Julie suggested a new song, “In Wonder” by the Newsboys. If it is “singable,” we could use it. For sure, the YouTube video would be a great one to show on the screens at registration and as kids are coming in each day.

In response to last week’s small group visioning meeting, we opened in more of a small group format. Julie opened with reading from “Thriving as an Artist in the Church” by Rory Noland, in particular the section on How to keep your passion alive. (The second link I’ve included will allow you to read it on Google books.)

Deb is going to be meeting with Mystic Riders soon to ask for a donation. We’re so thankful for Deb and her willingness to get out there and hustle up donations.

Julie suggested that we talk to TJ about putting together the video montage. Jason and he will need to work out the details so that the final DVD doesn’t become an even bigger project for Jason.

Classes

Level 2 is full…as long as all of the classes we have on paper come through. We have some work to do still on Level 1 Electives, but we have lots of people to call on. That’s amazing! We do have some people who are willing to teach if we choose the subject and provide the supplies. The tough part for us is that some people’s schedules are up in the air right now because of questions about work and school. As we look at filling out our class schedule, we’ll be firming up the people we have and calling some who have been involved in teaching in the past.

Money

Our balance currently sits at $5,050.29. We have talked about using some of our money as “seed money” for building a garage/pole shed on site. The church would use it for storage during the year, then BAC would get it on the week we need it. Is a garage a priority? Perhaps play equipment would be more important to make this a more “family friendly” environment? Or a Welcome Kiosk for The Gathering Place? Does it need to be something that is geared more toward children’s ministries?

We’ll plan on coming to the next meeting with some ideas.

Small Group leaders

We have 12 currently and are feeling pretty good about where we’re at. We are looking at some of the younger people as well and wondering about their interest level. Mitchell, Lane, Corbin, Lindsey, Philomena, Christian, etc. We’d also like to see Bonnie leading a small group. Her concern is that she likes to have interaction time with the parents. Deanna Printy offered last year to help out with that and she has said she is interested and willing for this year. Lynn S. is also a good possibility.

Format

Do we like the schedule that we’ve been following the last few years? If not, do we want to go crazy and reformat (NOT our hard disk)? We’ll have to take this up at our next meeting. This really applies to everything: small group leader’s “free time”; special projects for the small group time; overall schedule; etc.

Our next meeting will be on March 24 at 10:30 am.