revised proposal part 2

VIP PROPOSAL COMPONENTS
ANE Missional Studies Group

F) Resources

Book lists:
1. Church in Emerging Culture: Five Perspectives, Leonard Sweet and Associates, $14
2. A New Kind of Christian:, Brian McLaren, $15
3. Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures Eddie Gibbs. $14
4. The Shaping of Things to Come… Innovation & Mission for the 21st Century
Church, Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch, $14
5. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of Church in North America. Darrell L. Guder, Lois Barrett, $18
6. A Generous Orthodoxy, Brian D. McLaren, $14
7 . Shaped by God’s Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches, Milfred Minatrea, $17
8. The Missional Leader, Alan Roxburgh, Fred Romonuk, $18
9. "Doing Church As A Team" by Wayne Cordeiro, Regal Books, 2001, ISBN:
0830726527
10. "The Church On The Other Side" by Brian McLaren, Zondervan, 2000, ISBN:
0310237076
11. "The End Of The World...As We Know It" by Chuck Smith Jr., Waterbrook Press,
2001, ISBN: 1578564026
12. “An Unstoppable Force: Daring to Become the Church God ***Had in Mind” by Erwin McManus, $12-23
13. “The Church in Emerging Culture” by Erwin Raphael McManus, $12-22.
14. “Leadership on the Other Side” by Bill Easum, $14
15. “Birth of the Chaordic Age” by Dee W. Hock, $18.50
16. “Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church” by D.A. Carson, $15

Total Cost = $250+

















VIP PROPOSAL COMPONENTS
ANE Missional Studies Group

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.
Mosaic – Erwin McManus is widely respected as a premier leader in the post-modern church. Mosaic has established itself as an affective beacon of truth and hope in the diverse and intense setting of LA. They have become relevant through the use of arts, media, relationship, relevant worship/teaching, cutting edge technology and multiplication strategies (Such as Multi-site)
Mars Hill Bible Church - Rob Bell is known as one of the more cutting edge spiritual entrepreneurs and teachers of our time. The mission statement of MHBC, “Mars Hill Bible Church is devoted to making disciples of Jesus Christ who are making disciples of Jesus Christ”, has obviously been more than words on paper. It has been the true pursuit of a church and the lifestyle of a leader. As a result this body has been able to reach an enormous amount of “20 somethings”, an age demographic that is sparse, at best, in the church today.
New Hope Christian Fellowship - According to Outreach Magazine, New Hope is one of the reasons that Hawaii is the only state where church attendance is outpacing population growth. NHCF is one of the fastest growing churches in America, but perhaps more important to the pursuit of our critical question is the fact that in a 2005 survey of 2,000 church leaders, New Hope was voted the 25th most influential church in America. Wayne Cordeiro has not only been a model of a leader who has given his entirety to the advancement of the gospel,but he is also one of the most affective leaders of a fractal based church ministry, providing opportunity for community and ministry to co-exist.
Kauai Christian Fellowship is an innovative church that has the goal of reaching the next generation at the core of its being. Pastor Rick Bundschuh has been guiding the church, via a "permission giving" philosophy, in such a way that the congregation has begun to live out their individual and corporate God-given gifts, by birthing ministry out of their passion and taking responsibility for seeing the ministry through. Where the other churches on the tour are quite large, KCF is smaller, in the 300 member range, which may give us a context closer to our own.

2. Itinerary/Schedule - May 7 Fly from Philadelphia to Detroit 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 Fly from Detroit to 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 Fly from Los Angeles, CA to 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 Fly from Honolulu, HI to Philadelphia, PA arriving home around 6:15
a.m.

3. Team building activities 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
Dave Ulm will be Navigator and recorder

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.
VIP PROPOSAL COMPONENTS
ANE Missional Studies Group

H) Budget

1) Immersion Retreat
Flight plan for budget purposes: (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 per person = $1620.00

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 per person = $1266.00

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 per person = $119.00

Meal Expense:
Breakfast - $10.00 x 9 = $90.00
Lunch - $15.00 x 9 = $135.00
Supper - $20.00 x 9 = $180.00

Total per person = $405.00

Total trip expense per person = $3410.00

2) Resources (See section F for details) 250.00

3) Pulpit Supply 75.00



4) Technology 500.00
- High-speed internet for on-line discussions
and communication between cohort members
($20 per month for 24 months = $480)
- Web hosting ($5 per month for 24 months, split
between cohort members = $20)

Total per person $ 4235.00

Group Total $25,410.00

Additional expenses would include travel to monthly meetings 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 treasurer of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship will serve as cohort treasurer.
Mark Kneasel, 30 Palm Lane, Lebanon, PA 17042 (717) 274-9158































