February 2011

Present:  Noreen Vivan, Grace Weekes, Bev Brownlee, Beth Hewson

1.   Loonies for Lent:  The project is with the Church of the Apostles in Moosonee helping support their outreach activities.  Colin Vickers will do a presentation at the family service n Sunday March 6th. 

2.  Speakers:  Sandy and John Best are two Christians who have done missionary work in the Middle East.  Sandy is a nurse and John is a contractor.  They attend the local Baptist Church.  They are willing to do an evening presentation on their experiences in Jordan.  Committee agreed.  The date is Tuesday, March 15^th at 7:00pm at Christ Church.  More information to follow.  Beth will need help with publicizing the event.   

3. Daily Bread:  Ladies Fellowship group will give a donation for the Daily Bread for the year.  Grace will make a presentation this Sunday � February 27^th about the value of the Daily Bread. 

4. Ladies Fellowship Group:  The Spring Tea is Saturday May 7^th.  The group will match the church budgeted mission items for the 2011.

18 January 2011  Minutes - Highlights

1. Ladies:  Spring Luncheon and Bake Sale, Saturday 07 May.  Quiche and salad. 
   1. Red mentioned ideas about a bake-off competition
   2. We need a new calling list.
2. Sponsored child:  new girl is 11 from the West Bank of Jerusalem—Wala Mohamad Bajawi.  February
3. Sleeping Children Around the World � bed kits for children.  100% of donations goes toward the bed kit.  $35 for 1 kit.  May.
4. Budget for 2011.  We discussed our current and proposed mission projects. 
   1. Returning missions:  PWRDF, Wycliffe Bible Translations, Camp Temiskaming, Camp Manitou [June], AMSC, Canadian Bible Society
   2. New Missions:

                                                    i.     Christian Radio Station:  we voted to put them back on our list for 2011

                                                   ii.     Sleeping Children Around the World

                                                 iii.     Gathering Place

3. $100 for each of 9.
4. Our Daily Bread:  will be handled by Ladies Group.  Grace and Beth will give a promotional report in February. 
4. Food Bank Sundays will continue.  Food goes to food bank at St John’s except December’s collection goes to the Gathering Place.
5. Shoebox Mission:  We will ask Dave Henschel to investigate the delivery methods for this charity.  October
6. White Gift Sunday � OK.  November promo.  WGS:  November 27^th
7. Christian Salvage Mission:  we will have a month dedicated to the collection.  September
8. Loonies for Lent:  Colin Vickers in investigating a link with the church in Moosonee/Moose Factory.  March 6^th
9. We discussed the idea of a prayer tent at the Relay for Life.  We are looking for someone in the congregation to “champion� the cause. 
10. Salvation Army:  We received a certificate of thanks from the Salvation Army for our work at the Christmas kettles. 
11. The 30 Hour Famine:  Promotion: March 27^th & Event: April 3^rd

29 September 2010 Minutes - Highlights 

1. Newcomers� Gift Packages made!  List created of Newcomers and Beth will deliver this group of gifts to the folks.  About 10 gift packages are made and will be ready to be circulated to new folks.  The system and timing of delivery is still in experiment stages.   

2. Operation Shoebox:  Supplies have been delivered and Dave Henschel and family are coordinating the project.  More will follow in the next couple of weeks. 

3. Bike Ride:  Marie has a link with a group who organizes bike rides for Christian fundraising purposes.  Marie to send link to members. 

4. Korogocho Mission: Currently the mission does not appear stable.   After much consideration Christ Church will withhold its 2010 financial contribution.  As a Church we will continue to pray for this mission.  Will bring this change to Advisory Board. 

5. White Gift Sunday:  Group agreed to collect mittens, scarves, hats and individual sized toiletries for PEP.  Possiblity of two Faith moments.    

6. Food Bank Sunday:  At beginning of each month the Church collects non perishable goods for the St. John’s Church Food Back and in December the food goes to the Gathering Place.  Another suggestion � the Baptist Church has a food collection for the students.  It was agreed to donate to this basket one time per year, if they want the donation.   Beth to talk to Bob Franklin re: the change.    

