Notes from February 16, 2006 WAYnet Meeting at Cubbies
Next month's meeting: Thursday, March 9th -- Cubbies @ NOON!
Cubbies is cash only (no VISA).
New Members: Welcome Chris Hopkins, Wilson Praise & Worship & Bradd Nichols, Grace BC to WAYnet!
Guys, just jump right in, we're glad you're here. Chris - get an email address, oh, since you don't have one you can't read this... oh well.
Special Guests: Kevin Adams, Camp Willow Run
Looking for a camp location? Check 'um out. Kevin has a real heart to serve the local churches. Thanks Kevin for coming and sharing about you camp. Also, pray for Camp Willow Run. They have just acquired a bunch of land. They are developing it to become an even greater blessing.
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Discussion
January Event:
Many comments were positive. We are dealing with students and a muli-church event. You could tell the students hearts were into the event and that much time had been given to it's success.
Some comments by the group were...
Alter call seemed confusing. Could have been simpler.
We need to take a closer look at the content of the messages, alter calls.
There needs to be a complete dress rehearsal night.
(look for another email with other comments that came in via email)
May One Event - May 3rd at RRBC
April 24th (Tuesday), 7:00 PM - Walk Through
May 2nd (Tuesday), 7:00 PM - Dress Rehearsal
May 3rd (Wednesday) - The Event!
6:00 PM - Free Pizza
6:45 PM - Event Begins
8:30 PM - Wrap-up and dismissal
Theme: "Lost" - using an Island Experience. Reaching out to those who don't know Christ or don't have a good handle on a relationship Him. Also to those who don't have a good understanding of Worship or negative perception of Christianity. (did I get that right Chris? you can correct it in "reply")
We are still contacting Alvin Reed as a possible speaker.
The band/worship team will be students.
Event Structure
We also discussed the "events" and how they should be structured. Some conclusions were...
Using students is important. Other students take notice and listen differently to their peers. It also challenges and transforms the student teams
A couple of things we (youth leaders) need to do is...
Take time to TEACH students to create/plan an event. Teach them the "bare-bones" of what it should look like.
TEACH and ENCOURAGE students to think "out of the box" when planning. There is no one way to do and event, but there are some necessary elements (prayer, planning, worship, bible, flow, transitions, testimonies, relevance, etc.)
Chris Shelton will me making notes on how this is done with this student team and then we will put together a "training session" to be done with each new student team.
WAYnet Structure: Bylaws, Non-profit study, leadership team, general structure examination.
Doug Radford, Erin Forsythe and Darien Gabriel have been meeting on this subject. They present a great draft of "Bylaws of WAYnet." is on the web under our Google Group. Check it out. Comments must be make by Tuesday, February 28th. Be ready to vote on the draft at the next WAYnet meeting (March 9th). The cost for applying for and becoming a non-profit is
about $300.00. This would be an asset to us in receiving funds from businesses.
Dare2Share: training, information & lunch
February 23 in Raleigh
Van leaves RRBC at 10:00 AM and returns around 2:00 PM
National Network Leadership Training
This is for network leaders, those interested in leadership in the network and network leaders in the waiting. Possible dates are April 28th or May 4th. This would be all day in Charlotte. Transportation provided. More information coming.
Wilson Area Youth Network
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