CBCGB Board of Elders Meeting Minutes

        July 14, 2012

中文翻譯在末後段落

Present: Ke-Chieh Chu (Chair), Pastor Caleb Chang, Pastor King-Fai Choi, Chaw-Bing Chang, David Ho (Meeting Recorder), Jack Hung, Ming Tsai

Absent: Terry Yang (on Hopi short-term mission trip)

Pastor King-Fai Choi opened with prayer at 9:00 am.

1. Senior Pastor Briefing (by Pastor Caleb Chang)

1. Pastor Caleb Chang will brief EM on CBE (Church Building Expansion) voting result this coming Sunday.
2. How to follow up on the Life Group Leadership trainees and how they may minister in parallel with the existing Fellowship Groups were discussed.
3. Pastor Caleb shared his vision regarding the equipping of the saints, seminarians and lay ministers for the church ministry.

2. BOD Briefing (by Elder Ke-Chieh Chu for Deacon RuiKe Wang)

1. Plan to replace to the roof in the main building had been put on hold since half of the roofing may have to be replaced again when CBE project is implemented in the near future.
2. Bathroom repairing and remodeling are in process.
3. AV systems installation at the Chapel is on-going.

3. Concert of Prayer Schedule/Updates (by Pastor Caleb Chang)

1. The timing of the Annual Concert of Prayer (COP) was discussed. It may be on the first Friday of a New Year.
2. A special church-wide prayer meeting for the CBE and the Fall Evangelistic meeting kick-off has been scheduled for Friday, 9/14/2012.

4. CBE Project Promotion/Updates (by Elder Ke-Chieh Chu)

1. The extra expenses for new facilities including the cost of electricity, church cleaning, insurance and other utility expenses will be included in the church general fund analysis/projection. The inclusion of expenses for additional pastoral staff is recommended.
2. The need for a second CM Sunday service due to overflowing attendance and differing musical worship styles was discussed. David Tran will lead the study and research on this multiple services project.
3. Site plan for permit application will be prepared and submitted to the Lexington town by the CBE team in the near future. Whether the building permits for different phases should be applied separately was discussed. This idea will be communicated to the CBE team for consideration.
4. The needs for the CBE, e.g. lack of facilities for both children and youth ministries, should be presented to the congregation by relevant personnel. This will be arranged by the pastoral staff.
5. Justification for the usage of new future buildings during the week days was discussed but without definite conclusions.
6. How to promote CBE project has been discussed in the CBET meeting on July 7, 2012.
7. CBE project Newsletter and Pamphlets may be compiled and published in the near future. Articles from Senior Pastor, testimonies from church members and church financial projection /analysis should be included in the newsletter.

5. Deacon Nomination Update (by Elder Ming Tsai)

1. Elder Tsai, Chairman, will provide the Deacon Nomination list in July. The visitation and invitation will be done before September. The approval by BOE and CC will be done in September.

6. Schedule Special BOE Meetings (by Elder Ke-Chieh Chu)

1. Meetings for church vision and bylaw revision review are scheduled on Thursday nights in August 9 & 16, respectively.
2. Models for formulating the church-wide vision (top-down, bottom-up, top-down-bottom-up, etc.) were discussed.

7. Elder Nomination Updates (by Elder Ke-Chieh Chu)

1. One elder candidate has accepted the nomination. The other candidate will be visited by Pastor Caleb Chang and Elder Chow-Bing Chang. Additional elder candidates may be desirable.

8. Enharmonic Ministry Activity on 8/25 (by Elder David Ho)

1. The BOE agrees to accept the partnership with the Enharmonic Ministry in principle using the model of the Greater Boston Philharmonic Singers (GBPS) as a reference. Detail of arrangements will be discussed with the BOD.
2. An Enharmonic Ministry-sponsored special meeting led by Pastor Evan Chan will be held on August 25 at the CBCGB facility.

9. September Evangelistic Conference (by Elder David Ho)

1. The conference dates need to be confirmed with the speaker and the church calendar revised timely to keep the CC and the congregation members informed for planning purpose.

10. Metro-South Ministry (by Pastor Caleb Chang)

1. The current situation of the Metro-South Ministry and her leadership was reviewed.
2. Senior Pastor recommended allowing Pastor Wei Jiang to take 6 months sabbatical leave on December, 2012 as requested. And all elders at the meeting accepted the recommendation.

