Present: Stella Rous, Lissy Hallum, Anne Scott, Jean Ann Lansche, Pastor Kimberly
Willis
Absent: Cindy Wilson, Nick Strobel, Lisa Strobel, Barbara Dethlefson, Caroline
Close, Hank Webb
Anne presented the prospective Sunday School students list for this fall. Because
their are so few students we are proposing to eliminate a class and combine
larger age groups. The hired personnel in the Nursery have been doing
a fine job of teaching the little ones a lesson each week so Anne will ask
them to continue if Lilly Johnson no longer is interested in teaching.
Four year olds will join the Kindergarten and First Grade.
Grades 2 through 5th will be joined and 6th grade will join with the jr. high.
Sr. High will have a team of teachers with Stella teaching the first 6 week
session. There will be a vacant room in the Education Building in which
they could meet. Phil Maxwell may be asked if he would be able to teach
the Have/Have Not series since he is in charge of missions.
Jean Ann and Sherry Setser will teach either the Four year, Kindergarten, and
First or the 2nd through 5 th grade class. Marion Henderson has not yet
decided whether or not she will return. Kathy and Corky Blain have asked
not to teach this year. Anne will ask and see if Lisa Strobel is willing
to continue to work with the jr. high. There will be an announcement
in the Outlook for volunteers.
Nick Strobel will be teaching "Discovering the Historical Jesus" and
Pastor Kimberly will teach a class on World Faiths that will last approximately
5 weeks. It will intertwine with the September 30th Interfaith Bakersfield
march and class.
We revisited the topic of what classes parents might like to have offered. How
I answer my child's questions about the world today (terrorism, commercial
Christmas, etc.) was discussed. Anne will ask Jane Hanley if she would
be interested in teaching a class on this sometime this year. We might
also be able to use outside people from other churches.
Vacation Church School will be August 14th though the 18th. Everything
is in place. The teachers will be responsible for their play time. There
has been no word from Trinity though Anne has called. Anne will be donating
2 recycling bins for the church to use. It has been recommended that
drivers for the field trip to the Planetarium fill out a card with their license
number and insurance carrier. Wesley will provide secondary insurance
in case of an accident. The mission project will be to collect backpacks
and school supplies for the Homeless Shelter. Anne has purchased 10 backpacks
at this time to be filled.
Youth Group is still meeting on the every other week schedule. This is
leading to some confusion as to when there are meetings. Education Committee
again feels as this is a major concern. Pastor Kimberly does not feel that
it is her role to be involved every week and that members of the church
must step up and help. It has been discussed that the month could
be divided with different leaders so that the youth can meet weekly. Hank
Webb will be contacted for his input when he returns. It is tentatively
suggested that Hank with Pastor Kimberly assisting will continue
with the traditional 2nd and 4th Sunday meetings while the 1st Sunday will
be devoted to missions (such as helping at the Homeless Shelter) and the 3rd
Sunday will be a Social/Discussion evening where perhaps a movie (with no higher
than pg-13 rating) will be shown and then discussed. David Hanley,
Lissy Hallum, Jerry Ludeke, Nick Strobel, and Caroline Close will be contacted
to see if this is something they would be interested in helping with. It
was also mentioned that our youth would sometimes like to join with other youth
groups. In October there will be a 5th Sunday and Pastor Kimberly suggested
that a "Trunk or Treat" would be a possibility as an outreach to
the neighborhood children.
Pastor Kimberly has not yet scheduled a Confirmation Class but is thinking
of maybe doing it during Lent. It will probably be a 6 week class. It
was discussed that it could take place during the Sunday School hour.
Next meeting will be September 3rd. Jean Ann will contact Cindy and Nick
to see if the meeting could be moved up to 3:30 p.m. and adjourn by 5:00.