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Maury River Mission Community:
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Minutes of the Meetings
Maury River
Mission Community
Lexington Presbyterian Church
Sunday, April 6, 2008
The Mission Community met at 2:30 with the following people present: Christopher
Crotwell (Convener), Jim Bennett, Malcolm Brownlee, Glenn Coleman,
Kerry Foster, Skip Hastings, Bill Klein, Bill Koogler, Linda Koogler, Mary
Sue Oas, Janet Scott, Bonny Wilson, Martin Stokes, (Secretary Pro Tem)
Opening Prayer: Christopher called the meeting to order and opened with prayer.
Introductions were made around the table.
Christopher reminded everyone that the next meeting will be held July 13
at New Monmouth
Treasurer’s Report: (Bonnie Wilson) Distributed a report (Items without entries
not shown below.)
Contributions:
Presbytery ....................$6,000
Budget
Expenditures:
Mission Support ($3,850)
Soup Kitchen Trip.......$ 500 $800.00 (Deposit to National
Seminar Center)
Local Churches/other
ongoing mission..........$3,350
Fellowship ($1,850)
Pres. Youth Prog. ..........$ 500 (Invoice - Laura Holbrook)
Local Youth Events.......$1,250
Music Events...................$ 100
Miscellaneous ($300)
Operating Expenses........$ 300
Balance.......................................$5,200
Pulpit Swap: (Martin Stokes) Only four of
the six ministers who were on the list for the pulpit exchange actually participated.
Christopher Crotwell preached at Mt. Carmel; Kerry Foster at New Monmouth,
Carl Moore at New Providence, and Martin Stokes at Fairfield and Timber Ridge.
Larry Miles (McCutchen/Ben Salem) had spoken with Malcolm Brownlee (McElwee/Bethesda)
and decided not to swap because the first Sunday of April was Ben
Salem’s communion Sunday. They preferred to celebrate communion with
their own pastor. The next pulpit swap will take place April 2009.
Worship: (Carl Moore) Martin reported that
there has been an expressed interest in pursuing the joint church music event
with the contingency plan to hold the event inside in case of inclement weather.
Homemade ice cream was to be included. By common consent it was agreed
to hold this event at Timber Ridge on June 1, 2008. (Martin called Carl
Moore and this event is now on their calendar)
Youth: (Skip Hastings) Skip reported on the
up coming youth rally on May 18, 4:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m. at Lexington Presbyterian.
Laura Holcomb, Society of St. Andrew, a Youth based gleaning project out
of Big Island, Va. will be the guest speaker. Olivia Patton will lead
recreation and Martin Stokes will lead the music. Call Olivia at 540-463-3873
by May 12 with the #'s from your church for the pizza count.
Admission Charge ---Bring 3 canned goods per person attending. We'll donate
the cans to the area food bank.
(Note: Our Hunger Action Enabler, Doug Sensabaugh, has told us that money
donated [instead of canned goods] is seven times more effective because of
the purchasing power of the food banks. Please consider that as an
alternative)
Mission Trip: (Bonny Wilson) Trip will be
taken August 13-17 to Washington DC. Call Carl Moore for more info.
Disaster Response Plan: Christopher reminded
people about the presbytery’s DRP. It will be a future topic.
Officer Training: (Kerry Foster) Information
on the 2008 event will be coming up soon.
Living Waters for the World: (Skip Hastings)
Their meeting was held at Lexington Presbyterian just prior to our meeting.
They showed a good video. Only four churches were represented at the
meeting. To obtain a copy of the video, contact Doug Sensabaugh or
Ron Knutson. (See blurb* below)
Living Waters II (Bill Klein) The project leaders are asking our Mission
Community for $13,000 over the next three years and 5 people to serve with
the project.
Motion
#080406A - A motion was made, seconded, and approved to donate $2,000 per
year for three years (total $6,000) from our budget for the Living Waters
Project and challenge the churches of our Mission Community to provide the
balance of $7,000 and the five people to work on the project. (This
will amount to 90 cents per member per year for three years)
Communication within the Community: (Malcolm
Brownlee) A suggestion was made that a convener (coordinator/facilitator)
be hired to help the mission community carry out it’s work. A concern
was raised about keeping track of events in our mission community. Martin
reminded everyone that our events are listed on the presbytery web site.
