EVANGELISM
Evangelism is the ministry that is responsible for spreading the good news of Jesus Christ both inside and outside the church. The focus is to develop an atmosphere that reaches out and empowers our members to invite others to join us in a profession of faith and living a Christian lifestyle.
Communications/Publicity is an important role within evangelism by assisting the church, its members and committees by communicating the on-goings of the church internally and externally.
The Evangelism team meets the second Monday of every month from 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. in the Praise Center.
Meeting Minutes
Meeting Minutes – Evangelism August 25, 2011
The meeting specifically concerned reviewing our experience with this year’s LAST BLAST.
Those in attendance: Ginger Williams, Danielle Heil, Beverly Millsap, Ken Hillsten, Davie Thompson
Outside Games: Went well.
Bingo: Went well – had 30+ playing, some of them being young people.
Snow Cones – A favorite with our guests.
Links/Hot Dogs: Ran out of links right after 7 p.m
Buns: Had to purchase additional buns.
Potato Salad: All but 2 cups used.
Pickles: Ran out – purchased an additional large jar – they were used.
Ice Cream Sandwiches: Went in a hurry.
Registration: Set-up worked well. Using the board for posting door prizes was much better.
Socks/Underwear: Next time, move the socks/underwear to the corner at the back of the big room to cut down the congestion in the hallway
Hair Cuts: The hair cutters moved to the meeting room upstairs because it was too hot in the foyer. Approximately 30 cuts were done.
Set-up: If the Sheriff’s department is part of LB next time, they need to be in a location set apart. There were lines of kids waiting. They do need electricity.
Expense: As of meeting date, total expense for LB 2011 $883.24 (this should be the total cost), staying within the Evangelism Budget Line Item.
Recap: 22 Resource Groups; 30 hair cuts; 53 fingerprints by Sheriff;s Department for register; 120 families registered; 251 children registered for S/U/ 68 church members working/participating.
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Meeting Minutes – Evangelism July 11, 2011
Evangelism-Communications/Publicity Committee Meeting 07-11-11
Those in attendance: Ginger Williams, Greg Defrates, Michael Lafley, Beverly Millsap, Davie Thompson
Meeting opened with prayer.
COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLICITY: Last Blast will be the next “Spotlight” feature. Ginger will assist Doug on publicity for the upcoming dinner theater.
LAST BLAST: Plans are coming together. A lot of help from membership will be needed. Last Blast is scheduled for Saturday, 08-13 from 6-8 p.m.
MEMBERSHIP: Much discussion on the results of contacts with those regularly attending members who have not returned in attendance. We will make contact with irregularly attending members who have not returned and also those with special circumstances. The committee will pass this information on to John and work closely with him on making other contacts, etc.
POST CARDS: Twenty-three post cards were addressed for mailing to members who have missed 3-5 consecutive times from services.
VISITORS: After discussion on making more contact with visitors other than first time visitors, a “catchy” insert to be placed in the registration pads will be created. We’ll also begin sending cards we have to all visitors when addresses, info are available. There was also discussion on how to get visitors and members to sign the registration forms.
Other: Assigning Shepherds for our new member families was done.
Also name suggestions for committee member replacements will be given to the Nominations Committee for consideration.
Our monthly meeting time will be changed back to 6 pm.
Meeting adjourned.
Meeting Minutes – Evangelism May 9, 2011
Communications/Publicity: Ginger has agreed to do communications/publicity for a few months. A new feature for the Newsletter will now appear in each Newsletter
Last Blast: The first planning meeting was held Thursday, 04-28 . Several definite decisions were made. The date and time – Saturday 08-13 from 6-8 p.m.
Church Garage Sale: Lisa, our representative on this committee, reported the Sale will be Friday 06-17 and Saturday 06-18 both from 7:30 a.m.- 1 p.m
Members: Officially we have thus far in 2011 4 new members (including 3 Confirmands), 15 have been removed from membership
Meeting Minutes – Evangelism April 28, 2011
Last Blast Committee Meeting – 04-28-11
Date & Time:. Saturday, 08-13 from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. was chosen.
Food: We’ll have the same menu – links, hot dogs, potato salad, chips and big pickles (using the juice for snow cones), lemonade & bottled water
Kids games – Danielle will check on prices for the blow-ups and check the condition of our other games. Allisha might have some new ones.
Bingo – Ellen will chair this. After discussion on where to have Bingo, she’ll check with Allisha on using the big youth room.
Community Resources: Codi will chair this again. All agreed we should have the free hair cuts again if possible.
Socks/Underwear Give Aways: All felt we definitely need to do this again. Beverly Millsap will chair the “Give Aways”.
Registration/Door Prizes: Ginger will head this again
Methodist Men: Will head setting-up and dismantling, and will help with cooking and serving. The big room will be set-up on Friday morning and the outside on Saturday before start time.
Ushers: John Hanes and the ushers will handle traffic and help with setting up,
Pop-ups: Tim Hughes will be contacted about using his large pop-ups.
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