10/21/08 Pastoral Meeting Minutes

Pastoral Meeting Minutes

10/21/08

Place: Pastor Paul’s house

Present: Pastor Paul, Pastor Don,Flora

 

 

1.          Prayer

2.          Church financial

E-mail from sister Cerina

Dear Deacon Board:

This e-mail is for your information. Due to the loss in the past few months, today I made a transfer of $5000 from CCC savings to checking account.  I believe it is my responsibility to give you a quick overview as to CCC’s financial status.

 

If the loss is $2,500 a month, we could run without touch the CD for another 10 months. The $71K in CD will be matured in April next year. Excluding $63K from building fund, $8,000 will be available.

 

Please keep this in mind.  At this point, due to the economy is bad, I suggest to hold back any nonrecurring expenses.  Keep the monthly spending to the very basic. 

 

Suggestions: Have usage control on forks, plates, bowls on Friday and Sunday (It goes so fast when the whole box was out last Sunday, 2 spoons for 2 soups). Use power point instead of copy songs for Friday night.  Praise team share the song sheet and collect them back after Sunday worship use, etc.   You might come out more ideas than me. 

God bless,

Cerina

 

Pastoral meeting’s feedback & suggestions:

a)          Use reusable plates and utensils to save waste.

b)          Put this item on the bulletin.

c)          We all agree to reduce the expense to basic.

d)         We suggest deacon board to evaluate the expense on weekly & monthly basic.  Have one deacon and lay person to have sub-committee to watch the financial situation and give monthly report.  Set up the rules to deal with the changeable situation.

e)          Put this item on fasting prayer list.  Ask brothers & sisters to pray about this.

f)           We trust that God is still in control on what happened in this world.  We encourage brothers & sisters trust in God and follow Him.

g)          Sub-committee candidates recommended: Albert, Cerina & Yan.

 

3.          Finalize Thanksgiving program (11/22/08 Sat.)

Theme: prayer and fasting testimony

Food and decoration: Sandy will be the coordinator.  Albert will ask Michael and Winnie to help Sandy with food. 

Program:

a)          Music coordinator: Mengpei

b)          Praise leader: Cerina  Pianist: Mengpei

c)          Response song: Cerina will choose.

d)         Presider: Thomas

e)          Translator: Albert

f)           Cleaning: Flora will put on the bulletin. People who have the touch will contact brother Albert.

g)          Testimonies sharing: Flora will put on the bulletin.  People who have the touch will contact Flora.

h)          Changed joint program and 1 youth and 1 adult share testimony. In order to have joint program and them separate, we would need about a 30 minute time slot.

i)            Slide show: Mike will pray about it.

j)            Program sheet: Flora will print it on half page letter size.

 

4.          Finalize Christmas program (12/13/08 Sat.)

Theme: Life that is not the same

Food and decoration: Sandy will be the coordinator.  She will ask Connie to help.

Program:

a)              Music coordinator: Mengpei

b)             Praise leader: Pastor Don & Flora will coordinate. 

c)              Response song: Pastor Don & Flora will choose.

d)             Pianist: Mengpei

e)              Adult Choir: Mengpei will coordinate.

f)                                          Children choir: Pauline will coordinate.

g)                                         Drama: Albert will write drama play.

h)                                         Skit: Pastor Don will coordinate with Youths. Let youths pray about the skit.

i)                                           Presider: Jeffrey

j)                                           Translator: Mike

k)                                         Cleaning: Flora will put on bulletin.  People who have the touch will contact Sister Jian.

 

5.          Parent Ministry: 3 Steps relating to Youth

a.       Lesson 1: Provide youth with instructions to understand their parents’ challenges and struggles. Then encourage youth to appreciate their parents and provide prayer support for them.

b.      Lesson 2: Big Picture. Help the youth to see the need to take responsibility for their part of the relationship and make an investment in a healthier family. Based on 1 Cor. 13:4-8.

c.       Develop night to bring parents and youth together to get them playing together, talking together and working together.

d.      Pastor Paul sharing- regarding the third lesson. Keep in mind when bringing in the adults consider:

1-    Do in currently activity like in a Friday night. Don’t want to add to people’s burden.

2-Suggest do Chinese New Year and combine with biblical value of life.

 

6.          2009 church handbook

a)          Word Font: use smaller size. Contents to be condensed.

b)          Contents: Vision articles, Event calendar, spiritual calendar, short term mission proposal, 2008 financial report, 2009 budget, mission dept. financial report.

c)          Pastor Don will prepare 2008 ministry report, 2009 vision specifically modified for the English side, and 2009 detailed plan.  Pastor Don will present it on 12/2 pastoral meeting.

7.          Reminder:

l   10/25 Sat. 6-8:30pm Sunday school teacher meeting at Mengpei’s house.  Albert will give name list to Mengpei who are coming.

l   11/10-11 BGCT annual meeting: Fort Worth Convention Center, 1201 Houston Street, Fort Worth, TX  76102 (info. is on BGCT website http://www.bgct.org/texasbaptists/Page.aspx?pid=5094

l   12/5-7 Pastor Wang will go to San Francisco for mission conference.彼岸福音特會www.Chinasoul.org

l   12/19 Friday night Strategic meeting. Flora will e-mail to Mike & Sandy to present 2009 adult short term mission ppt.  Pastor Don will present youth short term mission ppt.

 

8.        請各位執事收到教牧同工會議記錄後，給一個回覆。在回覆中只需寫上一個「閱」字(“read” )。若有任何不同的意見，請隨時溝通。有紅色字的地方是務求回覆的，謝謝執事們過往在會議記錄上，用「閱」(read)字來表達對教牧同工會的支持與鼓勵。盼望神繼續賜給我們有美好的交通。Dear Deacons: Please give us your response after receiving pastoral meeting minutes. We appreciate your support and encouragement through reading the meeting minutes & response. May God continue to grant good communication among us.

9.                           Close prayer