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Notes from Inclusive Community committee meeting held on Tuesday 17 June, 2014 in the outer vestry.

Present:

Faye, Jan, Alison, Elwyn, Barbara, Neil, Laurel.

Apologies: Marj.

Sharing Time:

Jan -reading.

Pastoral Concerns and Prayer

We talked about those who have concerns at the moment. Jan prayed for these people.

REPORTS:

Prayer chain:

Beverly sent an SMS to the people who are on the Prayer Chain list.The prayer chain is working.

Supportive Care Link:

Laurel is following up Mary Ward and Bernice Bennett to see what their requirements will be after their operations.

Newcomers:

Newcomers who were welcomed at the Anniversary Service were: Beth Andrews, Laele and Wendy Pepper, Helen Priddle, David Scott-Stokes, Beverley and John Garratt, Lynn Peters and Marion Wadsworth. Apologies were received trom Jean Hansen, Heather and Tom Rose, Eileen Scott-Stokes, Rupa and Bemen Singham, Jenny McHutchon and family, Glenys and Richard Zambelli and family, Jane Wilcock, Stephen Tossel and family. Neil prepared a small welcoming segment at the beginning of the lunch before Grace. This worked very well.

Seniors:

Elwyn will take over Seniors’ Ministry when Alison is away. Elwyn and Alison will meet on 18 June to finalise arrangements for Alison’s leave. Elwyn will organise August Seniors’ service. It will be a praise service. Alison has organised 2 speakers for seminar on Friday 26 September-just after she comes back. She will check with Waverley Industries for lunch at the Seminar. Alison has advertised the Seniors’ service in Seniors’ Week as a special event in the Pals magazine. It will be “Praise for Creation and Seasons.” There may be a small singing group from Free Spirit.

Bereavement Support.

Bobbie is recovering after surgery.

Pastoral Partners:

• Heather has been typing letters to Cluster Leaders and posting them as she does them. They should all be posted by the end of the week. Cluster leaders have a maximum of five people( individuals, family group, couples.) to contact.The letters ask the leaders to contact the people on their list ASAP and inform them that they are Pastoral Partners. I met with David Morgan and we have worked out how we’ll put this information on the Database. As we have quite a few people in villages now, we have decided to appoint Cluster leaders for the villages. I am in the process of making these appointments. We thought that this was sensible as the village people meet up with one another frequently.
  • We have eighteen people who have volunteered to be cluster leaders (including the ones for the villages.) I have placed ninety people in Clusters so I am really pleased about that.
    • We are keeping Group Pastoral contact people for the present time. There are many people who have opted for Pastoral Care through groups so we know that they are OK. We are also contacting group carers to make sure that they are still happy to do this job.
    • HOW WE NEED HELP.
    I need more volunteers. Council members may not feel that they can commit themselves but could encourage family members and/or friends to become involved. We need to impress upon people that this is not visiting. It is keeping in contact and ringing people if they are not seen for a while and they may need help. Cluster groups will not be advertised. Ministry team, database users (a group of about 4 people) and Alison Clarkson and me are the only ones who have access to the information. We are aware that there may be personality clashes and will review clusters about every six months and more frequently, If necessary.

I can’t put any more people in clusters until I have more volunteers so if Council members can encourage people to volunteer that would be great.

Roll Maintenance:

Transfer acceptance for Beth Andrews received from Dernanacourt Uniting Church, South Australia.

Ecumenical Visitors:

Visitors had lunch with members of Club 2014 in the hall. It went very well. There was plenty of food and the visitors were very good at mingling and talking to people.

Light Lunch-8 June 2014

Quite a few people stayed for lunch and enjoyed the food and time of fellowship.

Anniversary 15 June:

People loved the food. It was a happy time of fellowship and our newcomers enjoyed being part of the occasion. Service was well received with missional group leaders and the Ministry Team taking part and the Moderator giving the reflection.

Meeting with Church Council members:

Meeting with all missional group leaders, property and communication convenors. was held on 27 May. It was a very positive meeting with all leaders giving reports about their aims for 2014 and people talking about their visions for the future. Members of the congregation will be given the opportuntiy to attend similar meetings.

Article for Newview:

Alison and I wrote an article about how traditions had changed within the church.

MWAB 29 June-RSL:

Letters have gone out. Barbara and Jan will ring people who do not reply by 25 June.

Light lunch 13 July-after 11am worship:

Soup-Faye, Sandwiches-Barb, Elwyn, Jan (chicken and ham), Laurel, slices or date loaves-Marj.

GENERAL BUSINESS:

1. Reminder about medical forms -put in monthly bulletin.

2. Brochures and pew cards for newcomers are being prepared. Jan will ask someone to translate MWAB PROGRAM into Chinese.

3. Continue to put forthcoming dates in monthly bulletins.

4. Jan had a phone call from Warren Greenwood about the Rosemary and David Carter’s and Judy and Greg Fry’s membership. This matter was discussed and will be discussed again at our next meeting. Jan will let Warren know that the matter has been discussed.

NEXT MEETING. TUESDAY 29 JULY AT 10:15AM IN THE OUTER VESTRY