Agenda
Prayer
Budget
Add
a new team to the W&W Ministry
Reporting
Next
steps
Pastor Todd opened the meeting with prayer.
We discussed budget needs for 2012 as listed below. Pastor Todd recommended that we add a new Communications Team to the W & W Ministry. It would focus on outgoing communication from SMLC to the community. Suggestions were to expand/enhance our existing website to improve advertising on line and in other local media. It was also suggested that we should have a table at the Farmers Market at least once a month from May to Oct. The Tomato Festival is also a very good way to get St. Mark’s name out there, and tell people who we are and what we do. Finally, we should have a presence at both the Veterans Day Parade and the 4th of July Parade.
Welcome Team has the visitor bags and children’s busy bags
ready to go for Sunday Sept 11th. This group will meet again in December/January to evaluate
the bags. Pastor Todd will ask first time visitors to raise their hands at the
end of the service, during announcements, and ushers will hand out the Visitor Bags. Ushers will also give
out Busy Bags to kids and take them back at the end of the service.
Outreach Team says the Tomato Festival went well but we need more volunteers in the booth. Next year we will need another sign, and there was a request for volunteers to have t-shirts that say “St. Mark’s."
Budget:
New
member events x 2 $
600
Training
events x 3 400
St. Mark’s
outreach events x 1 1,000
City-wide
events
Tomato Festival
Veterans Parade
Farmer’s Market 1 x
month
July 4th
Parade 1,000
Busy
bags for children under 7 200
Communication
costs
Webmaster
Increased
printing
Informational
handouts
Other
media
Total communication 1,500
Total W & W costs to be budgeted for 2012 $5,000
Next Steps:The Welcome & Witness Team will meet again on Tuesday, Sept 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the Choir Room. Please note:the meeting place is different from the Aug 23rd minutes,that lists the Digerud Room