Leadership Team Report
Summary Report
Issues that LT has discussed
over the past month include:
·
MMA Advocate – Annemarie will remain as our MMA advocate through
this year. We will open the position up during the regular discernment process.
·
Directory - Kathy
B. will have a short form church directory available soon. We will continue to
look for a way to gracefully make a photo directory.
·
Kathy B’s Evaluation - Kathy
will meet with the LT next time to go over job description and review
expectations.
·
Linda’s Evaluation – We are trying to track down the short form we used
in the past.
·
Tracking Volunteer
Hours for Workers Compensation Insurance – We have recently initiated workers compensation insurance
for all employees of the church. They have requested we track volunteer hours.
LT will work with Kathy B. on how best to set up and maintain the log.
·
Review of PNMC Proposed
Structure Changes – LT met with Janet
Buschert and Craig Morton to review and discuss the proposed structure changes
for PNMC.
Leadership Team –DC Whitenack, Charlie Honsinger, Ernie Bachman,
Joyce Bowman, Linda Nafziger-Meiser
April
Birthdays
2 Rob Hanson
2 Clay Lewis
4 Bill Ung
6 Katie Sewell
11 Jerry Catt-Oliason
12 Lauresta Welty
12 Megan Oesch
18 Jon Ung
25 Tim Branam
28 Yusuf Hasnain
29 Lauren Whitenack
Easter Sunday Schedule – April 8
7:30 AM Easter morning walk up Camel’s Back, trash pick up along the
way, with a short “praise” service at the top.
9:00 AM Easter Brunch served at the church
10:30 AM Easter Worship Service
See sign up sheet if you would like to bring something or help
prepare.
Mennonite Education Workshop – April 14
Evergreen Heights Mennonite Church in Caldwell,
Idaho is hosting an education workshop led by Judy Stutzman and Janice Miller,
Education Resources for Pacific Northwest Mennonite Conference. Plan for a time
to discuss the new Sunday School material Gather Round and learn some new ideas
for teaching as well as the chance to share ideas with others. Judy will also
be presenting thoughts and ideas for putting together a church education
guidelines and policy manual.
Kessler-Keener
Lecture Series – April 19
A
Spirituality for the 21st Century – presented by Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox, a world acknowledged leader for
Creation Spirituality. Wisdom centered, prophetic and caring about eco-justice,
social justice and gender justice. Presentation is at 7:30 PM at The Cathedral
of the Rockies. Lecture tickets are $10.
Kessler-Keener Lecture Workshop –
April 20
Workshop –
Friday, April 20, 1-4 PM
“Nourishing the
Heart: Compassion for the Care-Giver”. How do we nourish our hearts as
care-givers? What kinds of spiritual practice and prayer work for us? How do we
find time for it? Matthew Fox will lay ground work for where grace comes to us
in our lives and how to pay attention to it and give it room. Workshop is $20.
Location to be announced.
Lecture &
workshop is $25. Contact Ed Keener at 429-0266 for more information.
Inner Peace and Social Change
Retreat
April 27-29, Monastery of the Ascension,
Jerome, Idaho.
Join fellow peace and justice workers for a
time of renewal through silent prayer/meditation, ritual, and sharing our
challenges and our joys. Spiritual direction and contemplative prayer
instruction available. $100 total cost.
Contact: Br.
Selby 208-324-2377 x 215.
selby@idahomonks.org
See back
bulletin board for registration & information.
May
Friendship Day with Church Women United – May 4
Church Women United of Boise will
celebrate May Friendship Day with a service that reaches out to women and
children of our community and beyond, to those in greatest need. Find out
what's being done and how much more is needed!
The service, Friday, May 4, at
Collister Methodist Church, 4400 west Taft in Boise, begins with a brunch at
10am, with service at 10:30. For more information, request for
child care or to help, please contact
Jeanette Ross, 378-1217.
Idaho
Mennonite Relief Sale – May 12
Plan to spend a day at the Brandt Center on the
campus of NNU in Nampa, Idaho for the 2nd Annual Idaho Mennonite
Relief Sale. There will be lots of food and crafts, used items, children’s
activities, and of course the auction. See back table for the first edition of
the Idaho newsletter.
Remember
all varieties of baked goods are needed for the baked goods booth. Also new
this year is a pie booth so be thinking about the pies you would like to
donate.
San Jose 2007 Mennonite Convention, July 2-7
Come with us to San Jose! Are you planning on attending Mennonite
Convention in San Jose, California in July?
If you aren't, you need to seriously consider it. Almost every Convention is held in the
eastern half of the US which means that those of us in the west, ALWAYS have to
travel a great distance to attend.
MCUSA is doing their part this year to accommodate us so we need to take
advantage of this rare opportunity and show them how much we appreciate it by
our attendance. We want them to know
that Mennonites in the west are also part of the church and will participate
when convention is in our back yard. To
register, go to www.mennoniteusa.org.
Bike Oregon’s Willamette
Valley – Aug 12-17
Oregon Mennonite Residential Services (OMRS) is
partnering with West Coast MCC to offer a benefit ride at the Linn County
Waterloo Park near Lebanon, Oregon. Each day’s route will be 40-60 miles along
rivers, lakes, and through covered bridges. See the back table for a brochure
and registration due by June 1.
Take the DEO challenge.
DEO
(Discipleship, Encounter, Outreach) is looking for young adults (ages 18-25)
who are ready to experience an intimate encounter with
Jesus. Participants spend two months
developing their faith before serving in community-based organizations in
Phoenix and Denver. The 12 or 15 month-long program wraps up with a two-month
internship in the participant´s home congregation. For more information, e-mail
Diana Cook at Service@MennoniteMission.net or check online:
Service.MennoniteMission.net/DEO or www.d-e-o.org.
