Week 4-Attend A Board Meeting, Taylor Shanks-Tuesday Post

1.  I went to God's House Ministries where the closest thing we have to a board meeting is called a leadership meeting, they do not use the system of parliamentary procedure, but it is how the decisions and the direction of the church is reported to those who volunteer and put in time at the church.  We met for a total of two hours. 

2.  The decision making process is more of a voiced consensus that if the pastor suggest something, people follow with a nod of agreement or raise of hands to agree or disagree with the pastor, who is in charge of the direction the church is heading in.  

3. 

•  There are different groups of volunteers who break into groups to brainstorm ideas for the separate ministries within the church. 
  
• there is only one paid pastor on staff at God's House and everyone else is a volunteer staff, which is a unique set up, 
• Pastor Ryan and Katara makes it known how grateful they are to have such a dedicated volunteer staff
• Pastor Ryan and Katara make the executive decisions for the church, but the leadership meetings are there to ensure that others on leadership are in agreement with what they act on and to see if there are additional ideas or disagreements.