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Our Savior Lutheran ChurchMLC Meeting – 04/18/17

AGENDA

Opening devotion and prayerPastor Ryan

Stephen’s Ministry (Attachment VI, page #15)Minutes

Previous month (Attachment I, page #2)Financial Report

Previous month (Attachment II, page #3)Old Business

Ministry Teamso YMT (Attachment III, page #9)o CMT (Attachment IV, page #12)o Stewardship (No report) o Trustees (update)

Task Forceo Discovering Our Future Together

Jim Nord Kairos TSP

Reportso BLM (Attachment V, page #14)

OtherNew Business

Old church pews in storage Kitchen cleaning protocol Christian Cross Festival

Closing prayer (Next meeting Tuesday May 15th at 5:30)

(Attachment I-Last Minutes)

Our Savior Lutheran ChurchMLC Meeting Minutes – 03/20/17

AGENDA

Opening devotion and prayerPresent were: Pastor Lee, Jason Doele, Joe Cipra, John Pile, Dennis Beltz, Mike Wilke, Kent McCallumAbsent: Todd Mink, Su Fisher, and Kyle Korth

Minutes Previous month (Attachment I, page #3)

Financial Report Previous month (Attachment II, page #3) Doele made a motion to accept Financial Report, seconded by Wilke, motion passed.

Old Business Ministry Teams

o YMT (Attachment III, page #8)o CMT (Attachment IV, page #11)o Stewardship (No report) o Trustees (update)

Task Forceo Discovering Our Future Together

Jim Nord – Nord will be here on April 10th, meeting with Funding/Finance and Bulding/Planning committees

Kairos – update on Capital Campaign TSP - architechts

Reportso BLM (Attachment V, page #13)

February 25/26 voter’s meetingo 401 Yeso 10 No

OtherNew Business

Staffo Trish/Jordano Colleen/Christineo 2017 goals revisitedo Pastor Ryan – the leader, cost, train lay ministers to serve others

Stephen Ministry (Attachment VI, page #14) – Pastor Ryan will report to MLC at the April meeting on Stephen Ministry

Insurance – staying with Lutheran BrotherhoodClosing prayer (Next meeting Tuesday April 18th at 5:30)

Respectfully submitted,

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John Pile(Attachment III-Last Month’s Financials)

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(Attachment III-YMT)

MLC April 2017Family Life -2yr old -18years olds

PCE o 80 kids for CLS and 18 for LHNE o Fun Run, April 15th 2017

o 48 Registrations (4/15/2017) (3 day of, went well over all)o 13 Sponsors

Youth Ministry o Transform 3:18

Jr High Sundays 9:15-10:15 – Large Group Sr High Sun 9:15-10:15 – Splitting guys and girls Sr. High Small Groups Wednesdays 7:45-9:00pm - 3 small groups

o Confirmation Meets April 19 and 26

April 26 meet with 2nd year families on classes for the fall Weekly family devotion videos for families – ½ are doing them

o Fundraisers Donuts monthly –May 21 Envelopes - April 23, 30 and May 7

Video Announcements, Youth there each week and display Lenten Meals – March and April - 6 weeks Easter Breakfast - low participation from youth and families

o Events March 5th UNL Service Sunday – 20 kids April 23rd Graduate Parent Meeting 8-9am at DCC May 7th Graduation Celebration at 10:30am services Jun/Jul

o Youth Capital Campaign Team YMT plus Clint Bowland and Maddie Becker Weekly Bible Studies align with weekly themes Arrows in room as visuals with lessons Weekly bible verse cards handed out 10% of Lenten meal income donated to building fund - $252 Challenge youth weekly to donate a certain amount or time/talent

$416 brought in by Jr and Sr high youth Each youth gets an arrow keychain at the end of the campaign April 9th

Youth Ministry SUMMER 2017o Mexico Mission Trip –June 23-30 2017 – 10 peopleo LVR Colorado Trip – July 23-28 2017 – 15 people

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GOALS 2017Crossed off lines mean completed

• Goals for 2018? 2019? • Volunteer Development/Mentoring/Growth

• Update Job Description Binder for Youth Ministry by June 1st. • By February 21st email to staff current job descriptions

• March 9th Josh Keithley Beautiful Savior Omaha emailed me their packet of job descriptions and flow chart

• By March 15th - Organize current binder in files• At March 26th YMT meeting discuss what positions descriptions we need or don’t need • By March 31st - Talk with staff to clarify ALL volunteers qualifications and requirements • By April 15th - Add new current job descriptions • By April 20th Finalize to show to YMT at May 7th meeting• By May 15th finalize to show staff • By June 1st DONE

• Build up Behind the Scene Volunteers *assuming current volunteers continue

• By April 1st (working on still)• Find 1 new volunteers to help Monday with bin organization