VIP PROPOSAL COMPONENTS
ANE Missional Studies Group

I) Cohort Personnel (Newly formed group)

Tim Doering
547 N. State St Ephrata, PA 17522
Home- 717-721-3960 Work- 717-733-1229 Cell- 717-917-3039
tdoering@ephratabrethren.org

Ephrata Church of the Brethren, Atlantic North East
Ordained in 2004
Experience: 3.5 years of "full time" associate, 2yrs lay (team) ministry
CEU: Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership courses for ordination, COB
church planting conference "the Next Step" (2002), Beeson Institute for
Advanced Church Leadership (Module 9, 2003), Willow Creek Small Groups
conference "Becoming the Church Next Door" (2004), Easum & Bandy Associates
Convergence (2004), New Life Ministries "Renewing the Church, Reclaiming the
Gospel" (2005)
Pastor Of Discipleship Ministries: My role is to facilitate the spiritual
formation for the adults at ECOB, as well as creating opportunities for them
to experience spiritual transformation. I provide oversight for those who
work for similar things among the children and youth of our congregation.
Specifically, I provide: leadership for an emerging small group network, the
primary creative design for an elective adult education program that is
being birthed, the spiritual oversight for our "Promiseland" children's
ministry, administration for our mission focus (various mission initiatives
focused on Honduras), and vision for a Marketplace Ministry that is in early
developmental stages. In addition I provide support for the senior pastor in
occasional visitation, counseling, preaching...


Robert D. Eshelman
20 Lauren Lane - Ephrata, PA 17522
Home - 717-738-0486 Work - 717-733-1229 Cell - 717-203-3934
reshelman@ephratabrethren.org
Ephrata Church of the Brethren, Atlantic N.E.
Education completed: High School - The complete13course Brethren Academy Program. Education will never be complete.
Year Ordination - 2005


Years of Pastoral Experience: Approximately 9 months in my present fulltime position as Minister of Congregational Care & Middle School Ministries and 4.0 years in my part time position as Director of Middle School Ministries. Licensed to the Ministry in June of 2000. Worked as a volunteer middle school youth advisor for the Ephrata Church and the Atlantic N.E. Middle School Advisory board from 1996. -2002. Conferences: "Creating a Safe Place, A Community Response to Family Violence"(2005), "Renewing the Church, Reclaiming the Gospel" (2005) New Windsor, Maryland Ministry Formation (2005)
Presently enrolled in the EXCEL Program at Elizabethtown College to complete my Bachelor Degree in Religious Studies. I am in the final stages of completing the following areas in my Training in Ministry Program (TRIM): Polity and the Church, Brethren Experience, scheduled for September 12-16, and the Work Experience element of this course of study. Member of the newly formed Ephrata Youth Aid Panel with completion of 8-weeks of seminars and course study followed by certification. Completed the 13 courses in the Brethren Academy Program
Minister of Congregational Care/Director of Middle School Ministries: I have a pretty wide range from 10 years old to 99 and everyone in between as a mission field. My ministry comprises of visitation (home and hospital), coordinate the Senior Adult Fellowship Ministry, and Directing the Middle School Ministries our congregation. Direct the weekly out reach ministry Youth Club for children in the 4th through 8th grades. Create opportunities for adults and senior high youth leaders to share their gifts with the community through the Youth Club ministry. Provide support and over see the Sonshine Club out reach children's ministry held on a weekly basis as well. Provide assistance to the senior pastor in preaching, teaching, funerals, weddings, anointing,

