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| Some questions to stimulate thought might be: Are we missing a Missional Group? How do we make the Missional Groups more accessible to the Congregation? Are interactions between Missional Groups, Council & Elders working well? Are Missional Groups, Council & Elders clear about their responsibilities? |
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| Comments are welcome on paper, in email, preferable to [email protected], or by personal conversations. | Suggested changes across a wide range of congregational life are welcome, and nothing should be considered off limits, though the areas mentioned above are expected to be foci. Pastoral Care structures are currently being addressed by Pastoral committee & Ministry Team, and input relevant in those areas will be included in that process. |
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| Some background points that may help are: | The energy generated by the missional groups has been life giving to our congregation, but there is always room for improvement. As with the On the Way Together process, we value the opinion of all members of the congregation. Comments are welcome on paper, in email, preferable to [email protected], or by personal conversations. The structures that emerged at the time when the Missional Groups were established is available to ChurchStructures ~-Some other background points that may help are: |
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| * It may be helpful to think of these structures as the structures by which Church Council delegates its responsibilities, rather than the structure of the congregation, which can be pictured in many ways. * Church Council currently receives reports from: (Included groups are as listed in the Church Rolls database.) (Extra information on groups may be found in AnnualReport2011.) * Ministry team including: * Children & Families * Ministry to Seniors * Christmas Alight (Also InclusiveCommunity) * Pastoral team * Worship Team 9.15am Service (Also included in Faith Development) * Youth Group * Faith Development Group, aka FaithCommunity including: * Broadcast Ministry * InclusiveCommunity including: * Munch with a bunch * Pastoral Committee * Supportive Care * Visitors * Welcoming / Newcomers' Committee * Welfare Committee * Christmas Alight * CommunityHub, now including: * The Hub * Playgroups * [[LeisureTimeReport201202|Leisure Time]] * Cooee * Prayer Chain * CommunityOutreach, aka Outreach Missional Group including: * Asylum Seekers Support Group * Easter Event * Fete Committee * Elders * Pastoral Committee * CommunicationsCommittee * PropertyCommittee * FinanceCommittee |
* It may be helpful to think of these structures as the structures by which Church Council delegates its responsibilities, rather than the structure of the congregation, which can be pictured in many ways.-~ |
2012 review of GWUC structures
At its February meeting, Church Council noted:
A request to move Leisure Time, Playgroup & Cooee from Outreach to Hub had been agreed.
- A request had been received from Outreach Missional Group to review the Missional Groups.
- Ross Mackinnon has suggested a review of Elders, their roles and their relationship to the MGs.
- Ministry team have been looking at pastoral care structures.
Council agreed that DavidMorgan, JudyLowe and AlaneeHearnshaw be asked to call for submissions from the appropriate groups, second others as needed to process them, and produce a recommendation. The 3 of us agreed to take on this task.
Some questions to stimulate thought might be: Are we missing a Missional Group? How do we make the Missional Groups more accessible to the Congregation? Are interactions between Missional Groups, Council & Elders working well? Are Missional Groups, Council & Elders clear about their responsibilities?
This is our invitation to all interested members of GWUC to make suggestions about how our structures can be improved.
Suggested changes across a wide range of congregational life are welcome, and nothing should be considered off limits, though the areas mentioned above are expected to be foci. Pastoral Care structures are currently being addressed by Pastoral committee & Ministry Team, and input relevant in those areas will be included in that process.
The energy generated by the missional groups has been life giving to our congregation, but there is always room for improvement. As with the On the Way Together process, we value the opinion of all members of the congregation.
Comments are welcome on paper, in email, preferable to [email protected], or by personal conversations.
The structures that emerged at the time when the Missional Groups were established is available to ChurchStructures
Some other background points that may help are: After 1999, the standard UCA model for congregations changed to a single Church Council, responsible for all matters in the congregation, with all Elders becoming members of Church Council. (See CouncilRegulations for the statement of Council responsibilities.) Alternative models are allowed by agreement with Presbytery. Glen Waverley felt that the number of Elders that we had would create an unwieldy Church Council, so adopted, with permission, a Church Council of 25 with at least half being Elders. In 2000, Glen Waverley Councillors and Elders agreed to a covenant (see EldersCovenant) effectively delegating some of Council's responsibilities to the Elders, particularly general spiritual and pastoral oversight. The four Missional Groups were set up in 2008 as a result of the "OnTheWayTogether" process. In this process, a few pre-existing structures were merged with the Missional Groups, but many were kept. It may be helpful to think of these structures as the structures by which Church Council delegates its responsibilities, rather than the structure of the congregation, which can be pictured in many ways.