MINISTRY FACILITATOR

ANNUAL REPORT

Kaye I. Kuhlmann, Associate In Ministry

 

2003 was an exciting and challenging year for me as your Ministry Facilitator. My Ministry position changed to emphasize Senior Ministry and Evangelism as my main focus. Together with Pastor Jim we set the six following goals for this year, which would fulfill my call.

Goal 1: Coordinate the Senior Ministry

  1. Transition Evergreen Ministry from Fellowship to Discipleship Ministry with emphasis of encouraging faith and spiritual growth through interactive programs.

Thanks to Carol Olson, May Hedling, Dolores Koser, Ruth Wall, and Helen Smith for making the transition so successful with an enriched fellowship time with their gift of hospitality.

  1. Coordinate programs 2 times each month using resources from our congregation, community and the Center for Gerontology, Spirituality and Faith. A series of four sessions on the “Art of Faithful Aging” was received with kudos.
  2. Develop a process that encourages participants to tell their faith-life story as an audiovisual legacy. Thanks to Zelda Pennock and Iona Thorpe for their willingness to share their life story with us.
  3. Identify and enlist persons with specific gifts to form an audiovisual team to interview, scan pictures, tape, record and edit the faith-life story. Thanks to Joan Muston, Jim Fields, Marilyn Cords and David Sandwisch for their great productions.

Goal 2:  Develop and Coordinate a system for moving visitors into partners in mission

membership.

1.      Developed a system for tracking visitors and provide a follow-up team. Thanks to Pam Gruba for keeping the computer data current and to David Deeth, Peter Marshall, and Sam Sudarsanam for making weekly phone follow-up calls.

  1. Assist in developing new partners in mission classes that would incorporate Discovery and council members with ministry team chair involvement. The opportunity for this program was offered 3 times in 2003.
  2. Coordinated the teaching team for the partners in mission classes. Thanks go to Chris Christensen and David Denny for their exceptional teaching gifts.

Goal 3: Develop and implemented a Discovery Seminar for High School Youth Common Ground.

  1. Encourage Common Ground sponsors to participate in Discovery Sessions
  2. Six interactive Discovery sessions were written in the language of youth today

with help from Mary Fields and used in the small group time.

  1. Common Ground Retreat on May 31 had a 3 hour Discovery Session with spiritual gifts

 inventory.

Goal 4: Continue to coordinate the Network Process as time permits.

      1.   Provide Network discovery through the partners in mission membership session.   

This opportunity was provided 3 times in 2003.

2.   Be a resource to Nominating Committee and Ministry Teams with Discovery information.

Goal 5:  Be an active, supportive member of the Bethel’s staff, council and ministry team by

sharing perceptions, experiences and resources and honoring the shared wisdom of the

 Team.

Goal 6: Continue to pray for God’s grace for Bethel’s mission, leader            ship and congregation.