This is my personal 'Ground Zero,' this very corner, across from Recovery Café; this is where my addiction spiraled out of control. The fact that I am back here, on this very corner, on a Sunday morning with my church, cleaning up the neighborhood, is a miracle! Praise God!"
- Daryl-Ann, sharing with the volunteers ready to landscape a Belltown corner
Boys taking Church Beyond the Building in Belltown
Painting Cottage @ Belltown P Patch
Landscaping along 2nd Avenue in Belltown
Digging in near Belltown's Mama's Mexican Kitchen
Stretching out in Belltown P Patch
Cleaning up around Belltown's funky Space Needle
Girls showing team spirit, sporting P Patch Cottage Blue
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
GROUNDWORK SUNDAY, MARCH 29
A slight adjustment to our rhythm is coming. Sunday mornings have long been established as our gathering pattern for worship. But on Sunday, March 29, we will gather as we normally do, to move BEYOND the BUILDING. We will express our devotion to God and love for neighbor, in very practical ways.
We are accustomed to raising and clapping hands, to moving feet to music and walking forward for Communion; but on this FIFTH SUNDAY, we will employ our hands and feet to serve people in our neighborhood of gathering, Belltown, hopefully alongside each other. This is not a new time or layer of activity; this using our regular time to do something different whenever there are FIVE SUNDAYS in a month (which happens about four times a year - May and August are the next two months with FIVE SUNDAYS). It's just one method of living out that part of our MISSION that says "we are called together to join with the 'Word made flesh' among the people in our church's neighborhood of gathering"; it's just one way we can function as SPARK PLUGS AND GLUE in our neighborhood, helping neighbors find ways to build a safe, clean, loving environment. We are saying the church should be among those leading the way, breaking ground and finding common ground. PLEASE JOIN TOGETHER on GROUNDWORK SUNDAY.
We are accustomed to raising and clapping hands, to moving feet to music and walking forward for Communion; but on this FIFTH SUNDAY, we will employ our hands and feet to serve people in our neighborhood of gathering, Belltown, hopefully alongside each other. This is not a new time or layer of activity; this using our regular time to do something different whenever there are FIVE SUNDAYS in a month (which happens about four times a year - May and August are the next two months with FIVE SUNDAYS). It's just one method of living out that part of our MISSION that says "we are called together to join with the 'Word made flesh' among the people in our church's neighborhood of gathering"; it's just one way we can function as SPARK PLUGS AND GLUE in our neighborhood, helping neighbors find ways to build a safe, clean, loving environment. We are saying the church should be among those leading the way, breaking ground and finding common ground. PLEASE JOIN TOGETHER on GROUNDWORK SUNDAY.
FAQ's (Frequently Anticipated Questions):
- What about the children?! This is a perfect opportunity to experience church with children of any age, whether they be in your baby backpack or old enough to hold a shovel, garbage bag, or paint brush. There is no better way to demonstrate and experience service to neighbor than.... serving with neighbors.
- What about the fact that Emmaus Road is a busy crowd, verging on burnout from life and ministry obligations? This is not another time commitment; this is an already established time slot used in a different way. There will be no need for greeters, readers, children's ministry volunteers, not to mention musicians, on this day. We are simply working BEYOND THE BUILDING for a few hours on a Sunday, when we would have spent a few hours INSIDE a building that same Sunday.
- How are people going to "meet Jesus" through this activity? What about our responsibility to preach the Gospel and celebrate the Sacrament on Sunday mornings? We shall continue to do our best INSIDE the building, 48 out of 52 Sundays a year. But for the THOUSANDS of Belltowners who do not even know our church exists, this is a meaningful way to greet them. For the general population who wonders whether or not Christians, who supposedly care for souls, also care about tangible concerns, this is a way of demonstrating our care.
- What if nobody in the neighborhood notices? We are not aiming for anonymity, but cooperative projects with real neighbors outside our congregation. The relationships will take time to build, but that is the aim of GROUNDWORK SUNDAY; to move BEYOND THE BUILDING, and lay the groundwork for relationships between ourselves, neighbors; to help unite people of the Towers and Streets on common ground.
- What if I want to help people in my own neighborhood, outside Belltown? If you discover neighbors you can cooperate with in service, or someone who needs help, and can organize a handful of people, feel free to serve BEYOND THE BUILDING, even beyond Belltown. It would not be feasible for the organizers of GROUNDWORK SUNDAY to work out logistics across all of Emmaus Road's scattered neighborhoods; we are focusing on Belltown, our "Sunday" neighborhood (and home for some of us). But if YOU can organize something elsewhere, go for it!