Outreach Meeting 21 April 2010 

Norene opened with prayer.

Business: 

1. Agreed that Barbara Graham presented good information re: Council of the North, however, delivery was long.  The church will send the cheque to James Settee College the week of April 25^th.

2. Beth will ask Aase Jensen or a Camp Temiskaming representative to come to do a Faith Moment during May�.if okay with Reverend Marie.

3. Discussed whether future meetings are needed � two people have attended the last two meetings.  Recommendation to cancel future meetings but to meet on an as needed basis. Could people respond to this recommendation with there thoughts via email to everyone, please?

Norene closed with prayer.

Outreach Meeting    10 February 2010

 The meeting began with prayer led by Norene.

 Old Business/Updates:

 Stamps:  Joan Franklin collects some stamps for the Bible Society � however not  on a regular basis.  She was in agreement that the stamps that the Church collects go to the Christian Salvage Mission.

 Leitchs�: The Leitchs� would like to visit and possibly preach at the Church.  Beth to confirm a future date with them.

 PWRDF:  Need to find an interested party to coordinate information re: PWRDF.

 New Business:

 The James Settee College located in Prince Albert Saskatchewan in the diocese of the Council of the North will be the receipts of the Loonies for Lent project this year. Canisters to be made available for parishioners. 

 Meeting ended with prayer.

 Next meetings are as follows:  Wednesday, March 24^th, Wednesday, April 21^st, and Wednesday, May 19^th.  Meetings start at 5:00pm.

 November 2009

1.         Joyce has made a box in which people are welcome to put ideas and suggestions for missions.  Which missions to support?  How much?

2.         Anglican Appeal:  part of General Synod of Canada.  Council of the North and overseas missions.

3.         PWRDF � Distinct from GS

4.         Loonies/Twonies for Lent.  Could we ask Rev’d Barb to do a service perhaps at the end of January to speak about Council of the North. Beth will talk with Rev’d Marie about next best steps.

5.         Operation Shoebox [Nov 21 deadline] and Christian Salvage Mission are going well.  CSM will end at the end of November

6.         White Gift Sunday � Don P asks that we consider donating White Gift items to the OH, Regional Program.  Adult scarves are especially needed, but also mitts and toques.  December 6^th. Agreed.

7.         Feb -- Faith moment about Santhosa Mary.

8.         Grace will try to find out some information about the church in Kash.

9.         There is a need for people to volunteer at the annual Christmas dinner at the Pro-Cathedral.

10.    Grace will ask Jill at the Soup Kitchen � if we were to donate 1 of our monthly food bank collections to them, what would be appropriate? Would they like that?

 Next Meeting:  09 December 5 pm

October 2009

Outreach - 09 September 2009

1. Food drive has begun quite successfully. 
2. Jeff & Michelle are expecting their first child.  Jeff will soon be posted. They are both willing to do a longer presentation than they did in April. 
3. Christian Salvage Mission is starting and we’ll do it for the next few weeks.  We will take anything Christian � devotionals, books, Sunday School materials, Bibles, music, DVDs, cassettes, Christian magazines, cancelled stamps [please trim them].  We will be doing this throughout October.
4. Bev will do a faith moment in November about Santhosa Mary.  November 1^st.
5. Rev’d Franklin � The government is changing their rules about how much we can give to an un-registered charity.  St Brice’s is looking into this and we will put this mission on hold for now.
6. We also discussed Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Leitchs.
7. Council of the North has sent information.  Beth is going to talk to Terry Way-White about CN.  Perhaps we will use Jan-Feb to educate the congregation about CN.  
8. What is the relationship between PWRDF and Anglican Appeal?
9. We also talked about doing Christmas Shoeboxes and White Gift Sunday toward Christmas.
10. Rev’d Marie suggested for next Pentecost weekend to have a walk/run on the Saturday.  Proceeds to the Gathering Place? Rev’d Marie will ask them first whether they are interested; and then she’ll propose this to the other 3 Anglican churches. 

