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Minutes 2006
Meeting Notes for November 2006
Nancy Lister-Settle, moderator, Dallas
Center ● The meeting opened with delegation members sharing photos and anecdotes from their recent trip. ● Nancy reported about the mission fair held at the presbytery meeting. Joining Hands had a display, photos and a hand-out. Nancy, Margaret Magill and Mary MacKenzie prepared the display materials and staffed the table. ● Nancy shared a report of the activities, places and people visited during the recent delegation. A complete journal of the activities will appear on the site soon. ● Nancy reported that the meeting with Together for Family Development (TFD) during the delegation was very rewarding for JH members. TFD's work on their proposed legislation is going extremely well. Nancy suggested that the offering of letters we plan to do this year could support their effort. ● Dave shared an article from National Geographic about author is Alaa Al Asany and his book titled The Yacoubian Building. It is a look at people of modern-day Cairo and contemporary Egyptian society. It is now a movie, as well. ● The coordinating team decided to meet on the first Saturday of the odd months throughout 2007. The meetings will be at 10:00 a.m. at Dallas Center unless otherwise announced in advance. ● The group will start watching for updated information about the 2007 Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace and Justice, Washington, DC. Meeting notes for Saturday, October 14, 2006: Present:
Nancy Lister-Settle, moderator, Dallas
Center ● The meeting opened with devotions given by Nancy. We are reminded of the importance of making connections with people of all cultures and to be aware of our first-world privilege. ●Nancy announced that Alexa Smith is the new JH staff coordinator. ●The group brainstormed plans for 2007:
● The delegation going to Egypt in November is: Nancy Lister-Settle, Elizabeth Smith, Laura Smith, Gary and Diane Badgett and Dave Best. Follow this link to see the itinerary to date. Report of the final advocacy workshop, Saturday, September 9, 2006: Photos in the delegation slide show. Present:
Nancy Lister-Settle, moderator, Dallas
Center
The coordinating team and our Egyptian
visitors, Emil Zaki and Rafik Nagy, attended the third and final
advocacy workshop on Saturday, September 9, at Central Presbyterian
Church. Kari Carstens from Citizen’s for Community Improvement and
Bev Shroeder from Senator Tom Harkin’s office were the presenters
for the final workshop. August 26, 2006, Meeting Notes Present:
Nancy Lister Settle ● Nancy Lister-Settle opened the meeting with devotions. ● Planning for the visiting delegation. ● Planning for the delegation to Egypt. June 10, 2006 - Advocacy Workshop conducted by Rev. Carmen Lampe-Zeitler, Executive Director of Children and Families Urban Ministries.
April
Coordinating Team Meeting, April 8, 2006 Nancy opened with a devotion entitled "The Theology of Solidarity." Nancy gave a budget report. We received our grant from the Presbyterian Hunger Program as well as our share of the presbytery's Rural Harvest Offering. The next presbytery meeting is May 16 in Chariton. Nancy will announce our fall delegation plans and will invite other congregations to consider sending delegates. Nancy reported that Nancy Collins, JHAH facilitator for the Egyptian Network, will continue in her role for another three years. She is in the process of hiring a coordinator/assistant. The Network met the first week in April and Nancy will share news of that meeting when it is received. Denise, Nancy and Mary reported about their trip to Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace and Justice in Washington, D.C. The group reviewed the February workshop and developed ideas and suggestions for the June workshop. The workshop will be led by Carmen Lampe Zeitler, director of Children and Urban Ministries, Des Moines. Discussion turned to possible dates for a fall delegation. Nancy will contact Nancy Collins about the possibility of an October trip. The remaining year calendar is as follows:
February 2006 - Advocacy Workshop led by Susan Guy, Walnut Hills United Methodist Church. January 14, 2006, Coordinating Team Meeting Present: Nancy Lister-Settle, Margaret Magill, Elizabeth Smith, Jim Mace, Dave Best, Linda Powell and Mary MacKenzie
● Nancy Lister Settle opened
the meeting with devotions. She then shared budget information. Our Egyptian
goods continue to sell at Westminster's alternative gift shop.
November/December 2005 December 10, 2005, Coordinating Team Meeting ·Present: Margaret Magill, Elizabeth Smith, Nancy Lister Settle, Denise England, Paul Walther, Lila Jean Johnson, Linda, Jim Mace, Dave Best, Linda Powell, Mary MacKenzie · Nancy opened the meeting with devotions. · Nancy reported that more of the Egyptian crafts are selling at the Alternative Store at Westminster. Coordinating team members should get Nancy any crafts remaining crafts at their churches. ·Nancy announced that the Ecumenical Advocacy Days for Global Peace with Justice will be held March 10 - 13, 2006, in Washington DC. Nancy and Mary are interested in attending and hope two additional people can join them. ·As the group prepared to create the 2006 goals, they discussed a real need and desire for advocacy training this year. Nancy reported that Together For Family Development members, through several training workshops this past year, have become skilled advocates. Several persons made suggestions of resource people and organizations who might help us become more skilled advocates. Nancy also reiterated the general JHAH philosophy of mission and what new members or churches might expect when becoming involved with JHAH ·Following goal setting, the remainder of the meeting time was spent sharing delegation pictures and selecting those to be used in a Power Point presentation. Elizabeth Smith and Mary MacKenzie will work together on the presentation. November 19, 2005, Coordinating Team Meeting ● Nancy opened the meeting with a devotion. ● The delegation reported that they had an excellent trip, learned much and felt very welcome. They found the Network renewed and growing. The Network has completed several workshops on advocacy training and working together. Their focus issue this year is people with disabilities. ● Nancy will prepare the annual report and budget request for the Presbyterian Hunger Program. ● The team discussed how we will proceed for the coming year. Nancy suggested that instead of focusing on a specific issue, we concentrate on learning how to advocate. It was decided that the December 10 meeting will be a planning meeting with the entire group participating. One of the items we will discuss is how to spread the word about JHAH throughout the presbytery. It was suggested that we get on the docket of the next presbytery meeting in January, as a start, and consider meeting with the regional partnerships. Another suggestion was to prepare a Power Point presentation that could be shown at such meetings. To that end, each delegation member will bring 20-40 pictures to the next meeting so that a composite group of photos can be selected. ● Nancy took our remaining craft items to the alternative gift store at Westminster. They were very glad to get them and have already sold several. ● The delegation shared photos from their trip.
● The next regular
meeting is December 10, 10:00 a.m., at Dallas Center.
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