• Publicizing in bulletin now till April 1• Contact parents of youth to see if they are interested• Add to Blue Volunteer sheet in March

• By September 1st • Find 1 new volunteers to help Thursday with bin organization and office help

• Publicizing in bulletin July and August• Contact parents of youth to see if they are interested• Add to Blue Volunteer sheet in July

• Continue Mentoring and Growing Sr High Youth Mentors • Grow as a Mentor myself

• By December 31st Read how to Train a Leader , Lead Small • Begin to implement concepts from the book as reading

• March 9th Call with Josh Keithley DCE Beautiful Savior Omaha NE• Josh is emailing some flow charts of their ministry • Discussed Small Groups and Mentoring leaders

• March 21 meet with Marshall Hardy First Christian Norfolk NE• May – August –

• Connect with youth leaders of larger churches:• Lisa Hellyer Lord of Life Overland Park Kansas; Andy DCE

Christ Lincoln, NE; Leon Jameson Hales Corner Wisconsin; Dam Hampton Holy Cross Colorado Spring, CO, Micah Steiner Centennial, CO, Matt Kario Washington, Brad Knorr King of Kings Omaha, NE.

• Mentor Each Mentor• One mentor a month beginning in April (10 months)

• Jaime, Clint, Myron, Craig, Maddie, Cara, Rachel, Michele, Lori, Chad. • Encouraging high school groups to be “family like”

• Monthly give ideas to mentors on this• Provide materials for leaders to read – as found and needed

• Thrive Finish by March 31• Life’s Big Questions Finish by April 30• Growing Young Finish by September 1

• Encourage leaders to communicate with their small groups weekly • Every Tuesday text sent to leaders with sample texts to send youth

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• Provide leaders with opportunities to grow as mentors• February 23-25 Best Practices Ministry for 6 volunteers

• Discuss with these volunteers what I can be doing and how they can mentor others youth mentors

• Help encourage and provide for their spiritual needs as they provide for youth• Constant prayer for mentors • Encourage them to prioritize their own faith growth – give devotions, etc.

• Being “family like” within our leaders• With me as the leader of the mentors I need to guide them as a group with “family

like” mentality. (continually – evaluate every month how I am doing)• Provide hang out times before and after events for leader, have casual get together

throughout the year (2 times a year – Spring and Fall)• April 2017 find 2 more Sr high small group leaders

• Use current mentors as resources to find new leaders • Already been discussing with current mentors (2/28)• Spoke with 3 possible leaders who are praying about this 4/5/17

• Train leaders in “family like” mentality • April/May Have them observe and assist current groups as training • May, June and July Meet with them one on one • August 2017 Train them to be ready to lead by

• September 2017 have 4 Sr high small groups ready to go• Confirmation Structure and Evaluation

• The Rite of Confirmation• 1st time on Reformation Sunday, October 29th

• Find location to hold the Rite of Confirmation- DONE LHNE • By March 15th

• Outline Fall Structure and information papers• Give to Pastors to approve

• By March 30th • Meet with pastors to go over structure

• By April 20th • Review and print items for April 16 meeting

• April 26th Communicate to families the fall structure at 7:45pm meeting• Summer 2017

• Evaluate current ministry• Beginning June

• Set a team of 6 with the Pastors, Confirmation Guides, and parents• Look at teaching methods• Structure and outline of the class• Begin brainstorming how “more space” would impact

confirmation • Meet over the summer in preparation for Fall 2017 class

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(Attachment III-CMT)CHILDREN’S MINISTRY- Trish WeanderMLC UPDATEAPRIL

1. CHILDREN’S MINISTRY STATS a. 533 Two Yr Old-Grade 6 Baptized Members in system

i. 48 Two Yr Old-Grade 6 non-members in system2. VOLUNTEERS

a. 95 Volunteersb. Volunteer positions to fill Welcome Team

3. CHILDREN’S MINISTRY TEAM (Children’s Ministry Board of Director’s) a. Meets first Tuesday of monthb. Meetings include looking at past, present and future plans for kids at OSLc. 12 Members

4. CHURCH SERVICE INVOLVEMENTa. July 22-23 Blessing for VBS Team all Services

5. ROOM 56 EXPANSIONa. June 20 Summer Activity TBD

6. VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL a. LHNE b. July 23-27, 2017 c. Theme ‘Maker Fun Factory’ d. May 16 VBS Director’s Meetinge. 21 of 38 Director’s located

7. DELINQUENT (MISSING YOU!) POSTCARDS a. Sent every 8 weeksb. Sent to children who have missed 4 consecutive Sundays, directly prior to the date postcards are

sent out; postcards are sent every 7 weeksc. Next delinquent cards go out April 24

8. CHILDREN’S MINISTRY SUMMER ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISSTANT a. Starts May 22b. Hannah Meyer returning from last year- WSC 2017 education graduatec. Will work nights of VBS

