[menscouncil] Retreat and Circle Liaison Report

[Bob Dinan]

Tom captured the gist of our two Retreat planning meetings. A few other
notes to share:

• What to do about T-shirts?
• Retreat is 25 years old. At some point (in lodges? whole group?), we
should discuss what the retreat should look like going forward:
◦ Should we use the term "retreat"?  The word "Men's"?
◦ Should we change the format? How and why?
◦ Should this be a church-wide activity day? Like community hikes.
◦ Should we stay on campus or go to a different location?
◦ One-day or full weekend?
◦ What has worked well = what do we want to keep? What do we want to drop?
◦ In the past 25 years, which other church initiatives have started up, but
not lasted until today?
◦ Tom's key question: Who are we serving by offering the "retreat" in its
current format?

Also, should we invite board members to join us for dinner? Comp them the
dinner?

1:30 registration
2: in-gathering
2:30-4. Lodge
4-5 Choice time
5:15 Group picture
5:30-6:30 Dinner
After: 2nd lodge
Bonfire

At the retreat: Promote the next Saturday's men's breakfast.

On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 2:13 PM Tom Chettleburgh <tchettleburgh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I will be at the meeting; however, I cannot stay late (past 9:30 AM).
> Here are the Retreat and Circle Liaison Reports--
>
> *Retreat*:  The leaders of the retreat committee (Tim Miller, Bob
> Dinan,Tom C, Jim Schaefer, and Casey Jackson) met twice since our last
> meeting and have a theme and schedule.
>
>    - Mixed Bag Cafe (and as Tom loves the slogan, "No shirt, full
>    service")
>    - Saturday, Sept 30th, registration starting at 1:30 PM, retreat
>    starting at 2:00 PM with a short in-gathering, followed by lodge meetings,
>    dinner, free time and a bonfire, weather permitting.
>    - One conflict:  Manish scheduled a Board Retreat the same day from
>    12:00 to 4:00.  This will prevent both members of the board and leadership
>    development team from attending the first two hours of the retreat.
>    - We would like to offer child care costs to those who request it.
>    - Food--we have done Jerusalem Garden in the past.  Other ideas?
>
> *Circle Liaison*:
>
>    - I had 5 men interested in joining circles.  I contacted all five and
>    referred them to the two circles looking for additional members (Jerry's
>    Circle, in person; and #10, zoom only).  Greg Smith and Vinny are meeting
>    with Jerry's Circle.  The other 3 men (Dale Johnson, Ben Kassmussen, and
>    Bruce Gibb) did not respond.
>    - I am thinking of inviting a member from each circle to meet prior to
>    our fall retreat on September 30th.
>
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