A discussion followed regarding the purpose and work of the mission community.
A paid convener position was considered. By common consent, a study
task force consisting of Christopher, Bill, Martin, Rob, Malcolm, and Bonny
was appointed to study the idea and report back to the July 13 meeting.
The study task force will meet Thursday, April 17, at Lex. Pres. at 9:00
a.m.
Request from Windy Cove for help with their
mission trip to Guatemala. There are 12 people on their team.
Kerry proposed a gift of $1200 ($100 per person)
Motion
#080406B - A motion was made, seconded, and approved to grant Windy Cove
$100 per person (up to $1200) for their mission trip to Guatemala.
Skip thanked the committee for the $300 gift which had been offered to Collierstown.
However, the gift will not be needed.
Closing prayer - Linda Koogler
For your Calendar
April 17, 2008 - 9:00 a.m. Paid Convener Study
Task Force at Lexington Presbyterian
May 18, 2008 - 4:00 - 6:30 p.m. Spring youth rally at
Lexington Church
June 1, 2008 - 3:00 p.m. Hymn sing for all churches at
Timber Ridge
July 13, 2008 - 2:30 p.m. MRMC planning team meeting
at New Monmouth
April 2009 - Pulpit Swap
*Shenandoah Presbytery
LIVING WATERS TEAM
Financial Support Request
The Shenandoah Presbytery LIVING WATERS TEAM is a Presbytery-sponsored program
under the Worldwide Ministries committee of Shenandoah Presbytery.
Only one percent of all water on earth is available for human consumption,
agriculture and industrial use. Half of the water available for drinking
and cooking is contaminated. As a result, three million people die
each year: more than one half are children!
The LIVING WATERS TEAM VISION is to use the gift of clean water to bring
together congregations of the Shenandoah Presbytery and others interested
in mission with our sisters and brothers in need of clean water.
The Living Waters Team enables the Presbytery's churches to provide pure
water in those areas of less developed countries where clean water is not
available. This program is available through a partnership between the local
Presbytery church or group and those who are to receive the water. The Living
Waters Team installs water purification systems developed by the Living Waters
for the World mission program of the Synod of Living Waters.
The Shenandoah Presbytery Living Waters Team needs ongoing financial support
to carry out its Mission of providing equipment, know-how and technical support
to install water purification systems. The complete program includes both
hygiene and Christian education. The Living Waters Team is presently working
on programs in Mexico, Guatemala and surrounding regions of Latin America.
To accomplish these objectives, the LIVING WATERS TEAM would like to request
the financial support of all churches in the Presbytery. To achieve ongoing
yearly progress, the Program would benefit from predictable, continuing funding
from our member churches.
The cost of a pure water installation is $15,000 to $20,000, depending on
project location and water condition. The objective of the LIVING WATERS
TEAM is to install a minimum of 2 systems per year. With the assistance
of all churches in the Shenandoah Presbytery, this objective will be met.
Recognizing that there are churches of differing sizes in our Presbytery,
and that each church must choose what programs it can support in addition
to its regular budget needs, the LIVING WATERS TEAM would like to suggest
the following for your consideration. For those churches that annually contribute
up to $5,000 in support of the Presbytery budget, please consider an annual
contribution to the LIVING WATERS program of from $100-500. For those churches
contributing a greater amount to the Presbytery budget, we would ask you
consider contributions of $500 or more to the LIVING WATERS TEAMS Programs.
Annual financial support, whether it is in the amount of $100 or $1,000,
will create an ongoing fund for the installation of new LIVING WATERS water
purification systems each year. Donations to the LIVING WATERS programs
can be made directly to the Presbytery.
Thank you for your prayerful consideration of these requests.
