Pastor Reports & Profiles
Rev. Kari NicewanderPastor's Report, January 2012 Preaching and Worship
Preaching: December 24, January 8 Co-led Christmas Day worship Co-led Christmas Eve children’s service Liturgy and/or children’s time: January 15 Finance/Stewardship Regular meeting with Bookkeeper Attended meeting of Finance Committee Met with Chair of Stewardship Worked on expectations for bookkeeping in advance of Annual Meeting Administration Co-Led weekly staff meetings Regular meetings with Pastor Wrote newsletter article Worked with Nominating Committee Attended meeting with Personnel Committee Wrote recommendations for church member Worked on annual report Pastoral Care 2 hospital/home visits 2 office visits 5 phone visits Missions and Outreach Prepared for meeting of Nicaragua mission team Wrote article for Lansing Area Human Rights newsletter Worked on Open and Affirming Family Stories project Met with Social Network Intern re: campus outreach Worked on Open and Affirming MI Conference meeting Wrote article for anthology on transgender issues Education Regular meetings with CE Coordinator about Christian Education program Wrote sessions 7 and 8 for Circles of Faith curriculum Met with congregant re: Lenten Series Other Meetings/Wider Church Met with Clergy writing group Met with Lansing-area UCC clergy re: intern opportunity Regular attendance at Super Thursday Attended Family Systems Peer Group Upcoming Events Nicaragua meeting: January 18th, 7:30pm Open and Affirming meeting: January 26th, 6pm Annual meeting: February 5th Michigan Conference Open and Affirming Workshop: February 11th, 9am-1pm Potential showing of Call Me Malcolm at MSU in February Job Description Worship
Worship and liturgy design and planning Preaching 2x a month Administration Shared leadership of and attendance at Staff Meetings Shared staff supervision, team building and education Shared Personnel Committee resource/attendance Pastoral Care Shared visitation Shared on-call responsibilities Shared responsibilities for funerals, weddings, etc. Transition/Interim Work Intentional Interim Ministry Support Mission Development Campus Ministry Identify leaders for strategic plan initiatives Resource and nurture leaders Develop educational programs around mission Provide theological grounding & vision for mission Organize and strengthen mission program Finance/Stewardship Identify leaders for strategic plan initiatives Resource and nurture leaders Develop educational program around stewardship Provide theological grounding & vision for stewardship Assist long range financial planning Education Resource Christian Education Team as clergy are needed Shared leadership for confirmation Recruit, develop leadership for Education program Resource Adult Education programming Train, resource and maintain Circles of Faith Membership Shared leadership of new member classes Other Council Meetings Team/Committee meetings as needed Resource Teams Finance, Stewardship, Education, Worship, Open and Affirming Task Force Supervise Staff Bookkeeper, CE Coordinator, Youth Bells and Youth Group Leader, Child Care Coordinator, Choir Director |
Rev. Jody Betten Pastor’s Report, January 2012
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