Oldtown Stewardship Ministry
Sunday, February 14, 2021
Attending: Pastor Kelly, MaryPat Koepfler, Jim Fennell, Kevin Graves
- Opening prayer
- Personal shares
- Discussion of biblical/church stewardship
- Pledges, financial contributions
- Caring for the gifts of creation
- Determining how we best use our gifts to His glory
- Determining how we can best care and develop these gifts
- What is the mission of this Stewardship Committee?
- Supporting larger things/ministries that can’t be done without funding
- An element can be attendance/funding (can in some cases be sole focus of stewardship)
- Perhaps frame stewardship differently
- Inform and get other people passionate about stewardship
- Need to work on a Mission Statement (see actions below)
- How can we learn more about Stewardship?
- Pastor Kelly has some resources
- What’s missing in our church that Stewardship might address?
- Assessment of spiritual gifts (fifteen years since last)
- Members missing the weekly worship/ritual/grounding
- Members missing corporate singing
- What do we need to do next?
- Promote participation
- Mission statement
- Job description
- Wider conversations to promote thinking and encouragement
- Follow-ups for next meeting
- Include meeting in Sunday links
- Investigate resources
- Complete meeting and agenda for 3/14/21
- Other