For more information contact Ron Knutson, LIVING WATERS Support Team Coordinator
email – rcpwk@comcast.net - telephone
– 540 261 7152
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Minutes of Meeting, January
27, 2008
Members Present: Mary Susan Owes (Bethesda),
Kerry Foster (Pastor, Mt. Carmel), Janet Scott (Collierstown), Skip Hastings
(Pastor, Collierstown), Doug Sensabaugh (Shenandoah Presbytery Communicator),
Bonny Wilson (Mission Community, Treasurer, Fairfield), Carl Moore (Pastor,
Fairfield and Timber Ridge) Rob Sherrard (Mission Community Secretary, Pastor,
Windy Cove), Christopher Crotwell (Mission Community Convener, Pastor, New
Providence)
1. Our Convener opened the meeting with prayer at 2:30
p.m. Those present introduced themselves to each other. The agenda
prepared by the Convener was approved as the working document for the afternoon.
The minutes from the September 9, 2007 meeting were reviewed briefly and approved.
2. Doug Sensabaugh gave an overview of the mission program
known at Living Waters. The idea is to provide clean water in third-world
countries by establishing partnerships with communities where the water is
needed. Teams are trained to install water filtration systems and train
local people in the upkeep of the system. The program provides for follow
up to check on the water system and to enhance the relationship with the
community. The Mission Community decided to invite Ron Knutson to give
a more extensive presentation of the program at Lexington Presbyterian Church
with an emphasis on inviting representatives from Mission Committees of Mission
Community Churches. The date of that meeting will be circulated in
a future email.
3. The Mission Community reviewed correspondence from:
a. Laura Holbrook, funds to be offset for Presbytery Youth
Work, agreed to help as necessary
b. Next meeting for Mission Next Door scheduled for January
30 at New Providence, first project was a success with many churches involved
from the Mission Community and community in general, New Providence was thankful
for all the help
c. Confirmed the request for $1500 for the Mission Next
Door project which had been approved via email
4. Bonny Wilson gave the Treasurer’s Report.
a. $6000 had been expended for the year 2007 in the following
amounts: Windy Cove Mission, $2400, New Providence Local Mission, $1500,
New Monmouth Local Mission, $606.32, Blue Ridge Food Bank, $1000, Youth Activities,
$493.68.
b. The Mission Community approved a working budget for
2008 of $6000 including $3850 for mission support, $1850 for fellowship and
youth activities, and $300 for miscellaneous expenses.
c. The Mission Community delegated authority to the Treasurer
to transfer funds from one category to another as needed, particularly toward
the end of the year.
5. The Mission Community discussed and planned the following:
a. Officers for 2008: Convenor, Chris Crotwell or
Skip Hastings; Treasurer, Bonny Wilson; Secretary, Rob Sherrard; Representative
to Presbytery Council, Martin Stokes; Lay Representative to Council is still
open.
b. Martin Stokes, Bill Klein, and Carl Moore to work on
a worship event for 2008
c. Pulpit swap scheduled for April 6
d. Presbytery Youth Rally, February 8 and 9
e. Mission Community Youth Trip to Washington, D. C. scheduled
for August 13-16
f. Community Youth Rally on May 18
g. Leadership Training in the fall
h. Mission Community possibilities for overseas mission:
Warm Springs to Guatemala with Diane Robertson as the contact person, Windy
Cove to Haiti during first week in August with Rob Sherrard as the contact
person
i. Discussion of local Disaster Response focusing first
on local church response
6. Collierstown will host Presbytery on February 9, 2008
and solicited help from Mission Community members. Several assignments
were made.
7. Discussion of hiring a person, such as a retired pastor,
to spearhead our Mission Community work was postponed until the next meeting.
8. The Community scheduled the next regular meetings
for April 6 at Fairfield and July 13 at New Monmouth at 2:30 p.m.
9. The Community adjourned with prayer.
Respectfully submitted,
Rob Sherrard
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Maury
River Mission Community
Minutes of Meeting, September 9, 2007
Members Present: Joan Whitesell (Bethesda),
Malcolm Brownlee (Interim Pastor, Bethesda), Martin Stokes, (Pastor, New
Monmouth), Glenn Coleman (Pastor, Hot Springs), Kerry Foster (Pastor, Mt.
