Trinity Missions Update 9/17/19

Trinity Missions Update 9/17/19

September 17, 2019

Hi, Missions Team!

Here's the update for this week.  

Team Meeting: NEW TIME!

Our next team meeting will be on Sunday, October 13th, immediately following the service.  (We can take 5 minutes to hit the snacks and the bathroom, but this will be a 90-minute meeting, starting when each team member is present.)  At this next meeting, we will be discussing the missionary funding applicants.  We will typically plan to meet the 2nd Sunday of every month.

Discuss Missionary Care & Publicity:

Since we weren't able to get to get to this on Sunday, we have created a Google Doc where we can each list thoughts for what's working, what isn't, and how we can improve in these areas.  Click here to read and add your thoughts.

Missionary Funding Priorities:

Given our current balance of $9300 of unallocated funds in the missions budget and many new applicants who all meet our basic funding criteria, we will need to further limit the scope to help us decide with whom to partner (e.g., the applicant is a member or regular attender of Trinity, the applicant has a personal relationship with someone at Trinity, the applicant will be serving an unreached people group, etc.)

In order to shorten the time it would take to brainstorm in person, we have created a Google Doc which we can all access and edit to facilitate this discussion. 

(Due by Sunday, October 6th)

New Missionary Funding Applicants:

Click here to access applications and interviews for our new missionary funding applicants.  (Please familiarize yourself with these before our next team meeting.)

September 15th Meeting Notes:

Click here for the meeting agenda + action steps for this month.  (Changes and additions to the agenda are in red text.)

Invite Others to the Missions Team:

As we know, some of our team roles are quite demanding, and our team could be even more effective with additional members who can competently help with some of these responsibilities.  If you know someone at our church who would be a good fit, please talk to them about the Missions Team!  Here is the Missions Team Intro sheet you can share with them if they would like more info.

That's it for this week.  Thankful for you all!- David & Reagan

The Missions Team of Trinity Presbyterian Church of Orange County exists to glorify God by obeying the call to make disciples of all nations, through personal engagement and in partnership with other Christians who proclaim the love of the Father, trust in the renewing power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and abide by the work of the Holy Spirit. 

10/06    Submit missionary funding preferences10/14    Missions team meeting:  discuss missionary funding applicants10/20    Vote on candidates to recommend to session11/10    Missions team meeting