GWUC Headlines for w/e 11 Aug 2013

The latest copy of Newsbeat (Aug 2013) is available.
The minutes of the August Outreach Committee are available at OutreachMinutes201308.
An open letter from the CommunicationsCommittee to the ChurchCouncil is available at CommunicationsOpenLetter.

GWUC Headlines for w/e 4 Aug 2013

A discussion of the rationale for Recommendations 1 and 2 of the recent New Structures Decisions by the Congregation has been published.

Minutes from the most recent Communications Committee meeting are online.
The latest OutreachReport201308 is available.
A PropertyReport201308 is available.
Progress reports from last year's COP grant recipients are available.
The Hub Muffin Morning is Thursday, 29 Aug 2013 from 10am to noon. See TheHub
Nomination forms for the new Church Council are on the Stewards table. Nominations close 7 Aug 2013. Elections at a special Meeting of the Congregation on Sunday, 25 Aug 2013 at 11am. See CouncilNominees2013
Safe Church training session Saturday, 31 Aug 2013 9:30am-4pm See SafeChurchTraining.pdf
The EmailEtiquetteGuidelines have been updated.
How are our worship attendances going? See for yourself at WorshipAttendances.

The Hub Muffin Morning is coming. Thursday, 29 Aug 2013, 10am to noon.
Nomination forms for the new Church Council are on the Stewards table. Discussion and information session on Sunday, 21 Jul 2013 at 8pm. Elections at a special Meeting of the Congregation on Sunday, 25 Aug 2013 at 11am.
Minutes of the most recent Church Council meeting are available.
Information for possible CouncilNominees2013 is online and available in the foyer.

There are many changes needing to be implemented for the new church structures to take effect. The SaltToDoList page describes as many of those as we can identify. If there are missing items that you can see, please let DavidMorgan or NeilSkilton know.
The deliberations of the Steering Committee are gradually being released for general reading.
The Minutes of the most recent meeting of the Outreach group are available.
The FeteCommittee has started planning for this year's fete.
A Report from the InclusiveCommunity is available.

A new SaltPage provides information about all the changes going on at Glen Waverley as a consequence of the Steering Committee recommendations. Please bookmark this page and check it regularly.
The Presbytery Newsletter contains an article about GregFry's farewell service.
The Report from Steering Committee was adopted with only minor changes by the 1 Jul 2013 Congregation Meeting
that same meeting approved the COP Recommendations for 2013.
an audio file of the ChurchFutureScForum20130619 meeting has been added to that page, for people who missed the meeting and want to hear the comments that LizMcMillan and GregFry made regarding the resignations of RosemaryCarter and GregFry.
A page describing the issues of ChurchDissonance has been published.
The SaltToDoList now describes all the work that needs to be done as a result of the Future Directions Steering Committee's proposal.

Following some feedback, the proposal for the 1 Jul 2013 Congregation Meeting and Report from Steering Committee has undergone some minor revisions.
The agenda for the Congregational Meeting on Monday night (1 Jul 2013) is on-line.

The agenda for the 1 Jul 2013 Congregation Meeting is published.
The proposal for the 1 Jul 2013 Congregation Meeting and Report from Steering Committee is released.
The Church Council met during the week.
Notes from the PastoralWorkshop20130606 have been published. All visitors should read these!

this week there are many reports from various church groups available:
A document setting out the use of the church iPads by members of the congregation is published.

The draft program for UnitingVoices for the next 4 months is available.
The Future Directions Steering Committee has released the timetable for the new church governance structures, and a draft version of the proposal to be put to the 1 Jul Congregational Meeting is available.
Keep up-to-date with JNC developments.
The most recent OutreachMinutes201306 are available.

Previous news items are available here