Old Business

A. Blanket Sunday

o $2693.00 was collected, one of the highest contributions collected by Skyland Church.

B. Race Money

o Proceeds from the 10K race was also a record amount--

$5,878. See attached table for allocation of funds.

C. Articles for “Go tell it on the Mountain"

o Mary Ellen reported about articles that had been written for

the newsletters in 2005-2006

o The articles which still need to be written include:

1. Pastor’s Discretionary Fund -- Stephen will submit article

for February newsletter. He will also contribute articles on

Campus Ministries and One Great Hour of Sharing

2. New Horizon -- Joseph will submit this article for April

newsletter

3. Homeless Shelter -- Anne will submit this article for the

June newsletter

4. Skyland Church contributions for the year 2005 via Mission

Committee -- Joan will write brief report for the February

newsletter. Joan will also write an article on OWCM, “Hope

Shall Bloom" for May

5. Global Strategies – Jackie will submit article for March

newsletter. Jackie will also submit article on InnVision

o Writing these articles as soon as possible will facilitate the

completion of the booklet describing the various

organizations our church contributes to via the Mission

Committee.

D. Booklet On Mission Giving

o Jackie reported on the progress of the booklet. She

obtained all the articles from the past newsletters and has

edited them for the booklet. To complete the booklet she

needs the remaining articles. She encouraged the group

to submit the articles as soon as possible. The format for

the booklet was discussed. A decision on the format was

postponed until the booklet was closer to completion.

E. Global Strategies for HIV Presentation

o Joan will contact their Director Bridget Nolan and set up a

date when the she can speak on their ADS project.

Tentative date April 23, 2006

F. Outreach Calendar

o Joan proposed to postpone the Outreach Calendar

completion and submission until March.

New Business

A. Coffee Hour

o The Committee is schedualed to provide food and

beverages for the months of March and April. The Coffee

Hour schedule will be determined in February/March.

B. One Great Hour of Sharing

o This activity is scheduled for April 16th

C. Election of Mission Committee Chairperson and Secretary (Joan Law and Denie Albert resigned from these positions for the coming year.)

o Jackie Seymour was elected as Chair of the Mission

Committee

o Anne Evans was elected as Secretary of the Committee

D. All Committee Meeting

o All committee meeting is scheduled for February 12, 2006

when committee members will be introduced to the

congregation. Committee members are encouraged to

be present

F. Date of Next meeting

o March 13, 2006 at Mary Ellen house’s at 7:30p.m.

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