The National Leadership Team will meet Friday, February 26 at the Clarion Hotel Atlanta Airport to review progress on ministry projects and map actions for the future. The National Leadership Forum (our board of directors) consisting of the leadership team and district coordinators will meet Friday evening for the annual business meeting. The business meeting agenda includes nomination of a national director, review of the 2009 annual report, and financing the ministry. On Saturday, Rev. Cade Christensen will conduct a seminar on Disciplemaking, Cade is the pastor of Living Hope Alliance Church, Huntsville, AL and chairman of the Southern District Disciplemaking Committee. On Saturday evening we will hold an open forum on men's ministry issues. We welcome your input. Please provide questions, suggestions or comments to your district coordinator or to our national director, Len Ruffner at
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The C&MA Board of Directors approved revised C&MA Men's Ministry policies at their October 2009 meeting. The revisions clarify our vision and mission, formally establishes the National Leadership Forum, sets the term of office of the National director and the process for his appointment, sets the terms of the members of the National Leadership Team, clarifies and strengthens policies regarding district leadership teams. The revised policies have been posted to our website under "About Our Ministry." |
Summary of September and October 2008 Conference Calls:
• Funding: Income since July 2008 is $2500 toward a budget of $28,100. The ministry is operating tin the black.
• Equipping Leaders: We have prepared a C&MA addendum to the Blueprint Seminar detailing Short-term Missions, Alliance Construction Team and Equipping Leaders. Work is in progress on a coaching handbook as a resource for district leadership teams in encouraging local church leadership teams.
• Small Group Book: Work is proceeding on the publication of a Book on small groups. The intent is to have it available for General Council in May 2009.
• C&MA Men’s Brand: Two suggested brands have been sent to the National Office for formatting consistent with the Alliance Brand.
• 2009 National Leadership Forum: Tom Selfik will provide small group training and the coaching handbook will be presented. The Forum will be held February 6-8, 2009, at the Clarian Inn Atlanta Airport.
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C&MA Men’s eNewsletter Enters its Fifth Year
Our monthly enewsletter enters its Fifth Year with the August Issue. We have made changes in content and format. Each month we will feature either a local church or district men’s ministry as our ministry of the month. In addition we will suggest a tool each month that you can use in making your men’s ministry more effective. We welcome your comments, suggestions and contributions. Contact us at
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National Leadership Team Meeting Summary
Seven men attended the C&MA Men’s Ministry National Leadership Team meeting
on Friday, February 6, 2009, at the Clarion Atlanta Airport Hotel. The team took the
following actions:
- Endorsed the GO Strategy for facilitating men’s ministry in our districts over the next five years.
- Laid plans for General Council
- Addressed ways to improve communications with our districts
- Discussed ways to improve funding the ministry
- Reviewed Catalyst, a booklet on leading small groups and recommended that it be provided to the men attending the men’s luncheon at General Council.
- Appointed two men to serve on the search committee for national director.
National Leadership Forum Summary
Fourteen men from nine districts met February 6-8, 2009 at the Clarion Atlanta
Airport Hotel. The forum took the following actions:
- Endorsed extending the national directors term of office to March 31, 2010.
- Endorsed a bylaw establishing the process for recommending national director candidates to Church Ministries.
- Heard presentations on discipling men in the 21st century, disciplemaking in the Southern District, the C&MA Men’s addendum to Blueprint, the Coaching Handbook, and doing everything to the glory of God.
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Ensley Men Blog
Ensley Alliance Church (Pensacola, FL) is a small growing congregation with an average Sunday morning attendance of 65. We have connections with about 30 men ranging in commitment from the community to the core. We launched our men's ministry in January 2008.
A word of caution: We are applying the principles of men's ministry in our unique situation. You will have to determine how to implement those principles in your unique situation. The intent of this blog is let you watch the development of men's ministry at Ensley. You will get to see what works and what does not. We promise to let it all hang out. We hope that this blog will help get your creative juices flowing.
