Massachusetts Council of Churches

Annual Business MeetingTuesday February 4, 2014

Christ Congregational Church, Brockton

Bishop Gayle Harris, PresidentRev. Laura E. Everett, Executive Director

@RevEverett 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

1. Statewide Visibility2. Broadening financial base3. Mixing the Old & New4. Denominational presence5. Local Engagement6. Crisis Response7. Board Commitment8. Create the “buzz”9. Experiments10. Collaboration

#MassChurches1. Statewide Visibility

#MassChurches2. Broadening Financial Base

Fundraiser pieces mailed total # donors total contributionAdvent 2011 7,414 23 $4,945.00Advent 2012 700 82 $15,852.00Advent 2013 750 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

#MassChurches Questions 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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