Comments for UCC Iowa http://www.ucciaconf.org Iowa Conference of the UCC Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:16:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Our Common Life… by Carla Derrick http://www.ucciaconf.org/our-common-life-16#comment-17440 Carla Derrick Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:16:24 +0000 http://www.ucciaconf.org/?p=1376#comment-17440 Aha! I love this question (Why are you here?) I believe we are here to love God and serve him forever. As to the manner of our service, we, as disciples of Jesus, declare that we do so by following his example. At the age of 12 or 13, about confirmation age in the Presbyterian Church, I felt the urge to follow these "marching orders:" "go and make things better." That has been a sort of mantra for me and has ordered my life of 80 years, with varying degrees of success. Thank you for reminding us that we need to stop from time to time and make an assessment! CD Aha! I love this question (Why are you here?)
I believe we are here to love God and serve him forever. As to the manner of our service, we, as disciples of Jesus, declare that we do so by following his example. At the age of 12 or 13, about confirmation age in the Presbyterian Church, I felt the urge to follow these “marching orders:” “go and make things better.” That has been a sort of mantra for me and has ordered my life of 80 years, with varying degrees of success.

Thank you for reminding us that we need to stop from time to time and make an assessment! CD

]]> Comment on Minister as Entrepreneur by Nadine Aydt http://www.ucciaconf.org/minister-as-entrepreneur#comment-17398 Nadine Aydt Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:00:10 +0000 http://www.ucciaconf.org/?p=1096#comment-17398 We recently, after nearly two years of visioning by one person, laid down the approach to use for a community meal plan. KF had wanted to do this kind of thing after witnessing an apparent success at another church. But, her vision remained more of an indistinct dream. Over time it took more shape. At that point we addressed what would be considered an entrepreneurial approach to offering a free meal to the entire community. Two churches with successful programs were consulted. A determination of monetary sources was made and groups were approached for support. Potential menus were planned all the way to the list of groceries, coupons, sale days, and how leftovers can be used. Lists for volunteering for various tasks were provided. A complete proposal was clearly written and presented to the Board and various committees for approval. Advertising was prepared including posters, door to door visits to invite with an invitation left in hand and a survey if folks would be likely to attend, and, newspaper and radio coverage established. Five dates, the last Sundays of January-May at 5 pm in our Fellowship Hall, were chosen. Our Board members chose to be hosts and received our 87 guests, assisted as needed, and table hopped to meet and chat. Entrepreneurship contains numerous patterns for successfully involving people in activities, worship, events!!! Many of the things we do at church have a baseline cost. Why not determine how to arrive at that so that an event does not apply undue pressure upon the general offering receipts and expenses? Jesus sent his people - Judas being one - to gather money, food, resources for Jesus' ministry. Jesus apparently asked homeowners to provide meals - recall one of the first was a tax collector to whose home Jesus invited himself for a meal. These things are part of what we term today an entrepreneurial spirit and they work to develop community - relationships - and more, I'm sure. Call it something else - evangelism, hospitality, sreding the gospel - but it all comes down to what do we do to be church. We recently, after nearly two years of visioning by one person, laid down the approach to use for a community meal plan. KF had wanted to do this kind of thing after witnessing an apparent success at another church. But, her vision remained more of an indistinct dream. Over time it took more shape. At that point we addressed what would be considered an entrepreneurial approach to offering a free meal to the entire community. Two churches with successful programs were consulted. A determination of monetary sources was made and groups were approached for support. Potential menus were planned all the way to the list of groceries, coupons, sale days, and how leftovers can be used. Lists for volunteering for various tasks were provided. A complete proposal was clearly written and presented to the Board and various committees for approval. Advertising was prepared including posters, door to door visits to invite with an invitation left in hand and a survey if folks would be likely to attend, and, newspaper and radio coverage established. Five dates, the last Sundays of January-May at 5 pm in our Fellowship Hall, were chosen. Our Board members chose to be hosts and received our 87 guests, assisted as needed, and table hopped to meet and chat. Entrepreneurship contains numerous patterns for successfully involving people in activities, worship, events!!! Many of the things we do at church have a baseline cost. Why not determine how to arrive at that so that an event does not apply undue pressure upon the general offering receipts and expenses? Jesus sent his people – Judas being one – to gather money, food, resources for Jesus’ ministry. Jesus apparently asked homeowners to provide meals – recall one of the first was a tax collector to whose home Jesus invited himself for a meal. These things are part of what we term today an entrepreneurial spirit and they work to develop community – relationships – and more, I’m sure. Call it something else – evangelism, hospitality, sreding the gospel – but it all comes down to what do we do to be church.

]]> Comment on Our Common Life… by Duane Lookingbill http://www.ucciaconf.org/our-common-life-14#comment-17356 Duane Lookingbill Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:45:42 +0000 http://www.ucciaconf.org/?p=1341#comment-17356 I took this possibility to my Leadership Board, and I am sorry to say we just could not put together a team at this time to attend this event. Our Finance Team does plan to work with the materials received at the clergy workshop last April -- and we will look for a future opportunity. I took this possibility to my Leadership Board, and I am sorry to say we just could not put together a team at this time to attend this event. Our Finance Team does plan to work with the materials received at the clergy workshop last April — and we will look for a future opportunity.

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