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September 2009
The leadership team continued planning events for the coming year. We held our quarterly breakfast in Waveland, MS, in conjunction with a workday. We assisted the Christian Life Center prepare the thrift store for opening and assisted in maintenance of staff and church facilities.
August 2009
The leadership team met for our annual planning meeting. We set goals for the coming year and dates for our quarterly men's breakfasts.
June 2009
Chuch Brewster, director of Champions of Honor men's ministry spoke at our annual Father and Son Breakfast. Twenty-five men attended including six from our sister church, New Creations Ministries.
May 2009
Five men attended the Southern District men's retreat. Work schedules and illness kept our attendance down from the previous year.
March 2009
- Decided to study men of the Old Testament at men's small group.
- Newman Vehicle Special: $59241.
- Seven men attended the March 21 breakfast/workday. We moved the breakfast to 7:30 AM which may be too early for Saturday. Two men joined us later for work.
February 2009
- Attendance at the men's small group increased to eight.
- Two men attended Reaching Every Man seminar.
- Newman Vehicle Special: $568.69
January 2009
- Fourteen men attended the Breakfast on January 17.
- Five men attended the Saturday evening small group.
- Four men signed up for the Reaching Every Man Seminar - February 5
- Finalized plans on the Valentine dinner on February 14.
- Decided to hold the June Father and Son Breakfast on June 6 to accommodate Chuck Brewster's schedule (and our budget).
- Newman Vehicle Fund: $196.
December 2008
- Continued planning the January Breakfast and Valentines Dinner.
- Agreed to use Life Concepts (www.Godsquad.org) for the small group.
- Appointed John Brill to oversee the Newman Vehicle Special ministry.
- Average attendance at First Wednesday meeting during 2008: 10
- End of the year balance was $206.87.
November 2008
- Set the budget request for 2009 at $700.
- Identified seven men plus the leadership team as candidates for the small group.
- Continued planning for the January breakfast and Valentines Dinner.
- Suggested a speaker for our June Father and Son breakfast.
- Were encouraged by progress toward our 2008 goals.
October 2008
- Announced that the Rev. Tom Barbour, director of the Christian Life Center, Waveland, MS, to be the speaker at our January breakfast
- Began planning a Valentines dinner for February 14.
- Discussed holding a financial management seminar in 2009.
- Announced receipt of $100 to jump start the Newman Vehicle Special.
- Deferred the start of the small group until January 10.
- Identified work projects around the church.
September 2008
- Reviewed results of the Planning Retreat.
- Set October 4 as the launch for discipling the leadership team.
- Agreed to open the small group up to other men in the church who might be interested.
- Discussed potential speakers for upcoming men's breakfasts.
- Eight men attended breakfast. The men selected Barry and Terry Newman's vehicle special as our mission project. Lessons learned: we need to do a better job estimating the number of men planning to attend breakfasts; we need to improve planning and encourage teamwork for our workday projects.
August 8-9 - Leadership Team Planning Retreat
- Developed a plan for encouraging giving to the approved mission special (to be decided upon September 27, 2008).
- Defined long-range objectives and identified ways of achieving those objectives.
- Established goals for 2009. Developed a 2008-09 calendar.
- Reviewed the 2008 activities survey and identified three activities that should capture the attention of most of the men.
- Developed activity planning guidelines to provide event leaders an understanding of why we have events encourage consistency in meeting overarching objectives across a broad variety of activities.
- Prepared an event planning worksheet for the September 27 breakfast and workday.
July 2008
- Discussed ways of overcoming our financial deficit due to men's breakfast expenses.
- Set August 8-9 for a leadership team planning retreat.
- Set dates for five 2008-09 events including a Valentines Day dinner.
- Planned survey of men to determine activity/hobby interests
June 2008
Fourteen men attended of 28 who bought tickets for the men's breakfast. The response was. generally positive. Lessons learned included better matching the speaker to our congregation and not depending on other churches for boosting participation. Three men attended who usually limit participation to Sunday morning. Two men really connected with the speaker.
