First Church Communications Team

Meeting Minutes

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

 

Members Present: Bill Bartscher, Bennett Griffin (Chair), Jerry Jalenak, Harold Jones, Margaret Jones, Michelle Parmley, Stitt Robinson, Patti Winn.

West Campus Grand Openings Overview: Since many people had missed the previous meeting, Bennett again reviewed a June 11 meeting of the team leaders of the ministry game plan. There will be two grand openings of the Celebration Center on West Campus. August 20 will be “Celebration Sunday.” The purpose of that day is to communicate to Church membership the plans for opening the new facilities. In addition, the new worship times will go into effect on this day. The only announced change at this time is mid-morning at the downtown location will move from 9:40am to 10am. September 10 will be “Consecration Sunday” and will be the beginning of a week of celebration and activities related to West Campus. Current plans have our Bishop at the 9am services on West Campus and the 11am services at the downtown church. There will be a potluck picnic at 12:30 on West Campus and an Olympic-style torch run from downtown arriving at West Campus during the potluck festivities. Events throughout the week will include a pancake feed, carnival, “Fun Run,” and a chance to see the new big screens showing the KU vs Toledo football game along with a tailgating event. All events are still in the early planning stages.

Strategic Plan: Bennett handed out draft 3 of the Strategic Plan. We continued discussing Section 5, Performance Measurements. It was determined that we need a baseline survey conducted within the next 30 days that will reveal where we currently stand on communications within the church with the exact survey being conducted in 6 months and then at one year to measure how we are doing. We then discussed specific questions for the survey. Those are as follows:

I am/feel well-informed about the activities at the church.

Strongly agree ___   Agree ___   Neutral ___   Disagree ___   Strongly disagree ___

I understand the plan for “One Church/Two Campuses.”

Strongly agree ___   Agree ___   Neutral ___   Disagree ___   Strongly disagree ___

In the past 6 months I have attended church:

Downtown: 8:30 ___   9:40 ___   11:00 ___   West ___   Both ___   Neither ___

Why? ______________________________________________________________________

In the next 6 months I plan to attend church:

Downtown: 8:30 ___   9:40 ___   11:00 ___   West ___   Both ___   Neither ___

Why? ______________________________________________________________________

I feel accepted and welcomed at church.

Strongly agree ___   Agree ___   Neutral ___   Disagree ___   Strongly disagree ___

I feel the church is meeting my spiritual needs.

Strongly agree ___   Agree ___   Neutral ___   Disagree ___   Strongly disagree ___

Comments: _________________________________________________________________

Demographic questions: Age ___  Years attending church ___

Next Meeting: Tuesday, June 27th, 7:30pm. Room TBA.