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2002 Church Planning Meeting

December 29, 2001

Adopt a Motto - WWJD (What would Jesus do?) Think Big!
Study the scripture
Elders to bring to baptism - 60 people

Vision: To present Jesus, who is living in us, to the world. To present Jesus through ministering to people's needs. To present Jesus through the training of individuals for service. To present Jesus through the Bible, in study and worship.

Socials

  1. Christmas program like 2000's for outreach.
  2. Sabbath afternoon activities meeting different age group needs.
  3. Fall festival
  4. Sports activities and Table games
  5. Talent program with other churches
  6. Competitive games to socialize with other churches we can mix teams
  7. Games day - inter church competitions - track & field.
  8. Bowling night
  9. Billboard to post events and signup
  10. Progressive dinner
  11. Ice-cream social
  12. Saturday evening sports night
  13. Church picnic

Worship Services

  1. Two services - contempory & Traditional
  2. Pastors' appeal from the pulpit for reverence in the sanctury
  3. Start later
  4. Praise team every sabbath
  5. More contemporary service
  6. involve children in one song every sabbath
  7. Greeters at each door (youth)
  8. Visitors sticker, to know their names
  9. Visitors follow-up. Hand written card
  10. Pastor/personal call - visitors
  11. Start on time (over the world SDA start time).
  12. More special music by church members
  13. Return to old way of collecting tithe & offering
  14. Split membership into small lists - call if no-show
  15. Children's church
  16. More reverence - less walking around durring service, more control of babies crying
  17. More hymns - congregational singing
  18. Drums
  19. Usher people out of church
  20. Use more members to read the scripture from the pulpit
  21. Use the Bible in sermons
  22. Put cell phone on vibrate instead of ring.
  23. Be on time
  24. Friendliness of members
  25. Reverence in worship
  26. Ringing cell phones off
  27. Assistance with the babies in the baby room (0-3, parent must be in room)
  28. More structure in worship
  29. Twice a year, full worship service of just music/singing/testimonies
  30. Childrens church
  31. Improve communication
  32. Church directory in each persons hands
  33. Friendliness after sabbath

Youth Meetings

  1. Skating
  2. Finish gym
  3. Bowling
  4. Youth rallies
  5. Lock-in (lazer tag)
  6. Sports team
  7. Youth maranatha program
  8. Youth pastor
  9. Camping
  10. Concerts (contemporary)
  11. Bible study
  12. Steady AY meetings
  13. Roadtrips
  14. Iceskating, rollerblading
  15. Paintball
  16. Movies/popcorn (along with lockin), LARGE screen
  17. Water park
  18. Pro sports game
  19. Go Karts (Davey Jones Kart Zone)
  20. Rotate AYA leaders to keep things fresh
  21. Visit hospitals
  22. Road march
  23. Nature hikes
  24. Smile, be happy :-)
  25. Good sabbath school program
  26. Good afternoon programs
  27. Good music - sabbath school 9:15 - 9:45
    second service, afternoon service

Community Outreach

  1. Smoke-outs
  2. Health seminars
  3. Marriage & family
  4. Mothers day out - for local community
  5. Sporting events for youth
  6. Hobby related program
  7. Blood drive
  8. Money management
  9. Budgeting
  10. Nursing homes
  11. Hospital visitations
  12. Bible Study Groups
  13. Distribute video tapes
  14. Prepared as an emergency station
  15. Community basketball
  16. Open church for disasters (relief)
  17. Investment seminars - stewardship
  18. Structure
  19. Consistency
  20. Start on time
  21. Finished facility
  22. Clean facility
  23. Church support (visible support)
  24. Not self serving. No hidden agenda to convert people

Miscellaneous

  1. Have people sit by new members or visiting people
  2. More people take responsibility for making people feel welcome
  3. User worshippers out - more orderly exits
  4. Prayer & fasting
  5. More visibility of the Elders
  6. Less visibilty of the Elders
  7. More help from deacons - more deacons
  8. Exit interview - with people who have left - why?
  9. Visit people who are not attending
  10. Divide membership - make lists so someone is responsible to call them
  11. Transportation services
  12. Amen worriors
  13. Formation of a choir
  14. Strategically placed singers
  15. Drama team (religious)
  16. Youth choir
  17. Special music ( 2 Sabbaths a month, praise team other 2 weeks)