- What if we fail? We must be willing to risk failure in order to learn. If Emmaus Road does not exist BEYOND THE BUILDING (and BEYOND SUNDAY), Emmaus Road does not exist. If we fail, we pray for lessons and direction to take the right steps. If we fear failure to the extent we do not even try, we have already failed and have not learned anything in the process.
- Does this effort spring from one person, a small group, or the larger group? Is the church behind this? The answer will come March 29, when the church shows up to participate. Truth be told, there are many churches devoting FIFTH SUNDAYS to such activity, including First Christian Reformed Church of Seattle. Emmaus Road discussed this as a large group at the spring retreat, April 2008, in terms of GREEN SPACE, where folks within the church can find common ground with neighbors outside, through community service. To learn about a growing movement of congregations devoting Sundays to service among neighbors, check out the FAITH IN ACTION site.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
ROAD CREW AGENDA - JANUARY 22, 2009
7PM New Horizons
Emmaus Road as Ensemble – Parable of Missing Tuba Player
Once upon a time, a group of people decided to form a musical ensemble to play beautiful music, some old, some new.
Some had been part of traditional ensembles – orchestras, big bands, string quartets – with defined roles, and standard instrumentation. This group of people, however, didn’t have the right combination of instruments to form a traditional ensemble, so they decided to come together with the instruments they had, and made a bold covenant: to play beautiful music in a different way. It required adjustment, creativity, commitment, and trust. The ensemble looked and sounded different – instead of a baritone sax, a bassoon. Instead of a piano, a glockenspiel. Instead of a bass, a tuba. The violin section wasn’t very deep, but the voices of the chords were filled in by other instruments. Music was arranged around the players they had. New arrangements of old songs were scored. The most important melodic themes were preserved in a fresh setting and the ensemble was able to reach an audience uninterested in, or intimidated by, traditional music venues. A lack of instrumentation was no limitation; it forced innovation; beautiful music flowed freely.
But after a few seasons, the music suffered. The group decided to cover Miles Davis’ tune, So What, which begins with a big bass solo. There was no bass player in the group, but there was a tuba player. In rehearsal it sounded different, but cool. When the bass player didn’t show up for the gig, though, that was not cool. Pretty soon the bassoon player had doubts about the oboe player’s commitment, and quit covering the bari sax parts. Passion faded; morale sank, music suffered.
Some said it was because they didn’t have the right instruments; it was a weird, untested kind of an ensemble. But that was not the reason: the arrangements worked; the sounds were unique, wonderful; they even had an audience. It was simply this: the tuba player decided to skip one gig, then another, and other players began to quietly wonder who would be next? As “silent” songs of blame and animosity crept into the repertoire, would this ensemble survive?
QUESTIONS:
Q: What are the “rhythms” Emmaus Road has established? Do we “play” them well together?
Q: How is our ministry shaped by the particular gifts and resources God has given us?
Q: Is Emmaus Road’s size an asset or liability, strength or weakness?
Q: When a “tuba player” goes missing, are we able to talk about it honestly and lovingly in Christ? Do we offer encouragement along with accountability?
Q: When it comes to planning, expectations, and vision, how is communication among leaders and members: effective, ok, or ineffective? How might it improve?
Q: As a member of Christ’s body among this group, how great is your sense of personal responsibility, to play your part, to speak up, to mentor newcomers, etc.?
CHILDCARE PROVIDED
(see below)
7:10 OPENING PRAYER
7:15 WELCOME AND INSTALL NEW ELDERS
Richard "Biff" Gaitan, Beth DeVries, Chandra Mullenix
7:30 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
7:45 COVENANT COMMUNITY: EMMAUS ROAD AS ENSEMBLE
If you substitute a tuba for a bass, but the tuba player doesn't show...
(see below)
Presentation; table talk; large group share
8:45 CLOSING PRAYER
Emmaus Road as Ensemble – Parable of Missing Tuba Player
Once upon a time, a group of people decided to form a musical ensemble to play beautiful music, some old, some new.
