The Emerging Unified Church of Carlisle
Overview of Transition Team Meeting
August 9, 2012
On Thursday, August 9, 2012, the Transition
Team conducted its fifth meeting. At this point many members from the three
campuses have been added to the fifteen focus groups which have been identified
by the Co::Lab and Transition Team. Due
to vacation schedules, there remain some individuals who will still need to be
contacted during the upcoming days.
Hopefully, by the time that you are reading this we will have completed
the membership for each focus team.
However, we will be enlisting your ideas and suggestions as we proceed,
and some additional members may be joining focus groups based upon our needs
and your expertise. At our next meeting,
we will be scheduling congregational meetings at each of the campuses which
will provide you with additional updates and enlist your input during this
period of transition.
As you discovered on Sunday, the pastors
will be exchanging pulpits on a monthly basis.
Additionally, the pastors will be planning cooperative events on the
fifth Sundays of those months having five Sabbath days. All are encouraged to visit services at the
three campuses where our fellow sisters and brothers now worship prior to our
unification and movement into our transitional facility.
As we continue to look at the timeline, the
most pressing priority is to identify and organize the administrative structure
that will be utilized by our new church.
We have re-established January 1, 2013 as our target date to have this
structure in place. We have also come to
realize that the funding of our unified church needs to be a two-step process
with a transitional budget in place for each campus from January 1 through June
30, 2013, and then a combined budget starting 0n July 1. Thus, the new church will operate on a fiscal
year (July 1 through June 30) rather than a calendar year.
On September 1, the Transition Team will
be up and running on the internet. An
email address has now been established for you to contact the Transition Team
directly:
We invite your thoughts, questions, concerns,
suggestions and ideas. Please email us
or talk to us at any time.
Pastoral
Team
Allison First Grace
Jim VanZandt, Lead Ron Axsom Dennis Downey Colleen
Kulp
Bishop Neil Irons Ann Cook Tracy
Horgan Kerm Leitner
Mira Hewlett Jeff Harpel Debbie Washinger Randy
Noaker
Susan Stewart Joanne
Reynolds Lois Weibley Dianne
Otto
Dennis Keller, District Superintendent
Our next scheduled meeting is Tuesday,
August 28, at 9:30 am.
I have noticed that some "overarching" decisions have been made with regard to the unification process. One example is the all-church gatherings on the 5th Sunday. I believe this is a fine initiative. Bob Kilmer shared this in his report on happenings over the summer. I understand that there is or will shortly be a communications/p.r. committee for publishing news, events, gatherings and plans underway as part of the unification process. Has this initiative already begun? When can our congregations expect to hear and see more? The prayer folder is most helpful and appreciated. I find the little bookmarks meaningful as well. Lynda
ReplyDeleteThank you. Yes, the communications team has things already underway with a new church website starting soon, Kerm’s overviews, bulletin inserts, and this blog. We will do our best to keep everyone up-to-date. If you have questions, feel free to ask the pastors or any of the transition team members, who are listed at the bottom of the overviews.
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