BOARD OF ELDERS MEEETING
May 21-25, 2007
Stasney’s Cook Ranch,
Present: Rev. Elder
Nancy Wilson; Rev. Elder Don Eastman; Rev. Elder Ken Martin, Region 1; Rev.
Elder Jim Mitulski, Region 2;
Staff Present: Connie Meadows, Stedney Phillips, Joshua Love, Vickey Gibbs, Hector Gutierrez, Kathy Beasley.
AGENDA
BOARD OF ELDERS MEETING
May 21-25 2007 –
Monday, May 21
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Morning
Devotion by Nancy Wilson
Noon Lunch
All day meeting with Dr. Mary
Hunt
5:00 pm Clergy
Manual tweaking (including members of the Theology Team) Jim Mitulski
6:00 pm Dinner
7:00-8:30pm Elders,
Cindi and Jeff: Personal sharing by the
lake around the fire pit (Connie and Staff will gather in the Cook Shack during
this time)
Tuesday May 22
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Morning
devotions – Jim Burns
9:00 am Cindi Love:
·
Cash flow
·
Finances
·
2007 budget
issues, whatever Cindi wants to present
·
HQ sale
·
Endowment process
·
Update on Senior
Housing since last meeting
·
Fund Development
and Elders participation
·
Update on BOP
·
Other
Noon Lunch
1:00-2:00 pm Jeff
leads discussion on possible strategies in budgeting for 2007.
2:00-2:30 pm Report
Out of Annual Report Reviews – Connie and Darlene
2:30 pm Begin
Work Plans 2008, new format, separating out portfolio and Regional work;
identifying news ways to cooperate on Regional work; incorporating segmentation
model, 5 churches we are “emphasizing;”
Don
will present a model for the 2008 Work Plan. Identify portfolio priorities as
well. Each Elder will be prepared, with staff, to bring elements to develop
this plan. Check against Strategic Plan, using the metrics.
6:00 pm Dinner
Wednesday May 23
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Morning Devotions – Diane
Fisher
9:00 am Working through Work Plans
for 2008.
Regional Work Plans:
·
Group 1: Lillie, Ken, Darlene and Jeff
·
Group 2: Jim, Arlene and Don
·
Group 3: Glenna, Diane and Nancy
Connie
and Cindi will be on hand with financial and metric information to assist
wherever necessary.
Portfolio
Work Plans:
·
Group 1: Ken, Glenna, Diane and Darlene covering all
special initiatives outside the
·
Group 2: Jim, Lillie, Arlene and Don covering
Intentional Interim, Church Planting, Church Revitalization, Breaking Barriers.
·
Group 3: Jim, Nancy and Cindi covering Clergy
Credentialing, Intensives, Clergy Conference, Seminary Relations, Trustees,
Payments to Seminaries and relationships with other churches
·
Group 4: Nancy, Diane and Connie covering Moderator’s
Teams Global Justice, Ecumenical-Inter-religious and Theology
·
Diverse
Portfolios not included above – people can work on their own when not in a
group session: Governance, Judiciary,
Resources, Disability,
Noon Lunch
1:00 pm Continue working on Work
Plans
6:00 pm Dinner
Thursday May 24
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 Morning
Devotions – Ken Martin
9:00 – 9:30 The
future of Intensives – options, ideas – Mitulski and Love
9:30 – 10:15 The future of Clergy Conferences – Mitulski
and Love
10:15-10:45 Judiciary and Code of Conduct – Mitulski and
Garner
10:45-11:15 General
Conference –
·
Preparations
·
Go over Business
meeting agenda, (Darlene)
·
Elder participation,
logistics (Cindi, Staff)
·
General
Conference 2010 - location
11:15-11:45 Regional
Conferences, 2008 and 2009. Budget construction, registration fees, dates,
locations, options, staffing – Cindi, Carlos, Jennifer
11:45-Noon Review
of the Strategic Plan for General Conference - Lillie
Noon Lunch
1:00-1:30 Church Planting Update –
Arlene
1:30-2:00 Clergy Development issues,
concerns (including LTS
PowerPoint) - Jim
2:00-2:30 Report on
2:30-3:00 Intentional
Interim Pastor Program – Jim and Lillie; include a specific discussion on
“interim pastor agreements” – is there a template? What is or should be in
them? Dialogue Lillie and Darlene on the
Regional Elder role with interims.
3:00-3:30
3:30-4:00 EDS
applications, process and funding – Connie, Jim and Cindi
4:00-4:30 Large Church Pastors –
what’s next? Lillie, others
4:30-5:00 Update
on Global Justice, Ecumenical and Theology Teams; 40th Anniversary -
5:00-5:30 Time
for Ken and Glenna to debrief, get mentoring, support
5:30-6:00 Ideas
for September Elders meeting, joint meeting with BOA. Future meetings, time
with
6:00 pm Dinner
Friday May 25
8:00 am Breakfast
8:30 am Morning
Devotions - Glenna
9:00 am Elders participate in one of
the CLM lesson together led
by Lillie/Ken/Glenna.
10:00-11:00 Appointments
– Discuss Moderator’s Nominating Committee, recruiting of members, possible
nomination for Chair; BOA openings at year end
Noon Lunch
1:00-6:00 Parking Lot
Future Elders meeting – resources
Calendar for future Elders
meetings
Evaluation of meeting
6:00 pm Dinner
Saturday, May 26
8:00 am Breakfast
Return home
There were no motions during this meeting.
Connie Meadows
May 28, 2007