THE CLERGY COMMITTEE
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
August 15, 2009
Present: David Delaplane, Gordon Kieft, Jim Turley, Don Wass, Fredricka Brecht and Mike Murray
Absent: Merv Dick
1. Opening Prayer – Mike Murray
2. Update on Austin Training
a. Have 21 signed up, 4 or 5 are paying full fee, one on scholarship completely
b. More than half have come through the ad and the classified ad
c. Web site traffic seems to have increased also
d. Jim, Mike and Fred will meet to plan the details of the training later
e. Janet Maykus from Austin Seminary has agreed to welcome the group since it is being held there.
f. The group composition is multi ethnic and ecumenical
3. Mike’s visit with Consulting Firm and Neil Sullivan
a. Mike met with two groups that are merging in the North Bay area. The groups are The Leadership Connection (TLC) with Neil Sullivan and The Renewal Project with leader Doug.
b. Neil has a vision of his program being nation-wide in the future. The Renewal Project is already nation-wide. Both programs are non-profit.
c. Mike met with the two leaders and a total of 7 people, the others being leaders of the peer groups. Neil has 10 groups going at present and is planning more.
d. One suggestion was to invite one of these groups to join our Board and suggest one of us might join their Board. We could become the facilitator training resource for their program and work together. This would also connect us more with the Evangelical world.
e. Leadership Connection groups meet monthly, have a facilitator who may or may not be trained or trained somewhat by Neil. They meet for one-half day and do the one-on-ones monthly with the facilitator. Members pay $100.00 per session. Some groups periodically join together for a speaker of choice. They also have our manual as a resource.
f. Neil’s support comes from some churches and fund raising.
4. Kentucky seminary proposal
a. The Disciples of Christ, Christian Church Seminary in Lexington saw our ad and made contact. They are considering having all their faculty develop trained facilitator skills as a more effective way of training and educating seminary students.
b. Mike and Jim will draft a proposal. They may want it to be exclusively for faculty although we discussed the possibility of others participating also.
5. Possible Next Steps
a. Ask the participants at the Austin Training event for suggestions.
b. Gather the data that Janet Maykus is generating with her survey of the 1100 to 1300 groups and the some 13,000 participants. Discern whether the data may show that trained facilitator led groups do better. If so, we could add that to our web site.
c. Possibly plan additional training events, one possibly in the North Bay area for Neil’s leaders and others in the area.
6. Significant Events
a. All shared. We continue to pray for Don as he grieves the loss of his wife.
7. Financials – David Delaplane – for July 31, 2009
a. Checking account - $2,186.28; Savings account - $18,710.34. Total - $20,896.62. ,Net income for July $581.09. ,YTD – Negative $752.82. We will be generating some income from the training event, less expenses.
8. Minutes approved for meeting May 30, 2009.
9. Manual Update
a. Thanks to Jim Turley for editing and updating our training manual. ,He has incorporated some additional data and it is in electronic form.
b. Fred will send out the electronic form.
10. Additional Issues
a. Need to appoint someone to track registrations and payment for the coming training event. David will send invoices later to those who owe.
b. Update the Board list and terms for next meeting.
11. Next Meeting: Saturay, November 14, 2009, 8:30 AM MST, 9:30 CST. Same phone number and access code. 1-309-946-5255. Access code 158352
12. Closing Prayer – David Delaplane
Respectfully Submitted,
Gordon J. Kieft, Secretary
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