 Next meetings:  Oct 7^th at 5 pm; Nov 4^th at 5 pm; Dec 9^th at 5 pm

If anyone wants to suggest a mission that we budget for in 2010, they are invited to the October 7^th meeting of the Outreach Committee [with your presentation]

Outreach - 26 May 2009

1. Spaghetti tickets were given out and we know of at least 2 people who used our complimentary tickets.  Perhaps next time, we’ll consider our mail person.
2. Jeff & Michelle did their presentation on their time in Uganda. It is amazing how the people they visited worked in faith—building a school on the strength of $250 star up mone!
3. Food drives � Food Bank; St John’s, St Brice’s, Salvation Army also have food banks.  Schools hold annual food drives in the fall and contribute to the Food Bank.   Could we make 1^st Sunday of the month food bank Sunday; people are welcome to donate to the Food Banks at any time, but the 1st Sunday could become a Sunday of special intention  for the Food Banks.  Referred to Advisory Board.
4. Christian Salvage Mission � collects old Bibles, devotionals, Sunday School materials, cancelled postage stamps, etc. They send the materials internationally. www.csmcanada.org After we speak with the Advisory Board, Beth will contact local contact person. And they collect postage stamps.  We will promote this. Joyce will check that Joan is still collecting stamps
5. We will be adding Santhosa Mary to our weekly prayers.
6. Mary Sherwood is in Canada at the moment.
7. Rev’d Marie will contact Franklin Otwama to see whether he is coming to visit in the near future

Next meeting: Wednesday 09 September

Outreach - 14 April 2009

1. We discussed the water donations and project.  The Canadian Government will be matching our funds. As of March 29^th we had $1400 which was matched by our anonymous donor. 
2. Envelopes have been delivered to our user groups for the Spaghetti Supper
3. Camp Temiskaming rep is coming on May 3^rd.  We’ve sent $700 already to them and will also put out a basket on May 3^rd.
4. Red has put together a PowerPoint of Jeff and Michelle’s time in Uganda.  Beth will discuss with Rev’d Marie when to show this—perhaps 26^th April. 
5. Ideas for missions:  something local? The OH? Food Bank? Gathering Place? Salvation Army? Coat drive at Redeemer Lutheran. Beth contacting a local Food Bank; Linda contacting schools to find out when the local food drive occurs.   Would we do something in Advent like the Loonies for Lent?
6. When are group resumes in the fall, we would like to suggest to the Advisory Board where any percentage of surplus might go. 
7. We will mention iyr new mission envelopes on Sunday

Next meeting:  Tuesday 26 May

Outreach 18 March 2009

1. Grace gave us a reading from Zechariah 4 and asked whether we are  following God in spirit and in truth? 
2. We talked about our mission that we’ve received from Jesus [Great Commandment, Great Commission].  The question was raised whether we personally, and as a church are doing “the work of the mission�?
3. Grace wondered whether we could send a couple of tickets to each of our user groups to our next spaghetti supper?  CODA, 3 AAA, Brownies.  Linda will get some cards and tickets for group.  Grace & Linda � CODA; AA Wednesday 7:00 pm � Beth; Friday AA � 11 am Grace; Friday evening 6:30 pm Beth; Brownies � Monday 6:30 pm � Joyce.
4. Our next Mall dates are May 2^nd and 9^th.
5. There was a discussion about how to “do mission� within our own walls; how to incorporate people into our parish without pushing them too hard or too soon.
6. Camp Temiskaming:  someone has donated some money to the Camp.  We recommend that the Advisory Board send out the money at this time of year to help the Camp in its planning.
7. 26 April � Aase Jensen will come to do a Faith Moment on Camp Temiskaming.  We will be asking Aase whether she can come May 3^rd and we will put out the loonie/toonie tent? Canoe? [Yes, she is willing to switch to May 3^rd.]
8. Water Project � matching funds?  Joanne will have to communicate with Chuck Vaughan about matching funds.  Beth will consult with Joanne and Chuck
9. Beth has e-mailed Myles and Janet Leitch about visiting us. Or, is there a video they could send about their work?
10. 30 Hour Famine � April 24-26 for Youth Group.  Would Youth like to speak about event in a Faith Moment 19 April?
11. May 3^rd Cornerstone Gospel Singers
12. Linda presented the envelope selections and we made a choice.
13. A postcard from Jeff and Michelle will be posted.
14. How much do we spend on missions:  $5230.18 from 2008 budget.  $942 from apportionment.  Youth Group nearly $1609.  Ladies:  $448. = 8229.00 or $163,153.00 which means about 5%.  How much should we spend on missions?

