Present: Caroline Close, Cindy Wilson, Anne Scott, Stella Rous, Jean Ann Lansche,
Pastor Kimberly Willis
Absent: Darlene Phillips, Barbara Dethlefson, Nick Strobel, Carol Sayer, Lillie
Johnson
Anne reported on her visit to Cokesbury Headquarters in Nashville. With
Anne's good relationship to the staff at Cokesbury we are continuing to
get good deals on our supplies. Anne brought back booklets on "The
United Methodist Church" to be used by teachers as a good reference tool. She
will order the complete set to be kept on hand. They are:
What Every Teacher Needs to Know About...
*the Bible
*Christian Heritage
*Classroom Environment
*Curriculum
*Faith Language
*Living the Faith
*People
*Teaching
*Theology
Anne is looking for Sunday School Teacher substitutes to fill in when the
Henderson Family will be absent on November 13th. Margaret Vera will also
be gone so that will leave 2 classrooms without teachers. Caroline thinks
that she will be able to take over for Marion and Anne could possibly fill
in for Kathy and Corky.
Pastor Kimberly brought up that the jr. high are not particularly comfortable
at the Sunday School Opening since it is geared down for the little ones. It
was suggested that they learn how to do devotions in their classrooms and perhaps
once a month present it during the Children's Opening.
The subject will be talked over with Anna and Lisa and see what their opinions
are and talk with the students again for their input.
"Twas the Night Before Christmas" has been chosen as this year's program
for the Early Christmas Eve service. It is not the familiar story
by the same title. There will be some talking, singing, the Holy Family,
angels, townspeople, shepherds, Wise Men, 2 narrators, etc. and will
involve all ages and the audience. It will last about 45 minutes. The
costumes will be kept simple. Pastor Kimberly also passed along
several plays to Anne that will be held for future possibilities.
Adult Education is managing without any problems. The Wednesday
Evening group will continue on through spring. The Thursday
Morning group
has smaller numbers this session but is still going strong.
Caroline talked again to Jane Hanley and she is still thinking about leading a
family class but not at this time. Bernadine Noxin has talked to Pastor
Kimberly about a 4 week Advent Study that would consist of a contemplative group
that would focus on meditative readings of the Scripture. Pastor Kimberly
will do the Advertising in the Outlook. Meeting day and time for this
group has not been set.
There are currently about 30 people in Adult Sunday School classes. Twenty
are in Bible 101 and ten in Jerry's class.
A Sunday Morning Adult Class for Advent will be "Where
Heaven Touches the Earth" if a leader can be found. It would start on November 27th and
run for 4 weeks. This class would be different from Bernadine's class. Anne
will approach Dwight Reynolds to see if he would be interested in being the leader. It
is suggested that we order 15-20 copies and ask $6.00 for the
$5.50 booklet to cover shipping. Rush shipping cost for
extra copies are expensive and a burden on the church budget.
Nick Strobel is still in place for teaching a class on Methodism in January.
Senior High has been meeting in Pastor Kimberly's office during the Sunday
School Hour. They have decided that they are now not comfortable attending
the Jr. High class. Pastor Kimberly has been facilitating through a letter
form with them on things that they can do during this time. When Pastor
Kimberly finishes her Bible 101 class they meet and talk for about 20 minutes
before church services start. Pastor Kimberly plans to spend Advent with
this group of youth. There are currently 6 in the group. They have
discussed spending time on "Questions of Faith" and will invite members
of the congregation in to discuss their spiritual journey. They
have also talked of meeting once a month at the parsonage besides the Sunday
Morning
hot chocolate discussion group.
Greening of the Church will be Nov. 27th. Cindy Wilson has agreed to help
the children make ornaments. Education Committee is cooperating with
Worship Committee.
The next Education Meeting will take place on December 7th at 5:00
p.m. A
light dinner will be served. If you have something to add to the agenda
or are unable to attend, please notify Stella or Jean Ann.