WCA Executive Committee Minutes
January 14, 10:00 a.m.
First Congregational Church,
Call to Order—The meeting was called to order by Moderator Sue LeFeber at 10:07 a.m.
In attendance were EC members Sue LeFeber, Bob Noble, Rae-Ellen Preuss, Jim Benz, Rob Brink and Pam Roble. Also in attendance were Louise Noble and Jim Benz.
Opening Prayer – Sue offered prayer at 10:07 a.m.
Introduction of
Guest: Jim Benz spoke about what progress had been made on the NACCC 2009
Annual Meeting. October 25 Jim and
Lottie Jones Hood met with the Visitor’s Bureau, with which Jim has extensive
experience. The Bureau’s purpose is to
welcome conventions and offer services to those who hold meetings in the city
of
Also, Jim proposes we not hold the communion service in the ballroom of the Wyndham on Sunday afternoon, because of the surrounding bars. He would like us to explore the possibility of St. Josephat and Lottie agrees.
We discussed the possibility of St. Josephat for the communion service. Some of the objections were noted.
Another thing that has been talked about is holding our
opening reception at the
A possible location for NAPF/HOPE would be
The EC felt that it would be a wonderful opportunity for us to worship and celebrate communion at St. Josephat and have asked Jim to speak to the priest about the possibility.
Jim also would like to get the schedule from Lottie, so we would know about the entertainment we need to secure. Laura Snider, a bass player with MSO, who does a concert with voice, and her husband on piano and her son playing cello. All agreed this would be a wonderful choice for an entertainment slot in the schedule.
Sue mentioned that John Carson asked her to let us know that
the ICF will be meeting in
We need to have a table at the
Sue will contact Lottie about the schedule.
Approval of November Minutes – Cindy Bacon
Emailed corrections made. Rob Brink moved and Bob Noble seconded that they be approved. Passed.
Reports
Bob offered the report, which is very similar to last meeting’s report. We have had some additional donations. The total is now $5,195. Our income balance is now $25,779.44.
Expenses have been accrued for the Congregationalist, the JH Rally, Conflict Resolution seminar and the Resource Person.
Our expenses have stayed about the same, and our income has increased slightly.
We checked the expenses on the Congregationalist, and tried to determine how many copies were made.
The corrected report will be emailed, and we can approve by email vote.
The next meeting is coming up
January 26. The skit night subcommittee
is meeting separately prior to the meeting.
The
The last letter was very well received. Churches are publishing the letter in their newsletter, reading it from the pulpit and posting it on their bulletin boards. We have received some donations because of the letter.
Rae-Ellen asked about the out of state churches and if they really want to be part of the WCA. Sue assured her that they all do. In addition, Jim Jupin brought forward the name of another church who would like to participate during our WCMA meeting in December. It was brought up that Rick might make the directory available and updatable on line.
Cheryl was given her severance pay, and is now finished with her duties.
Rick Hartley is working on the website, and Judi Weyer, Administrative Assistant at Mukwonago, is doing the newsletter.
The WCMA met at Pilgrim last week. The next meeting will be in Gurnee.
WCTS met last week. Chris Bryan presented and Bob Noble reported that they had an excellent discussion.
From what has been discussed on this topic, possibilities include:
1) the Ministers having separate governance and finances from the whole group
2) The ministers would have a representative on the EC
3) the
ministers would be listed as a committee, much like Youth and
4) Lay Representatives would become Ambassadors, taking on more responsibility for contacting local churches.
Another meeting has been set for
Feb. 4 at 10:00 a.m. in
Action Items
The next EC meeting will be on
February 27 at 10:00 a.m. in
Registration form on website and in
newsletter, and should go to Sue at
Keynote address? Sue suggested Rev. Dr. Les Longden, Professor
of Evangelism,
Theme- “How to…”
We need to get this meeting and WCA involvement back in the pews. We had a good discussion about how to present a small number of specialized workshops. It was decided to focus on four areas, Sunday School, Treasurers/Trustees, Church Marketing/Growth and Congregational Care, and offer a longer workshop time (2-2 ˝ hours) for each area, with a scheduled/prepared presenter, as well as predetermined questions for discussion. There would also be enough time for flexibility in each session. Cindy will contact the churches to see who they might suggest to be leaders for each of the four workshops.
The schedule will stay the same, with Session I and II being replaced by the 2 hour workshops.
We are keeping Ardie’s suggestion for 2009, and continuing with the same theme, offer other discussion/presentation workshops on other specialized topics.
New Business
Closing Prayer
Adjournment