Massachusetts

Council of Churches

Annual Business Meeting

Tuesday January 21, 2014

Christ Congregational Church,

Brockton

Bishop Gayle Harris, President

Rev. Laura E. Everett, Executive

Director

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www.RevEverett.com

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Moses's first attempt to present the Ten Commandments ended in failure.

#MassChurchesThe Massachusetts Council of Churches in 2013

#MassChurches1. Statewide Visibility

#MassChurches2. Broadening Financial Base

Fundraiser total pieces mailedtotal # donors total contribution

Advent 2011 7,414 23 $4,945.00

Advent 2012 82 $15,852.00

Advent 2013 93 $16,734.00

#MassChurches3. Mixing Old & New

#MassChurches4. Denominational Presence

#MassChurches6. Crisis Response

#MassChurches7. Board Commitment

#MassChurches8. Create the “buzz”

#MassChurches9. Experiments

$35 for Laura’s 35th

Birthday

#MassChurches10. Collaboration

#MassChurchesQuestions that I still have:1. If not a council of mid-level judicatories, than what is

the institutional/stable expression of Christian Unity?2. How do we move from crisis response to longer term

planning?3. What to do about our witness on Beacon Hill?4. What to do about interfaith dialogues?5. How to talk about the movement between

denominations in a non-competative way? 6. How do we truly get to joint

staffing/programming/mission between the denominations?

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