Galen R. Hackman
18 Springcrest Drive, Akron, Pa 17501
Home, 717-859-3309; Office, 717-733-1229; Cell, 717-368-4441 **ghackman@ephratabrethren.org <*
*Ephrata Church of the Brethren, *District: Atlantic Northeast
Education: Bachelor of Theology and Master of Arts in Religion
Year Ordained: 1976
Years of Pastoral Experience: 28
Continuing Education Experiences in the last 5 years: (this is at best a
partial listing)
Turn Around Pastors Summit, Easum, Bandy and Associates, December 2000
Sustaining Long Term Pastorates, Alban Institute, October 2000
Ethics in Ministry Relations, ANE District, February 2002
Where is Jesus Going?, Easum, Bandy and Asso. April, 2002
Faith Formation through Liturgy, Word, Music, Art, Drama, ANE Leadership
Event, November 2002
The Character of Leaders, CCN Leadership Series, January 2003
Developing Leaders, CCN Leadership Series, February 2003
Worship Leadership, Billy Graham Association, June 2003Equipping Churches Learning Summit, Eastern Conference, United Methodist
Church, February 2004
Small Groups Conference, Willow Creek Association, September 2004
Global Positioning for the Soul, Easum, Bandy and Asso., March 2004
The Bible and Bioethics, Brethren Village Pastor’s Conference, January 2005
Renewing the Church, Reclaiming the Gospel, New Life Ministries, April, 2005
Worship and the Arts, Willow Creek Association, June 2005
Pastors and Leaders Conference, Compassion Intl., August 2005
Leading Multiple Staff, Alban Institute, October 2005
Brief Description of Ministry Context:
The Ephrata Church of the Brethren is a long-standing congregation which
has roots into the Ephrata Cloister and the early Brethren who have
settled the Conestoga valley. After reaching a peak in attendance of
over 500 in the early 1990’s, the congregation entered a period of
significant decline, hitting a low of 365 or so in worship by the end of
2001. The church had a strong heritage of giving and of volunteer
ministry. On this foundation we have been building a ministry
emphasizing lay leadership, spiritual formation, outreach and singleness
of purpose. The congregation has launched a very effective contemporary
worship service in addition to traditional worship, small group
ministry, several support/recovery groups and expanded children’s
ministries resulting in increased attendance and support. As of August
2005, attendance is averaging 450 and income has increased each year.
Additionally, we have seen scores of people rise up to take on
leadership roles in the church.
The town of Ephrata lies in the northern section of Lancaster County,
PA. As such it lies in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country where
Anabaptists have long been present. Ephrata is a town of about 15,000
people in a surrounding community of about 50,000. Population is
increasing and the schools are stable.
*
* *Jay McCumber*
* 105 East Chestnut Street Lebanon, PA 17042
* Home - 717-274-6034 Work - 717-279-5683 Cell - 717-383-1623
* *
* Cornerstone Christian Fellowship, Atlantic NorthEast
*
Education Completed: Bachelor of Theology from Applachian Bible College (May
1999)
*Ordained by Vincent Baptist Church, January 2000
Ordination approved and accepted by Church of the Brethren in June 2004
Years of Pastoral Experience
Youth Pastor, Hope Church St Louis, Missouri, November 1999-August 2004
Oversaw and administrated the student ministries of Hope Church.
Oversaw paid and unpaid staff of fourteen. Led and trained students in various
ministry
settings: weekly student meetings, mission trips, retreats, camps, etc.Senior Pastor
Cornerstone Christian Fellowship Lebanon, Pennsylvania, September 2004 - present
Approaching one year in senior pastor ministry. Oversee church
leadership, paid and unpaid. Set vision and goals for church, administer pastoral
care, teach regularly, network with local pastors for community ministry vision.
Continuing Education
March 2000 - Youth Specialties YouthWorker Conference
September 2000 - Ministering to Postmoderns
Two Day Training Seminar at Covenant Seminary
May 2001 - Youth Specialties YouthWorker
February 2002 - Willow Creek Community Church, Youth Minister's Conference
January 2004 - Intimate Allies Marriage Counseling Training Seminar, Two Day Training Seminar - Mars Hill Graduate School
Currently enrolled in the Brethren Academy Program taking Church of the Brethren Polity and Practice
Senior Pastor at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship:
My ministry context is in the middle of the city of Lebanon, a town of about
35,000 people. I lead the ministry leadership endeavors of Cornerstone to
equip the people of our church to reach Lebanon with the message of Christ.
I meet twice a month with a leadership team of seven elders, and together we
determine the vision, goals and programs of ministry to accomplish the task
of equipping our people well. I also oversee three other staff positions,
one full-time and two part-time. I provide pastoral care and am a part of
the executive team of the Lebanon Valley Ministry Network - a group of
ministry organizations that meet together regularly for prayer and community
networking in ministry. I teach weekly in our main service and oversee the
leadership of our small group programs, as well as other general pastoral
care.
**David Ulm*
* 2099 Mt. Zion Road, Lebanon, PA 17046
* Home - (717) 933-5077 Office - (717) 933-4926 Cell - (717) 222-0050
* Mt. Zion Road C.O.B., Atlantic Northeast District
*
* Bachelors Degree plus seminary work to satisfy District requirements for ordination
* Ordained July 31, 2005
*
* Pastoral experience - 7 _ years at Mt. Zion Road COB
*
* Continuing Education experiences in last five years
* Regular course work at Evangelical School of Theology in MAR program
*COB Polity & Practice and COB History, Life & Thought classes at Susquehanna Valley Satellite
*Various Seminars including Easum Bandy Convergence, Brethren Ministers Association pre & post conference meetings, denominational ethics training, Promise Keepers Pastors Seminar
*
*Head pastor of the Mt. Zion Road COB with part-time (10-12 hours weekly) associate. This church is a long-established congregation meeting in some form since 1860. This is a rural congregation which grew from an average attendance of 88 in 1996 to 128 in 2002, and has plateaued in the mid 120's since that time. Active membership has continued to grow to present high of 161. The congregation is in the midst of a building program to add a multipurpose building to facilitate ministry to the community.
**
* *David Weiss*
589 Stone Rd., Mohrsville, PA 19541
Home: 610-926-0488 Office: 610-562-9757 Church: 610-929-5212 Cell Phone: 610-451-4513
angelprty1@aol.com