Outreach - 10 February 2009

1. Talked about our Youth Group corresponding with our sponsored children

2. Ladies Fellowship is waiting to hear who their new sponsored child will be; Youth Group is also waiting for theirs.

3. We hope to coordinate cheques going out to missions with the 2 month period in which we are going to highlight that mission.

4. There was a presentation on two local charities.

5. Loonies for Lent will be sent to a "water project" somewhere in the globe through one of the legitimate Christian charities [perhaps PWRDF or World Vision]. 

6. In the summer, we would like to make a recommendation about tithing future surpluses to missions.

7. This month we will be working to get an accurate picture of all the money that goes out from our church to missions. 

8. Next meeting March 18th at 5 pm.

Outreach - 19 November 2008

1. Reported on fundraising for Mary Sherwood

2. Re-affirmed the recommended charities for 2009 and the $100 proposal. 

3. Beth suggested a schedule for education about the charities:  Jan-Feb Mary Sherwood [normally, but 2009 replaced by Cdn Bible Society since we just did Mary Sherwood fundraising; Mar-Apr Canadian Bible Society & Wycliffe; May-June the 2 camps; Sep-Oct Vision Peoples; Nov-Dec PWRDF

4. Talked about creating and having printed Mission Envelopes which would list our 7 charities and provide a place for people to enter their name and regular envelop number.  We anticipate this would be for people who want to donate more than the loonie/twonie.  Will implement in January

5. We decided to ensure we pray for our missions at each meeting

6. Linda will ensure there are web links for each mission

7. White Gift Sunday - We are hoping to send these gifts to the Gathering Place Soup Kitchen

Outreach - 28 October 2008

1. We finalized the guidelines to be presented to the Advisory Board

2. We are suggesting $100 each for the 7 seven charities until we have our Church review in 2009

3. We discussed the Christmas Books for the Jail project and thought it might best be handled through a Faith Moment.

4. We decided to pass on PR for PWRDF since each parishioners had just received PR via their subscription to the Anglican Journal.

5. We recommended a renewed push for White Gift Sunday, 30th November

Outreach - 23 September 2008

1. Mary Sherwood [ AMSC � Anglican Mission Society Committee] will be speaking at Christ Church Thursday 23 October at 7:00 pm .  Joyce Edwards is our contact person with Mary.
2. We reviewed the draft guidelines for our committee.  Beth is updating and will forward to us and the Advisory Board.
1. We agreed that whenever we decide to discontinue supporting a charity, we will notify that charity in advance so that they can make alternate plans.
3. Generally at the first Sunday service of the month [not July or August], we will try to schedule a 5 minute Faith presentation by our contact person.  The plan is that the contact person will inform us about the mission/outreach/project.  There will be a jar for collections and we will suggest people donate a twonie for the mission or for the fellowship goodies and that money will be added to the charities money from our Church.  Sometimes instead of asking for money, we will be asking for prayer or other kinds of support. 
4. All money issues are going to be referred to the Advisory Board/Wardens.

