Evangelism Team
January 11, 2005 Meeting Minutes

In attendance were David Ashby, Dean Conklin, Dee Duncan, Lynda Fickling, Ken Fong (taking minutes), Laura Kuhl (co-presiding), Jim Wolff (co-presiding).

We reviewed our ongoing projects:

Ken reported that the CD is in pretty good shape. He will update it periodically as new material becomes available.

Dean is still interested in publishing Janet’s sermons in booklet form.

Dean also shared an idea he picked up at a church he visited recently. It would involve sorting items in our bulletin according to I, R, and M.

Laura reported she has made no progress yet on forming the new teams.

It was reported that Jerry McLeland will be ordering new parking signs this week.

Laura met with Little School recently; the overall tone of the meeting was positive. She shared that our (ET) interest is in getting new members. Little School reported on a number of activities they have undertaken recently that are in this direction, including:

• Sending home the Advent Calendar, and sending out other similar material in the future

• Offering preference to church members via earlier registration

• Tenth anniversary publicity

• Cooperation on Easter Fun Day

They also discussed some ideas for the future, including:

• Sending Invitation Cards out in information packets

• Building “mini Information Centers” at the downstairs entrances

• Using more Communications Team resources

• More pastor visibility

Jim suggested the team revisit our goals, now that it was a new year. We agreed that we should be focusing on

1. Achieving greater member participation

2. Getting more new members

ET should be more strategic, and get others involved in the church in achieving these goals. The particular suggestion discussed was asking each small group to work on how it could be more IRM and more evangelistic. Perhaps one ET member could be an interface to each group.

A related idea is to ask small groups to take over hospitality functions for one week. For example, Home Improvements could do coffee at all three services for one Sunday a year, or The Women of St. Luke’s could usher at all three services for one Sunday a year. Training or supervision by someone(s) experienced in the area would have to be provided. This would be done in a way that gives that group more exposure to the congregation.

We decided to pursue this idea by picking a few teams and running these ideas by them:

Youth: David Ashby

Home Improvements: Ken Fong

UMM: Dean Conklin

Women of St. Luke’s: Lynda Fickling

The ET member would:

1. Meet with the leadership of the small group and talk about our evangelism goals of achieving greater member participation and getting more church members

2. Ask if they are interested in working with us

3. Brainstorm evangelism ideas specific to their group

4. Bring the results back to the next ET meeting

We also agreed to do a Lenten Invitation Card. Ken will work with the staff on a calendar of events.

Action Items:

Jim Wolff: Will work on Dean’s ideas of publishing Janet’s sermons and sorting our bulletin according to I, R, and M

David Ashby: Will meet with the Youth and report at the next ET meeting

Ken Fong: Will meet with Home Improvements and report at the next ET meeting

Will work on the Lenten Invitation Card

Dean Conklin: Will meet with UMM and report at the next ET meeting

Lynda Fickling: Will meet with the Women of St. Luke’s and report at the next ET meeting

Laura Kuhl: Will review our plans with the Ministry Council on 1/25

Will email the pastors about being more visible at Little School

Will get the Nametag and Sign Teams moving

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, February 8, at 7 PM in “John.”