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Outline a nd Minutes for the Ownbey Sunday School Class Advisory Meeting for Class Officers, Chairs, Committee Members, and Class Members. Held 5/21/03 form 6:45 to 8:48 p.m.

 

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A)     Wednesday, May 21, 2003 Advisory Meeting Outline and minutes.

1)      Fellowship Thanks to the 26 officers / chairs / members who attended including Reatha Andrew, Anne and Ken Buker, Ellen Chason, Carol Douglas, Virginia and Willard Gourley, Bob and Marilea Grogan, Paul Guthery, Don Hammer, Jim and Nancy Hatfield, Nhora Moreno, Linda Myers, Marie and Bill Pearce, Don Redding, Ginny and Wes Soule, Judy and Tom Stinson, Harriette and Sydnor Thompson, William Webb, Ben Witherington, and Barbara Barden.

2)      Fine tune  for the remainder of the year. We did.

3)      Thank our Officers and Chairs and other contributors. We did.

4)      Thank our teachers. We did.

5)      Feedback from Officers / Committee Chairs.

¨       Carol Douglas, Treasurer, reported we have $2,348 on hand. This year we have income of $2,243 and expenses / distributions of $588. Income includes anonymous gift in January. It was noted that the Handbook and Reader are being done at no cost to the class or MPUMC.

¨       Marilea and Bob Grogan, Nominating Committee, reported the members selection for the Nominating Committee almost complete.

¨       Nancy and Jim Hatfield, Social Committee, reported that John Rasberry graciously had offered his Lake Wylie home as a site for our 50th Celebration. The group was excited about this offer.  Also,  the Hatfields announced a special Group rate night for performance of South Pacific at the Matthews  Theatre. Stephen Ware is performing in it.  Jim was to email members to see if there was interest in attending a performance, probably 6/17 for $14.

¨       Mr Redding reported for the Project Committee. A brief organizational  meeting has been held, Skip Heintzelman was elected Chair, and Willard Gourley will be the fifth member. The group made assignments for contacting church staff for suggestions for the committee, it reviewed and discussed guidelines, issues , and causes with fuller discussions set for the next meeting. Information from Bill Pearce was distributed for review prior to the next meeting.,

6)       Discussed Suggestions from Feedback Forms - Promote social activity before class: CPCC Theater, Symphony South Park; shorter announcements more lesson; continue to emphasize Bible related as opposed to sociology, philosophy, etc.; start on time regardless of C-I-R; push with new staff for 8:45 C-I-R start; count choir present on 3 a day, more no’s than yeses to service in objective; consider name tags; class bus trip; discussions on  how the  lessons pertain to everyday life; can’t improve on perfection.. The suggestions were discussed and will be considered as the year unfolds.

7)       Review, consider, revise, Ok Handbook draft. The group indicated support for the Handbook, but suggested a cut off time be selected. It will be modified and corrected until the second half Lesson Schedule is available and included.

·          ACTION: Clarified section on reimbursement for meals at time of death of member’s immediate family, clarified section on Selection of Teachers, will add section  to  count present choir  when do 3 a day (Easter, Christmas, etc.)will add Extended Family members names, will add recent books covered, made optional the  procedures suggested from the January Advisory meeting for recording expenses paid by members not expecting reimbursement by the class treasury. Ken Buker volunteered to help correct the History Section. The group was encouraged to  offer suggestions and corrections promptly. Though huge files, revisions are visible on line at  http://www.donredding.com/ownbeyhandbooktest.html or http://www.donredding.com/ownbeyhandbooktest.pdf

8)      Revise any policies needed

9)      Begin planning for 50th anniversary celebration of the class John Rasberry graciously has offered his lake home for our celebration, and Jim will explore dates in the fall with John and review church and football schedules to determine a date. Other details are to be decided later.

¨       Sydnor Thompson suggested we tie in our 50th celebration with a membership drive and that we let people know the uniqueness of our discussion oriented class.. This led to a general discussion of membership efforts. Don Hammer suggested we use  a display similar to the one prepared for the Neighborhood Get together and that we obtain publicity for our  50-th. Don Redding and Bill Pearce will discuss use of Cornerstone and Bulletin.. A related suggestion was that we work with the new ministers to develop an early notification system for new members, that the Ownbey new member Information flyer be further developed, and that the President or a Membership Chair follow up with new church members at the reception and other times. Further , the group discussed efforts to bring back members on our roll but  seldom attend. Some successes and failures were noted.

10)  Give class members an opportunity to be heard. We did.

11)  Etc., based on your feedback.

12)    Finished at 8:48, 12 minutes early. Thanks for sticking with us.