Some had been part of traditional ensembles – orchestras, big bands, string quartets – with defined roles, and standard instrumentation. This group of people, however, didn’t have the right combination of instruments to form a traditional ensemble, so they decided to come together with the instruments they had, and made a bold covenant: to play beautiful music in a different way. It required adjustment, creativity, commitment, and trust. The ensemble looked and sounded different – instead of a baritone sax, a bassoon. Instead of a piano, a glockenspiel. Instead of a bass, a tuba. The violin section wasn’t very deep, but the voices of the chords were filled in by other instruments. Music was arranged around the players they had. New arrangements of old songs were scored. The most important melodic themes were preserved in a fresh setting and the ensemble was able to reach an audience uninterested in, or intimidated by, traditional music venues. A lack of instrumentation was no limitation; it forced innovation; beautiful music flowed freely.
But after a few seasons, the music suffered. The group decided to cover Miles Davis’ tune, So What, which begins with a big bass solo. There was no bass player in the group, but there was a tuba player. In rehearsal it sounded different, but cool. When the bass player didn’t show up for the gig, though, that was not cool. Pretty soon the bassoon player had doubts about the oboe player’s commitment, and quit covering the bari sax parts. Passion faded; morale sank, music suffered.
Some said it was because they didn’t have the right instruments; it was a weird, untested kind of an ensemble. But that was not the reason: the arrangements worked; the sounds were unique, wonderful; they even had an audience. It was simply this: the tuba player decided to skip one gig, then another, and other players began to quietly wonder who would be next? As “silent” songs of blame and animosity crept into the repertoire, would this ensemble survive?
QUESTIONS:
Q: What are the “rhythms” Emmaus Road has established? Do we “play” them well together?
Q: How is our ministry shaped by the particular gifts and resources God has given us?
Q: Is Emmaus Road’s size an asset or liability, strength or weakness?
Q: When a “tuba player” goes missing, are we able to talk about it honestly and lovingly in Christ? Do we offer encouragement along with accountability?
Q: When it comes to planning, expectations, and vision, how is communication among leaders and members: effective, ok, or ineffective? How might it improve?
Q: As a member of Christ’s body among this group, how great is your sense of personal responsibility, to play your part, to speak up, to mentor newcomers, etc.?
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
CHOOSING ELDERS: AN UPDATE
Twenty-six of you Road Crew members made nominations.
Just about everyone in the candidacy pool received nominations.
A smaller handful of folks did receive a majority of nominations, though, providing some clarity about who I should approach, concerning leadership and service as an elder.
I will be initiating a "first round" of discussions over the next few days.
Please pray for me, for yourselves, for God's will to be done.
Amen.
Just about everyone in the candidacy pool received nominations.
A smaller handful of folks did receive a majority of nominations, though, providing some clarity about who I should approach, concerning leadership and service as an elder.
I will be initiating a "first round" of discussions over the next few days.
Please pray for me, for yourselves, for God's will to be done.
Amen.
Friday, November 7, 2008
ROAD CREW MINUTES, OCTOBER 30, 2008
23 members in attendance; 17 households represented
Goals of Meeting:
1. Welcome New Members
2. Discuss Community
3. Approve Budget
4. Elder Nominations – begin process
5. Pray
______________________________________________________
7:00 PM Arrival; chitchat
7:10 PM Prayer led by Pastor Likkel
7:20 PM Welcomed New Members: Mike & Teresa Elenbaas
• Informal Q&A, introduction of Mike & Teresa
• laying on of hands and prayer
7:40 PM Emmaus Road: Making Trail Mix
Brief presentation by Pastor Likkel
• Congregational Stats: 44 “regular households”, 67 adults, 21 single folks, 23 couples, RC has 43 members
• Trail Mix = an analogy to community
• We’ve got talented, rich, small bowls of various single ingredients; yet a woefully empty large bowl, unless those small bowls are combined; when small bowls remain isolated, and contribute just a bit of themselves, mixture doesn’t happen
• Single ingredients created to be thoroughly mixed together, says Great Trail Mix Creator
• Though we feel scarcity of time, resources, gifts we realize abundance when we find it in one another, in community, all together
Table Talk: Pastor Likkel invited members to discuss their past/current experiences of mixing in community, sharing life together
• Sharing stories, sharing trail mix
• What did you hope to find in community?
• What have you found, what haven’t you found?
• What are the barriers?