Seminars

  1. No smoking
  2. Healthy cooking
  3. Youth issues
  4. Parenting - age group related
  5. Oral health
  6. Medical issues
  7. Dress code for worship svcs.
  8. Coping with serious illness
  9. Self esteem - adults/youth
  10. How to conduct Bible studies
  11. Money management
  12. Debt management
  13. Health seminars stationed in the fellowship hall
  14. Praise/worship seminars
  15. How to use technology (safely)
  16. Effect of porn on our society/church
  17. Men's seminars/women's seminars
  18. Marriage

Sermon Topics

  1. How to worship at home
  2. Good sex (be sure we have childrens church)
  3. Technology in ministry
  4. How to witness
  5. Last day events
  6. How Sabbath came about -v- Sunday
  7. Sermons mixed with music
  8. More variety
  9. Focus on what really counts in life
  10. Life after death
  11. Bible doctrine once a month
  12. Holy Spirit - outpouring/last day
  13. Bible history - origen of Bible
  14. Prayer
  15. Loving your spouse
  16. Wine -v- Grapejuice
  17. Teenage years (rights & wrong)
  18. Prophecy
  19. Second comming of Christ/End time
  20. Commandments - Present/outdated
  21. Church doctrines
  22. Loving Discipline - youth
  23. Dating - before & after marriage
  24. Time management & priorities

Weekly Services

  1. Men's prayer breakfasts
  2. Small group ministry
  3. Weekly youth services - 13-25 yrs
  4. Men's & women's by weekly program
  5. Change prayer meeting format:
    start @ 5:30
    Time for homework (for school kids)
    Prayer meeting
    Supper
    Go home by 7:30-8:00
  6. Limit Sabbath to 1. Sabbath school, 2. Church, 3. AYA - nothing else, no meetings
  7. Children's story
  8. Praise group more often
  9. Gently get noise out of the services - crying kids
  10. Keep services on time
  11. Move people from social hall to church without noise or loitering
  12. More reverant
  13. Prayer meetings
  14. Visitation
  15. Bible study
  16. Special music
  17. Intermingle with each other
  18. Small group in homes
  19. Call people regularly
  20. Youth greeters

Sabbath School

  1. Participation in discussion
  2. Commitment to study lesson
  3. Recognition of those who have regular lesson study
  4. Recognition of regular daily Bible reading - monthly card turned in and annual celebration
  5. Children's SS frank discussion with parents on attendance, tardiness & participation
  6. Bible Bowl with local churches
  7. Music before Sabbath school
  8. Start SS at 10:00am
  9. Finish SS rooms
  10. Need a real kitchen
  11. wake-up committee
  12. Parents open house for children ss
  13. Monthly childrends SS newsletter for parents
  14. Youth needs their own room
  15. Skits
  16. Incentives for attendance, punctuality, and lesson study
  17. Young couples class
  18. More exposure of childrens talents (in adult SS class)
  19. Sabbath morning continental breakfast (adults)
  20. SS teachers/leaders must be accountable - show up on time or be replaced
  21. 13th Sabbath program
  22. Start on time
  23. A youth SS room
  24. Be committed
  25. Involvement
    a. small groups for ss time
    b. small groups for lesson time
    c. encourage study of lessons
  26. Contact members (phone or email)
  27. Greet others
Motion 1 - Borrow $600,000 - Voted no
Motion 2 - Offer $400,000 cash with $100,000 receipt for charitable donation. - allow 30 days - add up to $20,000. Vote: 8 in favor 2 opposed
Motion 3- Ask conference to loan us $600,000 instead of original $500,000. Use $100,000 to pay off all current debt. Seconded. Vote: 7 yes, 2 no

 

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