by David Miessler-Kubanek | Mar 6, 2018 | From the President, Peoples News
What’s the Special Something? In Leading Change in the Congregation, author Gilbert Rendle shares an anecdote about a planning session he conducted for a mid-sized church. For the session, church staff put together graphs showing membership size and average attendance...
by David Miessler-Kubanek | Jan 30, 2018 | Board of Trustees, Peoples News
Summary of the Board of Trustees meeting on January 24, 2018 -Treasurer Gary McGraw reported that our 2017 operations budget ended with a deficit of ~$7200, which is smaller than budgeted. At the same time, our endowment increased by ~$100K. -Gary reported the Finance...
by David Miessler-Kubanek | Jan 9, 2018 | From the President, Peoples News
What’s in a Mission: Applying the Toolkit We have a new Mission! On December 3, our congregation voted unanimously that our faith community is: Leading compassionate lives through spiritual growth and just action. That sentence sums up the ideals and values of our...
by David Miessler-Kubanek | Dec 1, 2017 | From the President, Peoples News
Decision Point: Mission Renewal Last December, I wrote for the Voice: At the [Developmental Ministry] Startup Event, we learned one thing immediately: our church needs to renew our mission. We need to identify our faith community’s job in the world. That work will...
by David Miessler-Kubanek | Nov 21, 2017 | Board of Trustees, Peoples News
Summary of the Board of Trustees meeting on November 15, 2017 -We discussed our common read, Leading Change in the Congregation, and shared the points of Chapter 2 that resonated most for each of us. We will read Chapter 3 for our next meeting. -Treasurer Gary McGraw...