The Mission Board was created by the updated By-laws in 2023 to serve the Congregation in an exciting way by coordinating its Ministry Teams towards implementing and achieving the Mission and Vision of the Congregation.
Learn more about the Mission Board by clicking here to visit its page on beargrass.org
Mission Team Nights
January 27, 2025
MTN kickoff
A huge success with over 140 in attendance and about 40 of those were MTN first-timers!
Various teams used the format after a meal to collaborate with other teams by visiting other tables to ask a question or develop a new plan.
March 17, 2025
Big Rocks
Dishes: Children
Leftovers: Hands On
May 12, 2025
Leftovers: Pastoral Care
July 21, 2025
Highlight team accomplishment(s)
Leftovers: Welcome Desk
September 22, 2025
Ministry Fair planning
Budget Know-how (Ministry Teams Version)
Dishes: Library & Adult
Leftovers: Pastoral Care
November 17, 2025
Wrapping up 2025→Looking ahead to 2026
Dishes: Health
Mission Board Meetings
| 2025 Dates | Topic of Meeting or Mission Meal / Collaboration Time Focus |
| Monday, February 17 Mission Board meeting | Tentative Agenda: Welcome and Opening Prayer (Leigh Turner, Mission Board Chair) Ministerial/Children’s Ministry Interim Director News (Dr. Lowe on sabbatical) Executive Board Summary Tonight’s Focus: Procedures: Spending (Beth Jolly, Treasurer) & MTN Dishes/Leftovers Big Rocks 2025 Ministry Spotlight: Celebration Donation, Donnie Grissom, Visitor Engagement Team Mission Moment Encouragement and Closing Prayer ——- Our Mission Board met on Monday evening. We discussed some procedural items for 2025 but also learned about some clever new ways that we will live out our mission to Worship with Hope, Grow with Love, and Serve with a Passion for Justice in the coming year. One is a Celebration Donation that the Visitor Engagement Team is leading. While more details will come soon, essentially first-time visitors who complete a Connection Card from the pew will be able to identify a Beargrass-affiliated charity with which $5 will be donated. Again details of when this will begin and how it will proceed will be announced in the near future. You will also begin hearing from each Ministry Team as part of a Mission Moment during Worship beginning in March. The intended purpose of the Mission Moment is to serve as our offering meditation during worship and help people who support the church understand the many ways that their giving makes a difference. As Bob Gilewski often says, “it is a great day to be at Beargrass!” |
| Monday, April 28 | Fellowship Hall 6:00-7:00 pm. We will hear from our ministers, Children’s Director, and Executive Board Chair. There will also be a competition in which we will work in small groups to come up with ideas and connections among each other’s ministry teams to help maximize our efforts for the remainder of the year. So please come with a brainstorming mindset, a willingness to be open to new ideas, and a spirit to win! |
| Monday, June 16 | Budget Know-how w/ Finance Chair from Executive Board (Team Leaders version) |
| Monday, August 18 | Ministry Fair planning |
| Monday, October 20 | Revisit Big Rocks |
| Monday, December 15 | Celebrate 2025 and Leigh’s leadership during the first two years of the Mission Board |
The Ministry Teams and their leaders are:
| Children’s Ministry | Sarah Dotsey |
Youth | Melissa Durham Terrianne Tremayne |
Young Adult | Ken Barlow Avery Travis |
| Adult Ministry | Kelly Haile |
| Library / History | Laurie Callander |
Green Chalice | Nancy Kuppersmith Win Wilde |
| Creative Worship | Laura Savatski |
| Sacristy | Charlie Grass |
| Multimedia (The “Stream Team”) | Jay Sheldon |
| Hospitality | Jan Conry |
| Pastoral Care | Lesley Key |
| Health Ministry | Lee Scott |
| Evangelism/Invitation | Alan Forsythe |
| Welcome Desk | Pam Deskins |
| New Member Development | Brette Conliffe |
| Visitor Engagement | Donnie Grissom |
Farmers Market | Dale Mercker Penny Peavler |
| Pedal Power | Bob Callander |
Reconciliation | Ron Jones Chris Rakestraw |
| Hands On | Matt Johnson |
| Mission Support | Bob Gilewski |
| Stewardship | John Richardson |
| Transportation | Adrienne Sams |