May 2008
- Nine men attended (up from three the year before). Good feedback on the speaker. The men had a good time traveling to and from the retreat.
- Discussed enlistment for next year's men's retreat.
- Decided to proceed with plans for a June 29 men's breakfast with Dennis Puleo from Man in the Mirror as speaker.
- Identified projects for the upcoming workday.
- Identified potential missions specials for presentation to the men for a decision.
- Discussed establishing a one-on-one discipling ministry until we can launch small groups.
- Developed ideas for our mission and vision
April 2008
- Defined measuring success in terms of changed lives (Man in the Mirror Weekly Brief #273, March 24, 2008)
- Announced that the "Ensley Men: Leading the Way" T-shirts have been ordered.
- Planned the next men's breakfast forJune 15 Planned an April workday
- Discussed ideas for mission and vision and core value statements:
- Identified the needs of Ensley men:
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o They need to see the masculine side of God
o They need to develop trust in order to share openly
o They need to get into the word
o They need to be committed
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- Identified the needs of the men in the Ensley community.
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o Poverty
o Dysfunctional families
o Men know about God but do not know him
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March 2008
- Introduced the prayer chair in our First Wednesday meeting for men who want men interceding for them in concerted prayer.
- Selected the color for our t-shirts and the logo (Ensley Men: Leading the Way with the wordless Alliance logo).
- Completed session three of the Blueprint Manual (Foundations for Men's Ministry)
- Planned for 10 men at the breakfast, fifteen showed up! Many came early and enjoyed fellowship!
- Distributed brochures for the men's retreat. Completed five work projects.
- Learned that a Vietnamese fellowship of about 20 would join our congregation. We will need to work on ways of integrating the men into our men's ministry.
February 2008
- Set the menu for the march 15 men's breakfast Identified projects for the March 15 workday
- Discussed ways to encourage men to attend the May 2-3 district men's retreat
- Discussed purchasing shirts for our men and considered several options for the logo.
- Completed session two of the Blueprint Manual (A Strategy for Discipling Men).
January 2008
- First Wednesday Meeting. Nine men met. We will use the following format for the next few months.
- o Opening prayero Offeringo Devotionalo Sharing - What is God doing in your life?
- o Missions momento Sharing prayer needs and prayer time The leadership team consists of Pastor Bob Young; Herman Eckstein, past president; John Brill, teen Sunday school teacher; Scott Rollins, youth leader; and Les. Identified the purpose of men's ministry to encourage and assist the men in moving to deeper levels of spiritual commitment. This is to be accomplished through a variety of activities and events relating to various levels of commitment.
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o Completed session one of the Blueprint Manual (Establishing an Effective Men's Ministry).
o Addressed the importance of projects in building relationships among the men.
o Proposed objectives for 2008:
- Develop a roadmap for men's ministry at EAC
- Establish vision and mission statements
- Consider holding quarterly men's breakfasts (the first in march or April)
- Identify and support a missions special project
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December 2007
- The congregation elected Les Tripp as Alliance Men President
- Les met with Pastor Bob Young determine what his position was on men's ministry and what he wanted to see from the ministry. Pastor Bob stated that men's ministry was key to the health of the church. In addition, he stated that he wanted:
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o the men and women are to meet separately on the first Wednesday of each month.
o The men will continue the monthly focus on missions during that meeting
o The men need to adopt and support a missions special project
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- With the pastors concurrence, Les asked three men to be a part of the leadership team. All three agreed!
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The National leadership Forum Meets
The National Leadership Forum met in Atlanta GA. February 8-10, 2008. Twenty men participated from 12 districts. The Forum took the following actions:
- received the directors report on 2007,
- amended draft-governing documents and endorsed them for C&MA Board of Directors action,
- approved changes to the ministry’s core values,
- participated in a Blueprint seminar using the revised materials, and
- heard presentations on organizing men’s retreats, short-term mission trips, missionary wheels, and Retired and Refocused contacts and opportunities for ACT.
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