Trinity's Role in Vision FUMCR

Visitors

• Steve & Vickie Tesmer joined us today. They are not visitors, but long-time Trinitians (as our esteemed President calls us). They've been attending the start-up church their daughter, Dana, has been involved with. It was great to have them back with us again today.

Announcements

• 2/11 - Men of Faith Men of Honor is putting on the annual Valentine's dinner
• 2/19 - Chili lunch in the Bartula Family Life Center
• 2/25 - Habitat 5K walk

Joys & Concerns

• Request your continued prayers for the Tesmer family on the loss of Steve's dad

Class

• Rick Bell shared a little from Steve Pemberton's book "Chance in the World", which discusses the author's childhood spent in foster care.  Rick had the opportunity to listen to him speak at a business function last week.

Leadership Program

• Rick Shamblin led the class in discussion of our role within FUMCR and how we can put the church's long-term plan, called Vision FUMCR, into action.  We have committed to getting the ball rolling on a church leadership program.  Specifically, we are charged with the following:
• Assess ongoing leadership needs (FUMCR, UMC, Community)
• Research best-in-class offerings (Leadership Richardson, Summit, district conference, Alban)
• The end goal is to cultivate a pool of ready leaders to fill the needs in the church and community.
• The church has hired Beth Smith to assist in the development of leadership.
• We kicked around a lot of ideas and had great class participation.
• SWOT analysis (Strenths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats)
• Survey church staff - where have they had difficulties
• How to create a culture of volunteerism and leadership
• Brainstorm church needs - start with a clean slate
• What resources are available through the North Texas conference and the UMC?
• We have multiple class members who have gone through the Leadership Richardson program
• What does the church staff do now? What committees are there? Where are lay leaders needed now?
• Marie's next lesson series (starting after Easter) will focus on servant leadership, so the timing is perfect
• Next steps
• Figure out when we can start working with Beth Smith
• Brainstorming session

Upcoming Classes:

• Next week - Marie will continue our series on "Not a Fan"
• Lenten Study - The Disciples: 12 Ordinary Men