9. CALENDARa. April

i. 16 No XOS- Easterii. 18 VBS Director’s Gathering 7-8pm

iii. 30 Farwell to 6th Grade Partyb. May

i. 2 CMT 7-8:30 My House ii. 7 Grade 4 Visits Rm 56 and Grade 6 Visits Jr. High- (Intentional Transition

Activity to help with return rate)iii. 16 VBS Director’s Gathering 7-8pm iv. 21 XOS year concludes

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10. BUILDING TEAMSa. CHILDREN’S MINISTRY ARCHITECT TEAM work with architects to create new Children’s

Ministry Wing (Jacob Kooi, Sara Barritt, Niki Petersen, Bobby Sweeney, Wendy Signor)b. DESIGN TEAM brainstorm how to decorate the new Children’s Ministry Wing with themes for

each age group (2 Yr Old/Parenting, NPK, 1-4 and RM 56) (Niki Petersen, Cori Kolmar, Traci Vauble, Erica Pilger, Jacob Kooi, Bobby Sweeney, Wendy Signor, Rebecca Munson)

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(Attachment IV-BLM)

Our Savior Lutheran ChurchBLM Meeting – 4/3/2017

Meeting Minutes

7:00 pm – Devotion & PrayerP Lee, John

Minutes From Previous Meeting: Dale motioned, carriedOld BusinessPastor Talk:

- Pastor Lee: Couple big weekends. Palm Sunday and Response Sunday this weekend, Easter next weekend. Currently 49 responses with 3 million right now.

- Pastor Ryan: Going good and enjoying Ministry. Shut in calls and the new building. Recovery seminar coming up. Family doing great.

- Pastor Frank Favre: MIAMLC Report:

Steven Ministry is program for Lay persons to help with member care.Building:

We talked about the campaign, dinner, and building.Member Care

Some new life groups starting. One for widows. Member calls slow, the Campaign.New Business

Eternal candle, not eternity…Easter, review Palm services. Review Easter services. Jordan ran through the schedules.

BLM Present:P Lee, P Ryan, Philip R, Clint B, Mark C, Les H, Dale C, Troy T, Alan S, Kerry W, Chad P, Bryan H,

Rick B, Mark J,

Monday May 1st, next meeting.

Adjourn 8:30 pm, Lord’s Prayer.

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(Attachment VI-Stephen Ministry)

Stephen’s Ministry Proposal

Problem: The extent of Pastor Lee and Pastor Ryan’s care is limited. We are now a church with well over 2500 members. Even if we focused our time solely on care there would not be enough time to reach the people we can. The people who need focused care are; grieving families, members who are sick, hospital care, divorce, etc. More than 25 hours a week is spent by Pastor Ryan, at this time, on those members. However, even within those 25 hours many people can still be neglected. The main reason is people do not reach out to Pastor Lee and Pastor Ryan due to worries about them not having enough time or even being able to provide proper care.

At least in the near future there is no path to hiring a new pastor. On top of that the cost of a new pastor would be well over what our current budget could allow. Because, of this we need a new way to help broaden the scope of Pastoral Care at Our Savior Lutheran Church.

While many people will still want to see Pastor Ryan or Pastor Lee this will help us care for even more people at Our Savior Lutheran Church.

Solution: Stephen’s Ministry is a program to train lay members (congregational members) to help in the care for those in our church that are in need. Stephen Ministers are laypeople—Christian men and women—trained to provide one-to-one care to people experiencing a difficult time in life, such as grief, divorce, job loss, chronic or terminal illness, relocation, or separation due to military deployment.

Stephen Ministers come from all walks of life. Their commonality? A passion for bringing Christ’s love and care to people during a time of need.

Process: Stephen Ministers are trained via a Stephen ministry team leader who identifies people who can help in this care.

They are then trained over a period of 50 hours by the leader through continuing education to help those in need. They meet twice a month every month for the time of their service. While this might add more work to Pastor Ryan’s plate it is well worth it to help those in need.

Witness: Our Savior Lutheran Church has been a bold witness of care within our community. How much more might we be able to do with 10 focused people working on care. People who are cared for tell others where they can receive it if they have been neglected. This will help us witness to the larger community of Northeast Nebraska.

Cost: Startup cost is steep the one-time lifetime enrollment fee for our church is 1,675 dollars. The training for this would be anywhere between 1100-1500 dollars. Meaning it would be 3175 dollars to help expand the pastoral care at Our Savior. However, that is a fraction of the cost of that of a new pastor.

Proposal: Send Pastor Ryan to Stephen Ministry Leadership training this summer. This training will help him develop Stephen Ministers within Our Savior Lutheran Church. These men and women will help broaden the scope of care the pastoral staff can achieve. This is no way means that after this training is done Pastor Ryan would work less on care. It would only mean an expanded reach of the church to those who are broken and hurting.

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