Reflect: after 20 minutes of discussion, large group shares reflections from Table Talks
• Participation in Small Groups, barriers & wishes, affects “connectedness”
• Mix things up: getting together more, for pool for example (recreation)
• Benefits of being with those you might not otherwise be with, going beyond the surface
• Small Groups provide an opportunity to commit to stay plugged in & not make excuses
• Developing some group events on a smaller scale, without expectation for large numbers
• Talking with others about why not involved, the church and the individual families
• Carpooling! Hard to get here, so far away; joining a small group based on geography
• As an early church, so similar; how easy to get together and all go out together
• Discussed communities in general: school, political
• What is community of church? Many approach by who is like me? Who can be my BFF?
• Shift to learning to form relationships and learn to rely on one another, those not like us
• (Takes a recognition that God sees how folks might fit together below the surface)
• Delicate balance about being a small church community: scarcity
• Positive to be small: no option to sit, take and leave; must be involved or wouldn’t be
8:10 PM Budget
Brief presentation by Treasurer Mike Colyn; handed out RC budget
• Same story for past few years, since 2002
• Slight increase in giving locally, probably the highest yet (last year especially low)
• No single reason for giving changes: some new folks, some increased given
• Health care doubled in last few years
• Have spent nearly all of $10k of Classis PNW’s first phase of grant
Q&A
• Q: What is Sunday Set-up (category)? Why has it increased? A: Two people now vs. one.
• Q: Did we take $5k from savings? A: Yes, we used part of $20k from Ministry Coordinator funds
• ERIC: Several years ago, we were promised $80k from classis in ’97; when new church sponsored in Classis PNW, given this money for land to build. They held onto when we didn’t build, then gave to us. $10k released— we invested in chairs, etc, then asked for another $20k for Paul Belk’s part time position funding; since then, we “graduated” (attained “organized” status within Classis PNW), and were granted remaining $50k. It’s for whatever we deem appropriate. Our outside giving (non-member donors) is decreasing, and we should be growing local giving and sending it out. And an idea: we should start contributing to help support new local churches; ministry share determined by ratio--$56 per person. Council commitment to present giving from positive way; we approach our congregational giving not as an emergency or crisis. Remember the 50x50x50 formula (50 people, giving $50, 50 weeks a year), which amounts to $125k? Seems realistic. There is more giving potential at ER. Let’s adopt a biblical response to giving, a commandment.
• Q: What is currently in savings? A: $20-30K, plus recent $50k deposit
• Q: How do we keep going? A: Grants, have received checks from churches in years past
• Note: Appears we could continue for 5 years if we spent $15,000 over each year; We spent over budget $5k last year, meaning we have historically spent less than budgeted
• Q: What about sending to families (relatives of ER members who might donate to ER)? A: Netted about $5-6k beyond $18k single gift which we received last year, 2007/08
Mike called for a vote; Essentially, a vote to spend as we have in the past
• Road Crew voted to Pass the Budget as Mike presented it
8:40 PM Nominating Elders
Pastor Likkel gave a Brief Introduction to process, with handouts on the tables
• Ben Lappenga, David Anema, Suellen Yerger, will all continue as Elders through 2008/09
• Andrew Mullenix, Juliana Pope, Mark Nelson, Dan Ruiter will step down from office after having served a full two-year term; Dan Ruiter has served more than two double-year terms!
• Pastor Likkel thanked each outgoing Elder personally; brief prayer
• Potential Elder candidates listed and posted on Road Crew website, along w/details re: process
• Nominations due from RC members by 11/23; use white box, email, phone, etc.
8:55 PM Concluded with Prayer and Dismissed by 9PM
Goals of Meeting:
1. Welcome New Members
2. Discuss Community
3. Approve Budget
4. Elder Nominations – begin process
5. Pray
______________________________________________________
7:00 PM Arrival; chitchat
7:10 PM Prayer led by Pastor Likkel
7:20 PM Welcomed New Members: Mike & Teresa Elenbaas
• Informal Q&A, introduction of Mike & Teresa
• laying on of hands and prayer
7:40 PM Emmaus Road: Making Trail Mix
Brief presentation by Pastor Likkel
• Congregational Stats: 44 “regular households”, 67 adults, 21 single folks, 23 couples, RC has 43 members
• Trail Mix = an analogy to community
• We’ve got talented, rich, small bowls of various single ingredients; yet a woefully empty large bowl, unless those small bowls are combined; when small bowls remain isolated, and contribute just a bit of themselves, mixture doesn’t happen
• Single ingredients created to be thoroughly mixed together, says Great Trail Mix Creator
• Though we feel scarcity of time, resources, gifts we realize abundance when we find it in one another, in community, all together
Table Talk: Pastor Likkel invited members to discuss their past/current experiences of mixing in community, sharing life together
• Sharing stories, sharing trail mix
• What did you hope to find in community?