*New Creation Fellowship, Reading, PA, Atlantic Northeast
Education Completed: 2003, Year Ordained: 2003
Years of Pastoral Experience: Two as “senior pastor” plus five years in
volunteer youth ministry
A listing of continuing education experiences for the last five years:
Brethren Academy courses to complete ordination training
Bethany Seminary Church Planting Course Spring 2002
Ashland Seminary Church Planting Course and Assessment- Summer 2004
Numerous one day workshops and courses, in ethics, ministry skills,
spiritual formation, etc.

*Ministry Context of Dave Weiss
After five years of volunteer youth ministry, I felt the call to plant
a new church, so with the blessing of the congregation and the
district, a core group of seven people began New Creation Fellowship in
September of 2002. The church was designed from its inception to be a
missional community of faith, attempting to fulfill both aspects of the
Great Commission (going AND making disciples). We have had some
success (especially in the latter) but the pressures of bivocational
ministry and a syndrome that I refer to as the “overcommitted
committed” i.e. people with missional hearts and extremely busy
schedules. We are surrounded by a community that (in a lot of cases)
has everything but Christ. My goal in this research project is to learn
more about how to take what is in my heart and the hearts of my
congregation as well as our God given gifts and abilities and place
them into action to the glory of God.
What also may be important to this project is that I have been
involved in the graphics/communications field most of my life and I
have a passion for using the visual arts in preaching, teaching and
reaching. I have put this to work in my ministry almost from the
beginning and create resources and teach seminars in the field of using
the visual arts in ministry. http://www.radicallyreal.com/amok I am
also convinced that music can be a powerful tool in reaching people
especially youth. As a result of this, I have become a lesson writer
for the Christian music based, youth ministry resource, Interlinc.

Group Dynamics

Galen, Tim and Rob serve together in the Ephrata Church of the Brethren. Tim and Rob would like to express that they do not feel shadowed by Galen’s leadership or position as senior pastor of ECOB. The three of them work closely together within the church structure and have mutual respect for one another. We are in this together pursuing the same goals and objectives; to become missional Christian leaders and lead missional movements within our congregations.*


For the three of us who are not members of the staff at Ephrata Church of the Brethren, we would like you to know that we are not bothered by the fact that Galen, Tim and Rob serve together at ECoB. We value these men as fellow pastors and as others on the journey to missional ministry and are not concerned with their ability to engage effectively with the cohort. We are seeking to become missional leaders, and this will flesh itself out not in the collective workings of the ECoB per se, but as Galen, Tim and Rob change as individual leaders becoming more missional. We value the cohort as the unit that it is and do not see the dynamic of our group being effected negatively by the fact that three of us serve at EcoB.


VIP PROPOSAL COMPONENTS
ANE Missional Studies Group*


J) Group Roles and Norms

Group Roles:
Facilitator Galen Hackman
Treasurer Contact Jay McCumber
Writer/Recorder David Ulm
Technology Needs Dave Weiss
Travel Planner Robert Eshelman
Spiritual Formation Tim Doering


Group Meetings
This group will meet on a monthly basis, starting in January of 2006, for approximately two hours. We will rotate our meeting among our various churches, and other areas in the community. Group members will be expected to keep up to date on the relevant reading, to attend all meetings if possible, and to promote a safe, non-judgmental environment in which to share. If one member cannot be present for a meeting, the meeting will go on and adequate information from the meeting will be passed on via the blog, listserve, or web site. In two or more members cannot be present, the meeting will be rescheduled.

Meeting Outline
Spiritual Formation 20 minutes
Alternating from one month to the next:
Either debriefing on latest reading or Acts Bible study 50 minutes
Visit learning objectives and record progress 15 minutes
Sharing issues & prayers *35* minutes
Total 120 minutes

VIP PROPOSAL COMPONENTS

ANE Missional Studies Group*


K) Recommendations
Letters of recommendation will be attached to the hard copy coming from Galen/Tim at Ephrata* *COB