中文翻譯在末後段落 February 5, 2011
Present: Jack Hung (Chair), Pastor King-Fai Choi, Chaw-Bing Chang, Ke-Chieh Chu, Terry Yang (Secretary), Ruike Wang (BoD Chair)
Jack opened at 9:10 am.
1. Ministry Priorities & Arrangements
Update on status of COM, MetroSouth and Children Ministry. Kevin Otrhalik has formally declined our invitation to serve as Children Minister due to family circumstances. Discussion on reasons for difficulty in recruiting and retaining additional co-workers to Children Ministry.
Pastor King-Fai has offered to transition to a Children Pastor role for a period of one year once Pastor Caleb Chang formally begins as Senior Pastor. Pastor King-Fai will also assist Pastor Caleb’s transition into our church for as long as necessary. Pastor King-Fai’s continuation in the Children Pastor role after that time will be evaluated after one year. Pastor King-Fai’s offer formally accepted by the Board of Elders.
Discussion on initial impressions of Jennifer Lin as Youth Minister Candidate. Awaiting formal recommendation from the Youth Minister Search Committee; the final decision will be made once a recommendation from the Acting Senior Pastor is received.
2. Deacon Appointment
Discussion on the necessity of appointing a replacement for retired Deacon George Iglesias. After discussion, decided to proceed with appointment for the remainder of his term (ending end of calendar year 2011). Board of Deacons Chair to present recommendation to Board of Elders after conferring with Board of Deacons and Deacon Nomination Committee Chair.
3. COM Awareness
In order to give the congregations greater exposure to COM, part of the bulletin boards in the church entrance lobby will be dedicated to COM; design of bulletin board is currently underway. Additional suggestions for improving communications to the congregations using the bulletin boards discussed; to be forwarded to Pastor David Eng for consideration.
4. Ordination and Installation Preparations
Minister Jiang Wei’s ordination service has been finalized for Saturday, March 5 at 2 pm.
Pastor Caleb Chang’s start date has been set as April 1.
Discussion of a number of different suggestions to accommodate Chinese, English and COM congregations in Pastor Caleb Chang’s installation service. Decided to insert Pastor Caleb’s installation service in between the Chinese and English services on April 10 as follows:
5. CCCOWE (Chinese Coordination Centre of World Evangelism) Conference
Advisory Pastor Morley Lee requested CBCGB representation at the CCCOWE conference in Indonesia in September 2011. Decided to send at least one representative from CBCGB; suggested Pastor Caleb Chang and an Elder.
6. Bylaws Revision Feedback Summary
Discussion tabled pending completion of feedback summary.
7. Additional Discussion
Alternative church ministry structure (including financial reporting structure) under consideration by Board of Elders to better reflect current operational organization of church and keep each congregation more aware of church activities. Discussion to continue off-line prior to next Board of Elders meeting in March.
Suggestion to add budget comparison to fiscal year cumulative totals to Chinese bulletin and add church financial information to English bulletin. Ke-Chieh to confer with Finance Committee and team responsible for English bulletin to determine feasibility and process for implementation.
Pastor Ju-Ta Pan’s sabbatical plans submitted to Board of Elders and approved over e-mail; Pastor Pan will be spending his sabbatical as a visiting scholar at Princeton University from July 1 through December 31, 2011.
Pastor Chuck Lowe requested a leave of absence from the Board of Elders until the end of the year, which was approved by e-mail.
King-Fai closed with prayer at 11:55 am.
Translation in Chinese
波士頓郊區華人聖經教會
2011年2月5日
出席：洪榮宗 (主席)、蔡景輝牧師、張召斌、朱克潔、楊德禮 (秘書)、王瑞珂 (執事會主席)。
洪長老於上午 9時10分宣佈會議開始。
1. 事工優先順序及安排
討論城區事工、南區事工、及兒童事工現況。由於家庭因素，Kevin Otrhalik 已正式回函辭謝我們邀請他參與兒童事工的服事。討論招募及挽留更多兒童事工同工的困難與原因。
蔡景輝牧師提出，他願意在章開第牧師正式到任主任牧師後，轉任兒童牧師職一年，並且只要有其必要，他也願意在過渡階段協助章牧師的主任牧師任務。蔡牧師在繼續擔任兒童牧師時期，有關評估也會在一年以後完成。蔡牧師的提議，得到長老團正式認可。
討論對青少年傳道 候選人Jennifer Lin的初步印象。等候青少年傳道聘牧委員會的正式推薦， 一旦收到代理主任牧師的推薦後，就會作出最後決定。
2. 執事指派
討論George Iglesias執事退休後，指派 代理人的必要。討論後，決定在他剩餘的任期（至2011年底）間指定代理人。執事會主席在與執事會和執事提名委員會主席商議後，把建議提給長老團。
3. 城區事工的提醒
為使會眾更加關心城區事工，將把教會入口大廳一部份的公佈欄提供給城區事工使用，設計公佈欄一事，目前正在進行中。討論利用公佈欄改善與會眾溝通的更多建議。將轉請吳經權牧師參考。
4. 按立及就任準備
韋江傳道的按立儀式訂於3月5日（星期六）下午2時
章開第牧師訂於4月1日赴任。
討論章牧師就任儀式一事，有關中文部、英文部、城區事工的會眾調度，一些不同的建議，決定把章牧師的就任儀式為4月10日，介於中文部和英文部主日崇拜之間，如下所示：
5. 世界華福 (世界華人福音事工聯絡中心) 會議
李秀全顧問牧師請求本教會代表參加於2011年9月在印尼舉行的世界華福會議。決定本教會至少派一位代表，建議章開第牧師及一位長老。
6. 教會憲章回應簡報
討論排程尚待回應簡報的完成。
7. 其他討論
在長老團考量後，教會事工架構圖的變動 (包括財務報告系統)，應能反映教會目前運作組織，並使每一位會眾更能關注教會的活動。會後繼續討論，直到長老團下次（三月）會議前。
建議在中文公佈欄，加上預算與會計年度累積總數的比較，並在英文部的公佈欄加上教會財務報告。克潔可與財務委員會及負責英文部公佈欄的小組研商，決定可行方案及佈策。
潘儒達牧師的安息年休假計畫已向長老團提出，並經電子郵件通過。潘牧師計畫於安息年期間，即7月1日至12月31日，至普林斯頓大學擔任訪問學者。
盧植德牧師請求准予長老團開會時缺席至年底，已經電子郵件同意通過。
蔡景輝牧師於上午 11時55分作結束禱告。