Task Force Appointments

Prudential Committee will be appointing two task forces later this month, to work through the winter gathering information and framing recommendations on two key areas of concern in the church. Each task force will have six members who should bring a diversity of perspectives. The work will be organized and done according to the preferences of the task force members, with the goal of presenting thier findings and recommendations to Prudential Committee in March or April of 2012.


If you are interested in potentially being appointed to serve on either one of these task forces, please email David Spanagel by Wednesday October 12, 2011. davidspanagel@comcast.net

Brief descriptions of the two task force areas:

Caring Community Task Force - To review how we as a church currently provide care and outreach to the hospitalized, shut-ins, the suddenly or chronically ill, the injured or convalescant, and/or those among our community who are feeling physically or emotionally overstretched. One important consequence of halving our ministerial staff has been to shift the burden of hospital visits and parish services to volunteers, but our existing committee structures have not sufficiently made up the difference. This task force will gather congregational input and information, discuss alternatives, and recommend what systems or structures we might institute to better address this need. Note: six  women have already indicated some interest in serving on this task force; men, members of young families, and youth are highly encouraged to step forward and offer to participate in this important planning effort.

Building our Vision - A Vision for Our Building - To review and assess the current capacities of our church property and building, in terms of what we foresee as the requirements needed to fulfill our Vision for 2015 and beyond. The church building is overdue for some important deferred maintenance issues (steeple painting, etc.), but before we plunge into expensive repairs and capital improvements, it makes sense to dust off recent capital campaign project proposals, consult with the congregation thoroughly, and determine what the priorities should be for plans to reconfigure or otherwise improve our building and physical infrastructure, in order to support all the activities and programs that our Vision requires. Recommendations of this task force will feed directly into the case to be made for the next capital campaign. Note: so far, two men (one longtime member and one from a young family) have indicated some interest in serving on this task force; women and youth are highly encouraged to step forward and offer to participate in this important planning effort; more male volunteers are also welcome.