Dove Tales May 2012.pub - Peace Lutheran Church, Fort Myers ...

Page 3 May 2012April Leadership Council ReportDuring the first quarter of this year an average of 438 people worshiped atPeace each week. This is the largest weekly average ever at Peace. Theold record, set in 2009, was 429. This reverses the downward trend wesaw the past two years. Some possible reasons for the increase are the addition of theSaturday evening service, improved landscaping to make the building more visible andattractive, improved economic environment, warmer weather than January and February lastyear. Whatever the reasons, we give thanks to God for each and everyone who finds a homeat Peace for a few weeks, months, or a life time.On March 27 th Pr Walter, Pr Connie, and I met with around a dozen associate members todiscuss how Peace fits into their lives and how we can help them make the most of their time inFlorida. An important point that came out of this discussion is that because snow birds have alimited amount of time in Florida and want to use it efficiently, they want to have plans in placebefore heading south. To meet this need, the Leadership Council has set a goal of having acomplete high season schedule in place by mid-November. Associate members alsoappreciate Mission Servant week but would like opportunities to serve each week. Snow birdsare also looking for small groups that last only four weeks. This would make the commitment toparticipate easier. The Leadership Council is making use of these and other suggestions as wemake our plans for next year.The Worship and Music committee reports that more than 675 hours were volunteered to makepossible 17 worship services and three concerts in March. With the busiest time of the year behindus, the committee is now deep into making plans for next year. Some events will be familiar,and some will be new. The committee has also submitted a draft of its charter. The charterspells out the purpose of the committee, its organization, its responsibilities, and what othergroups it works with. The Finance and Marketing committees have previously submitted theircharters. Other committees have agreed to have theirs ready for the May council meeting.The Marketing committee has been working with the provider of our existing sound board to seewhat it would take to capture audio recordings during worship and convert these recordings toMP3s for posting as podcasts on the internet. Because of copyright restrictions on many of thehymns we use, it is not possible to record the entire service, so the goal for now is to make sermonsavailable. This is a good first step and can be expanded in the future as appropriate.The committee has also recommended and the council approved “Come Share God’s Love” asPeace’s tagline. This tagline will be present on all Peace publications along with the usualcontact information, website, QR code, etc.Each of our committees welcomes anyone who would like to help. At this time we areespecially looking for someone with HR experience to join the Mutual Ministry team. We arealso looking for someone to join the Audit committee. If you are interested in helping us out ineither of these areas, please contact me.Come Share God’s Love,Forrest JensenLeadership Council President