PRESIDENT'S PONDERINGS
March 2022
February was an active month at Immanuel with 11 events for the Big Rapids Festival of the Arts. Average attendance at these events was around 40, so we should be pleased that our space was available to our community for such unique events as the festival offers. Many of these events would hot have worked elsewhere in the area, so praise be to God that our space allows this. Also in February we started having our sermons broadcast on the radio the following Sunday. We are in the 9am slot on B103.9, so if you get a chance, please listen. The radio station even provided us a device to record the sermon right off the board so the quality should be decent. Let others know who maybe don't watch us on Facebook to listen to the sermon at least. Special thanks to Pastor Bob who recorded our intro segment.
Looking forward, I plan to sample some new ways to stream the service with multiple cameras with better angles. Using some of the Tuba Bach equipment will allow me to test this at no cost to us and allow our partnership to not only grow with space usage, but with equipment sharing as well. For those of you watching online, I hope this will make the service more meaningful and quoting Hamilton make you be "in the room where it happens."
Under the tutelage of Gunder and Roger, steps are in place to start a dialog with the United Church to partner more in community out reach starting with Dump and Run. They have some issues near and dear to them so watch for more information on those events. Once we start these partnerships, the easier it will be to possibly discuss more formal arrangements.
The Vision Committee and the Church Council are working on a survey that will be used to contact lapsed members. It is almost ready to go, and our goal is to learn about future ministries for Immanuel and to perhaps learn why these folks haven't attended in awhile. If you are interested in calling, let me know, we have a few openings left.
As we move into March and the hopes for Spring rise, may God be with each one of us and may we Spring into a new season at Immanuel filled with the hope and promise of new growth.
In His name, Dave
DavidScott@ferris.edu
231-250-5067
Looking forward, I plan to sample some new ways to stream the service with multiple cameras with better angles. Using some of the Tuba Bach equipment will allow me to test this at no cost to us and allow our partnership to not only grow with space usage, but with equipment sharing as well. For those of you watching online, I hope this will make the service more meaningful and quoting Hamilton make you be "in the room where it happens."
Under the tutelage of Gunder and Roger, steps are in place to start a dialog with the United Church to partner more in community out reach starting with Dump and Run. They have some issues near and dear to them so watch for more information on those events. Once we start these partnerships, the easier it will be to possibly discuss more formal arrangements.
The Vision Committee and the Church Council are working on a survey that will be used to contact lapsed members. It is almost ready to go, and our goal is to learn about future ministries for Immanuel and to perhaps learn why these folks haven't attended in awhile. If you are interested in calling, let me know, we have a few openings left.
As we move into March and the hopes for Spring rise, may God be with each one of us and may we Spring into a new season at Immanuel filled with the hope and promise of new growth.
In His name, Dave
DavidScott@ferris.edu
231-250-5067