Last Tuesday the office mailed out a packet of information. I wanted to make sure every one knew what to expect the next 7 months. The mailing consisted of a letter (I'll post it at the end of this post), a sheet to fill out which asks for favorite Bible passages and favorite hymns, a sheet where people could fill out which committees they wish to join, and a calender for the next 7 months that has worship dates, meetings and other activities now known on it.
I think I sent this mailing more for myself. I have a need to be very organized and I wanted to get some of this out of my head and into the hands of everyone. I also did want to make sure people knew that there is a plan.
Here are the components of the mailing:
Letter:
December 5, 2011
“Do not be anxious
about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all
understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus”
(Philippians 4:6-7)
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
At a Special Congregational Meeting on December 4th
the voting members Our Congregation voted to dissolve as a
congregation. This means the church will
be closing.
There are a few big items that the Church Council would
like to share with you:
·
The final worship date called a Taking Leave
Service is Sunday, June 10 at 10am
·
The celebrations worship service is Sunday, May 20th at 1pm.
·
Included in this mailing is a calendar of
worship dates and other events happen over the next seven months.
o
Starting in January nearly every other week the
congregation will begin visiting other neighborhood congregations to help with
the process of finding new church homes. Before coming to church please note where
the service will be located.
o
Take note of dates for all other events
·
The weeks we are worshiping at Our Congregation
we will sing our favorite hymns and the reading for the day will be our
favorite texts. Please fill out the enclosed form to submit your favorites!
·
There are committees that need to be filled in
order to get the work of the church done before our final worship date. Please
consider joining one:
o
Worship: Plan Celebration Service, Taking Leave
Service
o
Disbursement of Assets: Make recommendations
regarding the gifting of our financial assets and the money from the sale of
the building. These recommendations will be voted on at a Special
Congregational Meeting on Sunday, March
4th after worship. This team will work with people from the Synod
Office.
o
Holy Things: will handle the Holy Items of the
congregation like crosses, communion ware, bibles…
o
Property: Clean out the building and have say on
what gets placed out for the Silent
Auction on Saturday, March 17 from 1-5pm and the Open House on Saturday, March 31 from noon-4pm. This team will also
be responsible for organizing these two events.
o
Social: Plan thanksgiving events and dinners.
Dates and kinds of events are to be determined by the committee.
o
Archive: Go through the Congregations records.
Council minutes, annual reports, photos… This committee will decide what is to
be given away to the members of the congregation and what is to be placed in
the Archives of the synod.
o
Personnel will work with the staff of the
congregation and determine severance packages. This team will work with people
from the Synod Office.
o
Mission: plan mission events and determine use
of the weekly tithes through offering.
·
There will be a box on the table in the back of
the sanctuary where you can place any questions you have about this process.
There will be weekly congregational mailing to help keep everyone informed of
what is going on. If you have a question, please place it in this box and the
questions will be answered through the weekly mailing.
Yours in Christ,
The Congregation Council
One Month of the Calender: (note the link at the end of the calender. I actually for it hard to make a monthly calender on excel. Even with the help of my husband who is very proficient in Excel. He found this calender for download.
| APRIL 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | Palm Sunday | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Maundy Thursday | Good Friday | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Worship at Our Congregation 10 am | Service 7pm | Service 7pm | |||||||||||||||||||
| Passion Service | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Easter | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Worship at Our Cngregation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sunrise service 7am | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Breakfast 8am | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Celebration Service 10am | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | |||||||||||||||
| Worship at Neighborhood Cngregation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 9am Festive Worship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11am Celebration Worship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Address.____________ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| Worship at Our Congregation 10 am | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Faviorite texts and hymns | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Worship at Neighborhood Congregation | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 10am Traditional Service | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:30 Praise and Worship | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Address____________. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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