Roll out Meeting for New Regional Ministry Design

Roll out Meeting for New Regional Ministry Design Seven Meetings held throughout ABCOPAD from October-December, 2010

Roll-out meetings were held at the following locations throughout the Region…. . FBC, Meadville FBC, Greensburg United Baptist Church, Scranton FBC, Mansfield West Shore Baptist , Camp Hill Calvary Baptist Church, Newark, DE The Baptist Church of Phoenixville

The challenges that brought us here…. The precipitous drop in United Mission giving in our region has been staggering. While we are not alone in the trend, it’s impact on our ministry is profound. (from 1999 to 2010 we have seen a decrease in United Mission Basic support of $555, 000 over the period) UM has served as the major source for funding regional ministry. A significant shift in support to Targeted Giving in recent years, especially in response to the development of Missionary Partnership Teams. The chart to the right indicates the significant increase over just one year.

A picture is worth a thousand words…in the following slides you will see the giving history for United Mission for each one of the current areas in ABCOPAD…

Northwest United Mission Giving

Southwest United Mission Giving

Pittsburgh United Mission Giving

Central United Mission Giving

Northeast United Mission Giving

Southeast United Mission Giving

United Mission Basics

The impact of our times…. The rising costs of healthcare and other fixed costs have forced the churches of the region to make some hard choices, and often the place that they find they can make a ‘cut’ to help balance their budget is in the area of mission support… To compensate for these changes, we were one of the earliest regions to institute a Regional Offering (called Partners in Ministry ), and while this has been very successful –it is up 50% over last year’s levels (anticipated to total about $140, 000) by the end of this calendar year, it doesn’t begin to offset the % loss in United Mission.

Ways to cope with these factors…. To help offset the decrease in mission support in recent years, and in order to maintain the same level of regional ministry, our regional board authorized the use of not only interest from our endowment, but also principal…. the cupboard is now ‘bare’ And so, some hard choices were needed…

The Board called for the formation of The Realignment Task Force Mary Lewis—representing the Southwest Area Dan Mac. Donald— representing the Southeast Area Tim Spring—representing the Pittsburgh Baptist Association Sue Fitzgerald-representing the Central Area Margie Mc. Carty— representing the Northeast Area Kate Preston—representing the Northwest Area Frank Frischkorn—Executive Minister, ABCOPAD

The Task Force Balanced the focus on three very clear concerns…. . The Financial Challenges before us… The Relationships that we value with one another as staff, churches, pastoral leaders and our wider regional family…. The call of God to our regional vision…

Following a number of meetings and through significant conversations and prayer the Task Force made a recommendation to the Board, which was approved. The details of the new design are contained in the following document, which is available for download off the ABCOPAD website.

When you open the document one time, you may expect to see an overview of the new look of the regional staff, but you would be wrong. Instead you will see a focus on Ministry Teams

Seeking to be Partners in not just ‘word’, but also in ‘deed’--the development of Ministry Teams.

The Blossoming of Ministry Teams… Refugee Resettlement Ministry Team Adoption Care Ministries… Youth Ministry Leadership Team Church Leadership Institute Ministry Team

Opening the brochure one more time will give you an overview of the ABCOPAD Regional Staff that are called to help you and your church family fulfill the vision God has for your ministry.

Partnering in Ministry through Adjunct Staff…. The work of Ministry Team partnerships will also be mirrored in the enlistment of Adjunct Staff—lay and clergy leaders raised up to serve in three key roles of leadership.

Adjunct Staff as Search Committee Consultants…. Retired Pastors or gifted laypeople who were a part of search committees themselves. . Working with Regional Pastors to help staff the work of Pastoral Search Committees (Regional Pastors will attend first meeting of the Search Committee to help build relationships, and will then be available to the Consultant for questions or concerns) Trained for the task and receiving a stipend for their work

Adjunct Staff as Conflict Mediation Teams…. Retired Pastors or gifted laypeople who have gifts for conflict mediation Trained and coached by gifted consultants to work in Mediation Teams throughout the region.