• What have you found, what haven’t you found?
• What are the barriers?
Reflect: after 20 minutes of discussion, large group shares reflections from Table Talks
• Participation in Small Groups, barriers & wishes, affects “connectedness”
• Mix things up: getting together more, for pool for example (recreation)
• Benefits of being with those you might not otherwise be with, going beyond the surface
• Small Groups provide an opportunity to commit to stay plugged in & not make excuses
• Developing some group events on a smaller scale, without expectation for large numbers
• Talking with others about why not involved, the church and the individual families
• Carpooling! Hard to get here, so far away; joining a small group based on geography
• As an early church, so similar; how easy to get together and all go out together
• Discussed communities in general: school, political
• What is community of church? Many approach by who is like me? Who can be my BFF?
• Shift to learning to form relationships and learn to rely on one another, those not like us
• (Takes a recognition that God sees how folks might fit together below the surface)
• Delicate balance about being a small church community: scarcity
• Positive to be small: no option to sit, take and leave; must be involved or wouldn’t be
8:10 PM Budget
Brief presentation by Treasurer Mike Colyn; handed out RC budget
• Same story for past few years, since 2002
• Slight increase in giving locally, probably the highest yet (last year especially low)
• No single reason for giving changes: some new folks, some increased given
• Health care doubled in last few years
• Have spent nearly all of $10k of Classis PNW’s first phase of grant
Q&A
• Q: What is Sunday Set-up (category)? Why has it increased? A: Two people now vs. one.
• Q: Did we take $5k from savings? A: Yes, we used part of $20k from Ministry Coordinator funds
• ERIC: Several years ago, we were promised $80k from classis in ’97; when new church sponsored in Classis PNW, given this money for land to build. They held onto when we didn’t build, then gave to us. $10k released— we invested in chairs, etc, then asked for another $20k for Paul Belk’s part time position funding; since then, we “graduated” (attained “organized” status within Classis PNW), and were granted remaining $50k. It’s for whatever we deem appropriate. Our outside giving (non-member donors) is decreasing, and we should be growing local giving and sending it out. And an idea: we should start contributing to help support new local churches; ministry share determined by ratio--$56 per person. Council commitment to present giving from positive way; we approach our congregational giving not as an emergency or crisis. Remember the 50x50x50 formula (50 people, giving $50, 50 weeks a year), which amounts to $125k? Seems realistic. There is more giving potential at ER. Let’s adopt a biblical response to giving, a commandment.
• Q: What is currently in savings? A: $20-30K, plus recent $50k deposit
• Q: How do we keep going? A: Grants, have received checks from churches in years past
• Note: Appears we could continue for 5 years if we spent $15,000 over each year; We spent over budget $5k last year, meaning we have historically spent less than budgeted
• Q: What about sending to families (relatives of ER members who might donate to ER)? A: Netted about $5-6k beyond $18k single gift which we received last year, 2007/08
Mike called for a vote; Essentially, a vote to spend as we have in the past
• Road Crew voted to Pass the Budget as Mike presented it
8:40 PM Nominating Elders
Pastor Likkel gave a Brief Introduction to process, with handouts on the tables
• Ben Lappenga, David Anema, Suellen Yerger, will all continue as Elders through 2008/09
• Andrew Mullenix, Juliana Pope, Mark Nelson, Dan Ruiter will step down from office after having served a full two-year term; Dan Ruiter has served more than two double-year terms!
• Pastor Likkel thanked each outgoing Elder personally; brief prayer
• Potential Elder candidates listed and posted on Road Crew website, along w/details re: process
• Nominations due from RC members by 11/23; use white box, email, phone, etc.
8:55 PM Concluded with Prayer and Dismissed by 9PM
Thursday, October 30, 2008
NOMINATING ELDERS
Emmaus Road installed seven Elders to help shepherd the flock in 2006. Prior to this group's term, the Road Crew and Council updated our church's decision making process for nominating Elders. As the two-year term has ended, four of the Elders have chosen to step down from the office: Mark Nelson, Andrew Mullenix, Juliana Pope, and Dan Ruiter (who had already served terms prior to 2006!). We thank God for their service.
