Stephen Ministry Meeting Minutes 2/16

ITEM	DISCUSSION	PLAN
Active Stephen Leaders (SLs)	Jane Campbell, Brenda MacDonald and Carol SpencerLemay are active.	We are recruiting new SLs via the announcements, the bulletin, local news, personal invitations, and the Messenger.
Active Stephen Ministers (SMs)	We have 5 active SMs at this time.	We are recruiting new SMs in the same manner as SLs.
Training of new SLs	The next Leader’s Training Course is in April in St. Louis, Missouri	We will reimburse the new SL for expenses of the training and trip.
Training new SMs	Active and Inactive SLs will help us teach the new SMs.	Once we have 6 people willing to be trained, we will start teaching-- hopefully in June, 2016.
Peer Supervision		Peer Supervision meets the first and third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm in the Stephen Ministry/Music Director’s office.
Potential Care Receivers (CRs)	One of the SLs visits with a potential CR to see if the person is able to see a SM.	Information about referring a CR to the Stephen Ministry will be placed monthly in the pews with the Caring Cards.
Continuing Education (CE)	CE is presented to the SMs once a month before Peer Supervision.	The CE for March is on Listening to the Dying, and the CE in April is on Process Orientation.
SL’s Meeting		The SLs meet on Thursdays at 10 am in the Stephen Ministry/Music Director’s office.