Getting down to business
Our Overseers meet regularly to deal with the big questions of the church: evaluate priorities, set goals, administer oversight, and provide wisdom. Reports of these meetings will be posted here.
Our Overseers meet regularly to deal with the big questions of the church: evaluate priorities, set goals, administer oversight, and provide wisdom. Reports of these meetings will be posted here.
Pastor Dave led us through 1 Timothy 3:8-13, looking at the significant traits of a church leader. The Overseers then brought prayer requests and prayed together for the church.
Officers are Appointed for the following positions for 2025 (positions will end/renew at 2026 Annual Meeting):
Vice Chairman: Steve Rommereim
Secretary of the Overseers: Terry Triebwasser
Church Clerk: Carolyn Hongslo
Treasurer: Kitsy Triebwasser
Financial Secretary: Linda Terpstra
Our goals for this year fall into five categories:
A clear emphasis for this year will be on "taking people as they are." We want people to feel valued, encouraged, and not judged each time they come to our church or interact with our members.
We'll work on growing in forgiveness and graciousness toward all people.
By the end of this year, we'd love to hear compliments from the community about their interactions with Big Springsers.
We want to see more people growing and maturing as people and as Christ followers. However, we recognize that we need to look for offsite places to invite people.
One special concern is the growth of men in our community. We want Big Springs to be instrumental in helping men believe, follow, and serve Christ, striving to be the Godliest men, husbands, and fathers they can be.
By the end of this year, we'd love to have a regular offsite location for ministry, and have begun Bible Study/Small Group ministries that reach beyond our church.
Our Missions emphases can be broken down into three buckets of Here/Near/Far, based on the Jerusalem & Judea, Samaria, ends of the earth approach of Acts 1:8:
Here: We're expanding our support of local food pantries and looking for ways to add evangelistic emphasis to our generous outreach.
Near: After a year of supporting FBC Hawarden in their pastoral search, we'll be praying for how we can impact our region.
Far: In addition to financial and prayer support of a variety of overseas missions, we will seek to expand our already-burgeoning engagement with the Operation Christmas Child Shoebox campaign.
By the end of this year, we want to build our engagement with local ministries and needs.
Besides regular maintenance, there are two projects we need to pursue: Northwest corner where water comes in during hard rains, and the parsonage roof that is nearing the end of its useful life.
By the end of this year, we want to have decided on solutions and obtain bids, solutions and bids, and take it from there.
After moving to a simplified leadership model earlier this year, the Overseers will help the church discern how best to make the nuts and bolts of it work. We also know that strong communication and Godly leadership will produce the best results.
By the end of this year, we will have completed our first cycle of goal setting and review, and hope to complete our constitutional review.
Over the next few months, the Overseers will work on:
- Clarifying the new system: Addressing the breakdown of power, authority, and responsibility.
- Keeping the congregation up to date: We will make our best effort to keep the congregation abreast of what their leaders are working on.
May 19th 6:00 – Devotions: Blake
June 16th 6:00 – Devotions: Terry
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