The Amalgamation Task Force met for the first time on Monday, October 30, 2017 at Grace Lutheran Church.
Task force members selected by consensus Mike Schuster (St. John's) as chair, and Cathy Calvin (Faith) as alternate chair; pastor Loretta Jaunzarins (Grace) as secretary and Cathy Tell (Grace) as alternate secretary. Task Force members thanked pastor Doug Reble, Assistant to the Bishop, for his presence and leadership at this inaugural meeting. Pastor Doug will be attending the Task Force meeting on a regular basis. A parallel prayer group will be formed to meet at the same time as the Task Force to pray for the work of the Task Force and for the direction and guidance of God's spirit. Please carefully consider being part of the important work of the prayer group and then speak to your pastor if you feel led by the Holy Spirit to be part of this ministry. The prayer group chaplain will be pastor Chun Zhang (St. John's). Delegates/alternates and pastor(s) from 4 congregations are: Faith: Cathy Calvin, Ed Hoefer, Gerry Storbeck, Pr. Mertzs Grace: Jamie-Lynn Lehane, Sparrow Rabideau, Cathy Tell, Pr. Loretta Jaunzarins St John's: Mike Schuster, Mark Weingartner, Sylvia Zwick, Pr. Mertzs Transfiguration: Debbie Lindeman, Judy Lindeman, Shirley Ouellette, Pr. Doug Schweyer The second Task force meeting is on Wednesday, November 29, 2017, 7 pm at Grace.
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It is almost six months to the day that four congregational councils gathered to talk about what might the ministry of the four congregations of Hamilton look like if they came together to share ministry including possible amalgamation. Since that time all four congregations have met individually and gone to congregations to seek their permission to enter into meaningful and practical conversations that may lead to the amalgamation of all four of the congregations or a combination therein. All four congregations voted overwhelmingly to begin those conversations in a formal way.
As the result, an amalgamation task force team will be formed and made up of 12 people. Two lay leaders from each congregation as identified by the Councils. The task force will also include the four pastors who are under call or interim appointment. they are Pastor Loretta Jaunzarins, Pastors Thomas and Daniela Mertz, Pastor Douglas Schweyer. Hence a task force of 12 with each congregation equally represented. These people should be people who come with open minds and a vision for ministry possibilities. The first meeting of the Hamilton Amalgamation Task force will take place on Monday, October 30 at 7 PM at Grace Lutheran Church. Rev. Doug Reble will be present and chair this first meeting. This first meeting will deal mainly with logistics, ie. selecting a chair and/or facilitator, minute taker, meeting schedule as to when and where,etc. |
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