News from Session

News from last night's session meeting:

John Leonard received his doctorate. Ken Ziegler is engaged. We officially approved Crispin and Karen as full-time workers. We approved revising Jerry McFarland's job description to focus on ministering to marriages. Bill Langford will be joining Phil Ryken on his trip to Trinidad June 23-25. We established a "Parish Effectiveness Task Force" in connection with the Strategic Planning Initiative. I will be chairing it and David Collins serving as Manager (meaning he makes us do our work). Worship attendance is overall lower this time than last year, but giving is higher.

John Leonard is speaking at the Easter international dinner May 6. (Contact the TIF office (tif@tenth.org) if you would like to attend. The Missions House Re-Dedication is set for May 20, 2-4 pm. (Did you know that 90% of people who enter career service spent time on a short term trip?) ESO totals are up to $128,505.

Maranatha continues its series on the Basic Questions of Christianity based on the Westminister Confession of Faith. Drew DiNardo is bring some students with him to join Maranatha's mission work in Chester.