Time to pray and raise up three Elders to join the three who remain (keeping a ratio of approx. 1 Elder per 11 adults).
Calling (Roles/Goals) of Elders among Emmaus Road
• Meet regularly to pray for church, share updates
• Shepherd congregation through visitation, prayer, listening; seek to connect with members in the margins – ill, absent, lonely, confined
• Advise and inform Road Crew
• Encourage Deacons, other leaders, along w/Pastor
• Assist Pastor in calling and appointing leaders
• Receive/release Road Crew members
• For new Elders, two-year term (renewable for two consecutive terms – four years total)
Nomination/Ordination Process 2008/09
Pastor grants final approval/ordination after Road Crew nominates candidates to serve two-year terms from a pool of fellow members w/following qualifications:
• RC members of at least one year
• Active in small group
• Prayerful; student of Word
• Will not serve if married to another Elder nominee
• Not overly burdened by role as Deacon
• Ready to fulfill shepherding tasks, meet regularly w/Elders to share updates, pray
• Meet biblical requirements: 1 Timothy 3:1-12; 5:17; Titus 1:6-9 provide a non-exhaustive list of biblical qualifications for those recognized as Elders in the church
Oct 30 Road Crew honors outgoing Elders; Pastor publishes list of potential Elders (Road Crew mtg. and via email)
Nov 23 Each Road Crew member has nominated three individuals (via white box or email)
December 1 Pastor tallies nominations; speaks to candidates; narrows number down to three
January 22 Pastor ordains incoming Elders
Eligible Road Crew members
Members one or more years, active in small group, not serving as Elder within last year; not married to current Elder
Jon-Paul Benoit Aug-07
Sarah Byrd Apr-02
Ryan Engel Jun-07
Kristin Engel Jun-07
Anna-Marie Chainus Jun-02
Beth De Vries Apr-97
Biff Gaitan Jun-05
Chandra Mullenix Apr-05
Kurt Munson Jan-08
Christina Nelson Apr-02
Angie R Jan-02
Mark R Jan-02
Reba Ruiter Feb-00
Cynthia Tanis Apr-01
Dan Vos Feb-01
Jason Wood Nov-04
1. select three individuals
2. place choices in white box through November 23 or email Pastor Eric Likkel (eric@emmausroad.net)
Calling (Roles/Goals) of Elders among Emmaus Road
• Meet regularly to pray for church, share updates
• Shepherd congregation through visitation, prayer, listening; seek to connect with members in the margins – ill, absent, lonely, confined
• Advise and inform Road Crew
• Encourage Deacons, other leaders, along w/Pastor
• Assist Pastor in calling and appointing leaders
• Receive/release Road Crew members
• For new Elders, two-year term (renewable for two consecutive terms – four years total)
Nomination/Ordination Process 2008/09
Pastor grants final approval/ordination after Road Crew nominates candidates to serve two-year terms from a pool of fellow members w/following qualifications:
• RC members of at least one year
• Active in small group
• Prayerful; student of Word
• Will not serve if married to another Elder nominee
• Not overly burdened by role as Deacon
• Ready to fulfill shepherding tasks, meet regularly w/Elders to share updates, pray
• Meet biblical requirements: 1 Timothy 3:1-12; 5:17; Titus 1:6-9 provide a non-exhaustive list of biblical qualifications for those recognized as Elders in the church
Oct 30 Road Crew honors outgoing Elders; Pastor publishes list of potential Elders (Road Crew mtg. and via email)
Nov 23 Each Road Crew member has nominated three individuals (via white box or email)
December 1 Pastor tallies nominations; speaks to candidates; narrows number down to three
January 22 Pastor ordains incoming Elders
Eligible Road Crew members
Members one or more years, active in small group, not serving as Elder within last year; not married to current Elder
Jon-Paul Benoit Aug-07
Sarah Byrd Apr-02
Ryan Engel Jun-07
Kristin Engel Jun-07
Anna-Marie Chainus Jun-02
Beth De Vries Apr-97
Biff Gaitan Jun-05
Chandra Mullenix Apr-05
Kurt Munson Jan-08
Christina Nelson Apr-02
Angie R Jan-02
Mark R Jan-02
Reba Ruiter Feb-00
Cynthia Tanis Apr-01
Dan Vos Feb-01
Jason Wood Nov-04
1. select three individuals
2. place choices in white box through November 23 or email Pastor Eric Likkel (eric@emmausroad.net)
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