Adjunct Staff as Leadership Learning Community Mentors….

Listening to the Heart and Passion of our Regional Pastors….

Regional Pastor with Pastoral Leaders

The Importance of A Calling Listening to God’s Call: Mt. Eliza Camp Moses Merrill Linwood, NE… 1984 Rev. Kevin & Melody Walden After 25 years as a local church pastor… New Southeast Area Minister ABCOPAD -2010 Regional Pastor with Pastoral Leaders - 2011

Churches We Served Greenwood Baptist Kansas 1985 -1989 Appanoose Baptist Kansas 1985 -1989 Judson Baptist South Omaha & La Vista Nebraska 1994 -2003 First Baptist Kearney, Nebraska 1990 -1994 Miracle Hills Community Baptist Omaha, Nebraska 2003 -2010

’s d o G r e w Po ed l a e v e R % 0 0 4 w e Gr Greenwood Baptist Kansas 1985 -1989 ng i y D Churches We Served ch t n a gn Sta Appanoose Baptist Kansas 1985 -1989 w Gre % 200 Judson Baptist South Omaha & La Vista Nebraska 1994 -2003 r u h % C 0 0 2 w e Gr th u o Y ry t s i Min 0% 100 First Baptist Kearney, Nebraska 1990 -1994 % 0 0 3 w e Gr d e t i Exc ple Miracle Hills Community g eo n P i Baptist low f r e Omaha, Nebraska Ov 2003 -2010

Lifelong Scriptures It’s all about relationship and Your Cup Overflowing! Mark 12: 28 -34 – The Jesus Creed Deuteronomy 6 Leviticus 19

Leadership Learning Communities For Past ors HELPING EMPOWER HEALTHLY VITAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH PASTORS

LLC Philosophical Basis • The need for Leadership Training • The isolation of church leaders and churches • The debilitation of loneliness and feelings of insignificance

LLC Philosophical Benefits • The dynamic of small group support • The benefit of the integration of information • The value of plural leadership learning (integration and application) • The empowering of the vision for Vital Healthy Pastors and Churches

LLC Group Mentor Pastor/Facilitator MENTOR PASTORS helping their PEERS… CREATING A COMMON LANGUAGE among the Pastoral Leaders Throughout the Region CREATING A DEEPER FELLOWSHIP CREATING VITAL RELATIONSHIPS CREATING HEALTHIER INDIVIDUALS

LLC Pastor Participants The Group Facilitator must grant approval for all of the members in his/her group. PARTICIPANTS will make a year-long commitment to study and support each other using materials approved by the ABCOPAD Leadership. SIZE: Number of LLC participant small group is limited to not less than 3 and not more than 6. The Group Facilitator is in addition to the participants.

Regional Pastor For Mission & Communications

Thank you for helping make Regional Communications Possible Your participation in our prayer ministry and contributions to our web site have been wonderful!

We Are Looking Forward To Making Communications Even Better By Using Current Technologies

Despite distance we can use technology like webinars and Skype to work with pastors and congregations right from the office.

With A new Regional design for ministry, we will be redesigning Notes & News and the Web Site

ABCOPAD will continue to assist congregations with Mission Trips. Galveston Texas in 2010

Trip To Haiti In 2011

We will assist congregations with new ways to do ministry funding. Good Books On Stewardship & Ministry Funding

Continuing To Explore New Ministry Resources New Ministry Team On The Web publishing, “Free Estuff” Free ebooks for Kindle and other e. Readers, You. Tube Video Clips, Audio books and More.

Regional Pastor For Student Ministries

Need Youth Ministry Help? Relax – Give me a call! American Baptist Churches of PA & DE Rev. Eric Kraihanzel Student Ministries Pastor 1224 Maple Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 Phone: 610 -410 -5871 Cell: 610 -462 -5714 E-Mail: ejk 1970@gmail. com