ROAD CREW NOTES CONDENSED; COUNCIL FOLLOW-UP PROPOSALS

From November 24th Road Crew lunch: meeting notes organized/condensed,
with added Council follow-up proposals:

MINISTRY AREA: Sustainability

ROAD CREW COMMENTS

·   Communication vague at times; feeling persists for many of being out of the loop

·   Pastor going part-time not a welcome move….. not yet

·   Size matters; were Emmaus Road little larger, some financial stability achieved

ACTIONS proposed by Council

·   Pledge forms by January 31^st; Stewardship Team carry out; reason: concrete way for members to take ownership, or be faced with it, even if end result is not a useful budget tool (e.g., not enough people participate)

·   Refresh people with budget updates ALREADY online; people lose track of info.; don’t know where to find it; good for people to see details

·   Numerical growth of church! (separate topic/mtg.)

·   Capitalize on offertory moment; cite specific costs

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MINISTRY AREA: Cradle to College; Ministry w/Children, Parents


ROAD CREW COMMENTS

·   Emmaus Road’s emerging generation(s) are expanding; potential for good; future youth group(s)

·   Collaboration a hopeful approach, re: way to develop events-oriented programs

ACTIONS proposed by Council

·   Highlight mentoring relationships; tell stories (Eric capture for eWeekly or Show/Tell on Sunday)

·   Explore partner church opportunities; Cluster relationships; Nicole Molendyk interested

·   “Top Ten” biblical topics/narratives for parents to share w/children beyond Sunday; call together a parental summit to explore, sort out, begin

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MINISTRY AREA: Worship


ROAD CREW COMMENTS

·   Valued

·   All Ages Sundays are appreciated

·   Multi-media important/helpful

·   Small size of worshiping crowd does not affect everyone evenly; some notice, some do not

·   General affirmation

ACTIONS proposed by Council

·   Continue developing kid-friendly messages/liturgies (even for adults)

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MINISTRY AREA: Church & Neighbor: Missional Activity Beyond Belltown


ROAD CREW COMMENTS

·   Broaden the planning team and event leadership; share work load

·   Communication around events/expectations; can never have too much communication!

ACTIONS proposed by Council

·   Raise awareness – need bigger team to carry out planning (beyond Kristen, David, Eric)

·   Strategy needs work; new vision needs to be cast

·   Personal invitations; creates accountability

·   Match church members to neighbors and established opportunities

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MINISTRY AREA: Prayer Parties


ROAD CREW COMMENTS

·   First event at David/Jessie’s off to good start

·   Good strategy to have prayer “champion” around each focus

ACTIONS proposed by Council
·   Arauctos host next Prayer Party, January 24

ROAD CREW NOTES, NOVEMBER 24, 2013

We had a good showing:
twenty-five participants at the Sunday Road Crew lunch.
Here are notes from some of the table conversations:

ROAD CREW AGENDA NOVEMBER 24

AIM = CLARITY ABOUT BIG QUESTIONS

Who is Emmaus Road; Why do we come together?

What do we receive; What do we offer?

PROCESS = small group discussions around tables

large group summaries for Council take-away

AGENDA

1. Introduction: Table Topics

• Church & Neighbor; multiply from Belltown
• Cradle to College, Sunday & beyond for kids/parents; equipping parents/mentors, over programs
• Prayer; prayer parties; skills; transparency/posture; expectations
• Worship/Word/Sacrament (Sunday); expectations; changes
• $ustainability/bi-vocational Pastor; micro part-time staff

2. Table Talks

3. Summaries

4. Follow-up Plan 

• December 10 Council discuss Road Crew notes; make proposals
• proposals to church for review/comment through December
• January implement change

5. Welcome New Members