2011 Leadership Retreat Minutes

Leadership Retreat
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Attendance: Betty Boyer, Kirsten Brandt-James, Elaine Wiant, Dotti Timmins, Tom Timmins, Janice Henderson, Lee Davenport, Bob Radford, Fran McElvaney, Susie Marshall, Jim McBride, Joanna Shields, Shirley Cooper, Marty Brownlie, Jan Sanders, Lynette Hendrickse, Stephanie Rhoades, Connie Marshall, Terry Lowery, Kate Anderson, Mary Clair Lowrance, Martha Stowe, Ken Benson, Eric Folkerth, John Wiles, Donna Wiles, Randall Oxford, Sherry Meeks, Mindy Dague

Opening Prayer by Eric Folkerth

Call to Order and Introductions by Elaine Wiant

Tools and Resources presented by Elaine Wiant
Staff and Committee Chairs List, Committee Descriptions, FAQs on NUMC and Committee Operations, Church Office Weekly Schedule, RDS as a tool for Committees

Office Materials and Administrative Forms presented by Mindy Dague
Building Use forms, Atrium use forms, Check Requests, Publicity and the Who to Call list

Newsletter presented by Fran McElvaney

Tips for Effective Meetings presented by Elaine Wiant

Year end 2010 Assessment-Each 2010 Committee Chair Reports on Committee Goals and Progress in 2010 presented by Marlene Haskell

Leadership Council's Committee Reports included the following: Black Tie, Co-op School, Covenant Funds/Celebration Garden, Finance, Human Development Fund, Staff Parish, Stewardship, Trustees, and Lay Member to Annual Conference


Program Council Committee Reports included the following: Care Team, Church in Society, Communications, Adult Education, Youth Education, Children Education, Membership, Worship, Arts, Special Events,and Kitchen Hospitality

NUMC Vision Issues--Living Out the Mission Statement in 2011 and Beyond presented by Eric Folkerth

1. Shift to making decisions on how we better meet the needs of visitors.

2. Program Council change- To talk about what is coming up in the future and brainstorming ideas

3. Church Survey asking about if your attendance is rising? Are your groups increasing? Northaven has been a transforming church for the past couple of years.

NUMC Vision Issues-Living out the Mission Statement in 2011 and Beyond Discussion presented by Betty Boyer

Compassion-

1. This I Know education

2. Freedom Network

3. Need momentum going

4. Not just external-Care Team and Worship & the Arts and how we express ourselves

5. Face to Face

Peace-

Use the Labyrinth

Justice-

1. Northaven is a member of Texas Impact

2. Adult Education

3. Dream Act passed and unified in efforts despite political stance

4. Immigration Legislation


Reconciliation-

1. Task Force-Relationship with Conference
Mary Clair suggested that Shirley Cooper to be an advisor and to invite other churches and that Northaven be the led in this effort

2. Be intentional in our efforts

3. Outreach to other Methodist Churches

4. Participation with PRN (Parents Reconciling Network)