Job Description

11/1/06

Mission Statement: To Know Christ and To Make Christ Known.  We accomplish our mission through Reaching, Welcoming, Growing, and Caring.

The Board of Reaching primarily focuses on reaching out into the community and the world as well as reaching into the congregation to encourage stronger connections with those members who have become disconnected from the congregation and its ministry.   Through this area of ministry the congregation seeks to emulate Christ’s perfect example of compassion for each of God’s children and to fulfill Christ’s Great Commission. (by-law B11.05.03.d.1)

Purpose: To oversee, assist, and provide direction to all ministry teams actively involved in areas of ministry that reach out to others as identified by the congregation and the church council.

Structure: The board will consist of at least two members of the church council, the Senior Pastor, and others as may be appointed by the church council.

Meetings: The board will meet as needed at the convenience of the board members.

Responsibilities:

To monitor how the congregation is doing in caring out its mission to know Christ and To Make Christ Known through reaching out to others.

To help implement new and creative ways of reaching out to others.

To seek out members of the congregation who have the gift of leadership and encourage them to be a leader for one of the various reaching ministry teams.

To help identify those in the congregation who have the spiritual gift of mercy and/or evangelism and encourage them to become involved in a reaching ministry team.

To identify the resources necessary to carry out the reaching ministry of the congregation and monitor the budget for reaching ministry as approved by the congregation.

Reaching Ministry

Communication Mailings

Salvation Army

Bloodmobile

Red Cross

Community Needs

Mission Trips

Companion Synods

Donut Making

ELCA Foreign Mission

ELCA World Hunger

Evangelism

Habitat for Humanity

People Needing People

Radio Broadcast

St. Olaf Diner

Van Drivers

Visitor Follow up

Wee Learning Center