1. Seven Meetings held throughout ABCOPAD from October-December, 2010

2.  FBC, Meadville  FBC, Greensburg  United Baptist Church, Scranton  FBC, Mansfield  West Shore Baptist, Camp Hill  Calvary Baptist Church, Newark, DE  The Baptist Church of Phoenixville

3.  The precipitous drop in United Mission giving in our region has been staggering. While we are not alone in the trend, it’s impact on our ministry is profound. (from 1999 to 2010 we have seen a decrease in United Mission Basic support of $555,000 over the period)  UM has served as the major source for funding regional ministry.  A significant shift in support to Targeted Giving in recent years, especially in response to the development of Missionary Partnership Teams.  The chart to the right indicates the significant increase over just one year.

12.  The rising costs of healthcare and other fixed costs have forced the churches of the region to make some hard choices, and often the place that they find they can make a ‘cut’ to help balance their budget is in the area of mission support…  To compensate for these changes, we were one of the earliest regions to institute a Regional Offering (called Partners in Ministry ), and while this has been very successful –it is up 50% over last year’s levels (anticipated to total about $140,000) by the end of this calendar year, it doesn’t begin to offset the % loss in United Mission.

13.  To help offset the decrease in mission support in recent years, and in order to maintain the same level of regional ministry, our regional board authorized the use of not only interest from our endowment, but also principal….the cupboard is now ‘bare’  And so, some hard choices were needed…

14. The Board called for the formation of The Realignment Task Force  Mary Lewis—representing the Southwest Area  Dan MacDonald— representing the Southeast Area  Tim Spring—representing the Pittsburgh Baptist Association  Sue Fitzgerald-- representing the Central Area  Margie McCarty— representing the Northeast Area  Kate Preston—representing the Northwest Area  Frank Frischkorn—Executive Minister, ABCOPAD

15. The Task Force Balanced the focus on three very clear concerns…..  The Financial Challenges before us…  The Relationships that we value with one another as staff, churches, pastoral leaders and our wider regional family….  The call of God to our regional vision…

21.  Refugee Resettlement Ministry Team  Adoption Care Ministries…  Youth Ministry Leadership Team  Church Leadership Institute Ministry Team

24.  The work of Ministry Team partnerships will also be mirrored in the enlistment of Adjunct Staff—lay and clergy leaders raised up to serve in three key roles of leadership.

25.  Retired Pastors or gifted laypeople who were a part of search committees themselves..  Working with Regional Pastors to help staff the work of Pastoral Search Committees (Regional Pastors will attend first meeting of the Search Committee to help build relationships, and will then be available to the Consultant for questions or concerns)  Trained for the task and receiving a stipend for their work

26.  Retired Pastors or gifted laypeople who have gifts for conflict mediation  Trained and coached by gifted consultants to work in Mediation Teams throughout the region.

28. Listening to the Heart and Passion of our Regional Pastors….

32. Grew 400% Stagnant Church Grew 200% Youth Ministry 1000% Dying Grew 200% Grew 300% God’s Power Revealed Excited People Overflowing

34. For Pastors

35. The need for Leadership Training The isolation of church leaders and churches The debilitation of loneliness and feelings of insignificance

36. The dynamic of small group support The benefit of the integration of information The value of plural leadership learning (integration and application) The empowering of the vision for Vital Healthy Pastors and Churches

37. MENTOR PASTORS helping their PEERS… CREATING A COMMON LANGUAGE among the Pastoral Leaders Throughout the Region CREATING A DEEPER FELLOWSHIP CREATING VITAL RELATIONSHIPS CREATING HEALTHIER INDIVIDUALS

38. The Group Facilitator must grant approval for all of the members in his/her group. PARTICIPANTS will make a year-long commitment to study and support each other using materials approved by the ABCOPAD Leadership. SIZE: Number of LLC participant small group is limited to not less than 3 and not more than 6. The Group Facilitator is in addition to the participants.

40. Thank you for helping make Regional Communications Possible Your participation in our prayer ministry and contributions to our web site have been wonderful!

41. We Are Looking Forward To Making Communications Even Better By Using Current Technologies

42. Despite distance we can use technology like webinars and Skype to work with pastors and congregations right from the office.

43. With A new Regional design for ministry, we will be redesigning Notes & News and the Web Site

44. ABCOPAD will continue to assist congregations with Mission Trips. Galveston Texas in 2010

45. Trip To Haiti In 2011

46. We will assist congregations with new ways to do ministry funding. Good Books On Stewardship & Ministry Funding

47. Continuing To Explore New Ministry Resources New Ministry Team On The Web publishing, “Free Estuff” Free ebooks for Kindle and other eReaders, YouTube Video Clips, Audio books and More.

58. Need Youth Ministry Help? Relax – Give me a call! Need Youth Ministry Help? Relax – Give me a call! American Baptist Churches of PA & DE Rev. Eric Kraihanzel Student Ministries Pastor 1224 Maple Street Bethlehem, PA 18018 Phone: 610-410-5871 Cell: 610-462-5714 E-Mail: ejk1970@gmail.com