Carmel), Janet Scott (Collierstown), Skip Hastings (Pastor, Collierstown),
Karen Duff (New Monmouth), Doug Sensabaugh (Shenandoah Presbytery Communicator),
Lisa Hedrick (Shenandoah Presbytery Resource Director), Bonny Wilson (Mission
Community, Treasurer, Fairfield), Rob Sherrard (Mission Community Secretary,
Pastor, Windy Cove), Christopher Crotwell (Mission Community Convener, Pastor,
New Providence)
1. Our Convener opened the meeting with prayer at 2:40 p.m.
Those present introduced themselves to each other. The agenda prepared
by the Convener was approved as the working document for the afternoon.
2. Our two Presbytery guests gave information on a variety of events
and services related to the ministry of the Presbytery. Doug Sensabaugh
highlighted the visit of our Ethiopian partners in October and November
as well as the Partnership Banquet on November 2 at First Church in Winchester.
Doug encouraged churches to update their Key Church Communicator list on
Presbytery’s website.
Lisa Hedrick spoke of the ministry of the Resource Center. (See attached
flyer.) She noted that descriptions of all resources are available
online through the Presbytery website.
3. Bonny Wilson gave the Treasurer’s Report. (See the attached
report.) She noted particularly that money for the Soup Kitchen Trip
to Washington, D. C. had been received from another source so that Mission
Community funds would not have to be expended for the trip. She also
noted that she had authorized $2,400 for the Windy Cove/Mission Community
Guatemala Mission Trip based on the approval of the Mission Community via
electronic and telephone communication. This expenditure was then
confirmed by the common consent of those present at the meeting. The
Treasurer’s Report was approved.
4. Skip Hastings highlighted youth events: Oct. 7—Middler Rally
at Massanetta, Oct. 14—Food Drive in connection with World Food Day on the
16th, and the Senior High Rally at Massanetta on Feb. 8-9.
5. The Community discussed leadership training. Kerry Foster
and Rob Sherrard were charged to plan a one-day event for late October-November
with emphasis on General Presbyter Tom Hay’s participation.
6. Rob Sherrard thanked the Community for the financial support for
the Guatemala Mission Trip. Twelve people were involved: 8 from
Windy Cove, 2 from Warm Springs, and 2 from the general community.
These folks worked at a children’s rescue home outside Guatemala City.
Members agreed to encourage those churches planning mission projects to present
plans and requests for funds at the winter 2008 meeting. The possibility
of a trip to Israel was discussed. Such a trip may be available through
the Community next Spring. Chris Crotwell highlighted local mission
opportunities being planned through New Providence. The special opportunity
of tutoring at Rockbridge Middle School was discussed. (Subsequent
to the meeting, information on this opportunity was distributed via email.)
7. Plans for a Mission Community worship service/hymn sing were referred
to Carl Moore, Bill Klein, and Martin Stokes for discussion. These
three were involved in the hymn sing which was cancelled in June because
of bad weather.
8. Discussion of ministries oriented to senior citizens was postponed
until the next meeting.
9. Martin Stokes agreed to represent the Community at the next Presbytery
Council meeting on October 16. Skip Hastings distributed a CD Rom
of Stewardship information. The Community tentatively planned a Pulpit
Swap for April 6, 2008.
10. Community members set October 21 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Lexington
Church for a briefing on disaster response. Carolynn Thalmann of the
Presbytery Disaster Response Team will lead the meeting. Preliminary
questions include (a) naming a liaison from the Community to the Presbytery
Team, (b) deciding whether our Community needs one or two teams, (c) members
to serve on the Mission Community Response Team.
11. Collierstown will host Presbytery on February 9, 2008 and may
request help from Mission Community Churches for worship and other elements
of the meeting.
12. The Community discussed the idea of hiring a person, such as
a retired pastor, to spearhead our Mission Community work. Members
will continue to contemplate the idea which will be discussed in January.
13. The Community scheduled the next regular meeting for January
27 at Bethesda at 2:30 p.m. Note: The special disaster response
meeting on October 21 Lexington.
14. The Community adjourned with prayer led by Martin Stokes.
Respectfully submitted,
Rob Sherrard
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