Outreach - 18 June 2008

• We reviewed the missions we currently support [see May meeting] and tried to identify at least 1 person in the congregation who had an interested in and contact with the mission.  We talked again about having a loonie or twonie presentation during some 10:00 am services next year to highlight 6 of the missions we support.
• We are seeking clarification about the role the ladies group would like to play in mission, about how to support some missions; about how to fund raise for missions.
• We then discussed a number of guideline proposals although any decisions about these will be deferred to the fall:
  • the Outreach committee is a clearing house of ideas for missions.  If someone wanted to support a new mission, that person should first consult with the Outreach Committee.
  • The Advisory Board makes the final decisions about missions
  • Each mission we support as a Church should have at least one person in the congregation who can regularly report to the congregation about the mission
  • When we consider adding new missions to our list in the future, we might want to put a time limit on that support.  Our support of the mission should be regularly reviewed and our commitment either renewed or discontinued.
  • When examining new missions, the purpose of that mission should line up with our mission as a Church
• next meeting:  Wednesday 17 September [we would like to start meeting on Tuesday a week before Advisory Board but that also is a decision to be made in the fall

Outreach - 07 May 2008

• We listed those outreach groups we presently support: 
  • PWRDF
  • Canadian Bible Society
  • SOMA Canada
  • AMSC
  • Wycliffe
  • OMF
  • CJTK
  • Camps Temiskaming and Manitou
  • Cornerstone Gospel Singers
  • World Vision
  • Mexican Tent Mission
  • African Medical Missions
  • Vision Peoples in Mission
  • Samaritan's Purse Christmas Child [by individual parishioners]
• Some of this "support" is merely flow-through - we disburse only as much as parishioners give
• Vision Peoples:  we received an update from Rev'd Franklin and will be sending a donation to his orphanage. 
• Bev gave an overview of the Ladies Fellowship outreach programs
• Recommendations will be made to the Board at the May meeting
• We will recommend that the Church review current outreach programs to determine which to continue and which to cease
• Next meeting:  18 June 4:45

Outreach - 09 April 2008

• Review of how African Missions money was distributed to the Medical Clinic in Mthatha and the Korogocho Mission in Nairobi
• Listed some of the past and current outreach and fundraising efforts being conducted
• We are going to list those outreach groups currently receiving prayer and/or money and determine whether there are members of the congregation who have a personal interest and would be willing to spearhead some education.  We are still hoping to highlight different outreach projects each month focusing on educating ourselves about the W5s of each group.
• Idea that we expand the Loonies for Lent canister idea to have canisters available for these various outreach projects so that people have a choice
• There was consensus that we should recommend to the Advisory Board that new fundraising and/or outreach activities be coordinated through the Board
• Next meeting:  Wednesday 07 May 4:45 pm

Outreach - 12 March 2008

• The committee discussed how to disperse the $365 raised through the African Missions jar
• There was a discussion about how we make decisions on which charities to support?  Would we support any charity that's important to a parishioner? or does the charity have to line up with the core values of the Church?
• There are many ways to support a charity - in prayer, with money, with publicity, etc.
• There are limits to how much money we can donate to agencies that are not registered charities
• The Outreach Committee reports to the Advisory Board.
• Next meeting:  Wednesday 09 April at 4:45 pm

Outreach - 10 January 2008 - a group of 9 people met to brainstorm ideas around raising awareness of missions.  We reviewed some of the many missions supported by our Church:

• African missions:  Jesse's and Franklin's
• Habitat for Humanity
• Canadian Bible Society
• Wycliffe Bible Translators
• PWRDF
• Kairos Prison Ministries
• Mary Sherwood
• 30 Hour Famine
• Operation Christmas Child
• Council of the North?  a future link through Bishop Ron?

We then brainstormed how to proceed:

• begin with the African mission on February 3rd.  5-10 minutes presentation about primarily Jesee's since we have already had Franklin recently with us
• jar for loose change campaign
• could this be Loonies for Lent?  Need Advisory Board permission
• Youth Group is already collecting money to support one of Franklin's children
• get a list of Franklin's children's name and we could start a prayer partner program with them
• Check with Jesse about whether he wants money for the clinic and/or books

Mission presentation during family services each month?  Sometimes, there will be donation jars; but some missions need other support -- prayer, cookies, clothes, etc.

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