Dave takes another stab at the budget.

Rob gave me some revised figures and I missed a thing or two. Try this on for size. We may need to make a few adjustments. Also in my previous I only hd three nights in HI when it is four. Here are the revisions.

G. Immersion Retreat/Travel
1. Our destination.
We have decided upon multiple destinations for reasons described below. We
will be making a tour of several churches at the forefront of the “missional
church” movement.

2. Itinerary/Schedule
May 7 Depart Philadelphia for Grand Rapids, MI.
Travel by rental van to Mars Hill Church, near Grand Rapids MI for an evening
worship service.
May 8 Meet with Pastor Rob Bell and/or key staff for time of
interview/discussion/tour, etc.

May 9 Depart Detroit for Los Angeles, CA
(May 9 or 10) Travel by rental van to Mosaic church/offices to meet with
Pastor Erwin McManus and/or key leadership for time of interview/discussion/tour,
attend worship if possible. The other day will be used for sightseeing and
other team building activities.

May 11 Depart Los Angeles, CA for Honolulu, HI
May 11, 12, 13 or 14 Travel by rental van to New Hope Church to meet with
Pastor Wayne Cordeiro and/or key staff, for time of interview/discussion/tour
attend anything available at the church.

May 11, 12, 13 or 14 Travel by air to Kauai to meet with Pastor Rick
Bundschuh and/or key staff at Kauai Christian Fellowship, for time of
interview/discussion/tour attend anything available at the church. Pastor Rick is a personal
friend of cohort member Dave Weiss. Rick is a widely published author and
pastor a very missional church that is closer in size to most of our local
congregations at around 300 members.

May 14-15 Depart Honolulu, HI for Philadelphia, PA arriving home around 6:15
a.m.

3. Team building activites will include sight seeing in some of the most
beautiful places on earth, finding something really nice for our wives to make up
for taking this trip without them and some members may surf.

4. Individual Roles and Responsibilities
Rob Eshelman arranges travel/lodging/ground transportation
Dave Weiss arranges meetings at the various churches
Tim Doering will handle spiritual formation
Galen Hackman will facilitate meetings
Jay McCumber driver (help me out here guys I ran out of jobs)
Dave Ulm Navigator (help me out here guys I ran out of jobs)

5. Why did we pick this trip for our immersion activity? You might think it’s
because everyone wants to suffer for the Lord in Hawaii, and while there is
no denying that this will be a great trip, there is much more to it than that.
Our key question revolves around becoming missional leaders leading missional
congregations. The churches that we will be touring are led by men who are
on the forefront of the missional movement. Our hope is that through this
tour, visiting these churches and meeting with these leaders, we will learn
principles and ideas that we can adapt to our own ministry contexts. We will see
churches in a variety of contexts from urban, postmodern/emergent megachurches,
to a medium sized semirural church. These churches minister to variety of
cultures. What the churches all have in common is that they are all having a
profound impact on their communities.

A word on the lateness of our immersion retreat. We realize that the
program indicates that we should be doing this activity earlier in our time
together. This was an impossibility for a number of reasons, one cohort member
will be on sabbatical, one will be leading a tour to the holy land, our
bivocational member is unable to secure the time off before this time due to a major
conference for his place of employment, and this time seems to work better for
some of the people we will be visiting. Our intent is to meet starting in
January of 2006 and begin with the study of some of the books written by the
pastors we will be visiting so that when it is time for our visit we will be a
better informed cohort. This will make for a better immersion retreat all the way
around.


H. Budget
Flight plan for budget purposes only: (May 7th and returning May 15th at 6:17
A.M.)

Philadelphia to Grand Rapids- $340.00
Detroit to Los Angeles - $189.00
Los Angeles – Honolulu $351.00
Honolulu-Kauai (Round Trip) $187.00
Honolulu to Philadelphia $553.00

Total airfare per person = $1620

Hotel Accommodations May 7th and 8th
Detroit – Courtyard by the Marriott - $278.00

Hotel Accommodations May 9th and 10th
Los Angeles – Radisson Hotel Chatsworth - $272.00

Hotel Accommodations May 11th – 14th
Honolulu, Hawaii – Radisson Waikiki Prince Kuhio - $716.00

Total lodging per person = $1266

Mini Van Rental
Detroit - $ 65.00 x 2 = $130.00
Los Angeles - $52.00 x 2 = $104.00
Hawaii - $56.00 x 5 = $280.00
Gas - $200.00

Total ground travel per person = $119.00

Meal Expense:
Breakfast - $8.00 x 9 = $72.00
Lunch - $14.00 x 9 = $126.00
Supper - $20.00 x 9 = $180.00

Total per meal expenses person = $378.00

Total Immersion retreat expense per person = $3383.00

Resources per person=$250
As seen on our list under Section F we should be far in excess of the maximum.

Pulpit supply per congregation=$75.

Total expense per person=$3708

Total expense for Cohort Group=$22248

Additional expenses would include travel to monthly meeting and a day trip to
Brian McLaren’s Cedar Ridge Church will be covered under either cohort
members’ educational reimbursement accounts or deducted as travel expenses from
individual taxes.

The Cohort Treasurer will be (Jay I need this info (name address phone#) from
you.)