11. Others (by Elder Ke-Chieh Chu)

1. The minor modification for the CBCGB Benefits and Personnel Policies has been discussed and approved. CBCGB Policies of processing capital Expenditure were reviewed and the review will be continued in one of the special BOE meeting in August.

Pastor Caleb Chang closed with prayer at 1:14 pm.

Translation in Chinese

長老團會議紀錄

2012年7月14日

出席：朱克潔（主席）, 章開第牧師、蔡景輝牧師、張召斌、何明治（會議記錄）、洪榮宗、蔡明哲。

缺席：楊德禮（印第安保留區短宣隊）。

蔡景輝牧師於上午9時作會前禱告。

1. 主任牧師簡報：開第牧師報告

1. 開第牧師將於下一個主日向英文部會眾報告教會擴建計畫投票結果。
2. 討論生命小組小牧人訓練的跟進，以及小組事工和現有團契平行共存的策略。
3. 開第牧師就教會各項事工，分享裝備聖徒、神學生以及平信徒傳道的展望。

2. 執事會簡報：克潔代替瑞珂報告

1. 由於不久後，教會擴建計畫開始執行時，有一半的屋頂要撤換，因此目前計畫更換主樓屋頂的工程先暫停。
2. 衛生間的更新及裝修工程開始進行。
3. 副堂的視頻裝置工程正在進行中。

3. 全教會禱告會的排期和近況：開第牧師報告

1. 討論舉行年度全教會禱告會日期，可能在新年的第一個星期五。
2. 一項特別為教會擴堂和動員秋季佈道會的全教會禱告會，訂在2012年9月14日。

4. 教會擴堂計畫的宣導及近況：克潔報告

1. 擴建後的新增開支，包括：電費、教會清潔、保險和其他的冷暖氣支出等，將包括在教會經常費的分析/反映裡，建議也把新增教牧同工的預算列入。
2. 由於會眾的擁擠和不同風格的音樂敬拜，研討中文部第二場主日敬拜。有關多場次的敬拜計畫，將由祥光負責研擬和調查。
3. 教會擴建小組將於不久以後，準備建築許可的預定地計畫，寄交給Lexington鎮。討論建築許可是否也要分期申請，將提供這個構想給擴建小組參考。
4. 擴建小組的需要，如：兒童和青少年事工設備的缺欠，應由相關的個人向會眾報告，本項將由教牧同工安排。
5. 討論建築物落成後，週間使用的分配和調整，但是沒有確切的結果。
6. 如何宣導教會擴建計畫，已於2012年7月7日的擴建小組會議中討論。
7. 教會擴建的公開信和小冊，將於不久後彙編和出版。主任牧師的文章，會友的見證，和教會財務的反映/分析，都將包括在這份公開信中。

5. 執事提名近況：明哲報告

1. 主席蔡明哲將於7月決定提名名單，九月前完成探訪和邀請事宜，長老團和聯會的同意程序也將於9月完成。

6. 長老團特別會議安排：克潔報告

1. 分別於8月9日和16日舉行教會展望 (異象) 和教會憲章修改的討論。
2. 討論凝聚全教會展望 (異象) 的模式 (由上而下、由下而上、目標與實際兼顧) 。

7. 長老提名近況：克潔報告

1. 一位長老候選人同意接受提名，開第牧師與召斌長老將拜訪另一位候選人，可能需要多一位長老。

8. 合田事工活動 (8/25)：明治報告

1. 長老團原則上同意接受合田事工採用大波士頓愛樂歌者的模式，成為合作夥伴．安排詳情將在執事會中討論。
2. 合田事工支持陳逸豪牧師帶領的特會，將於8月25日在本教會舉行。

9. 九月佈道會：明治報告

1. 佈道會日期需要與講員確認，教會行事曆的日期更正，需通知聯會和會眾們，俾便計劃。

10. 大南區事工：開第牧師報告

1. 檢討目前南區事工的情形和領導。
2. 主任牧師建議，同意韋江牧師提出在2012年12月開始的半年安息年假，會中所有的長老們接受這項建議。

11. 其他：克潔報告

1. 討論並同意微幅修改本教會的福利和人事政策，檢討本教會有關資本基金使用的規定，並將於8月長老團特別會議中的一次，繼續討論。

章開第牧師於下午1時14分作結束禱告。