Quarterly Agenda
January 29, 2015
9 a.m. Welcome – Mason
Introduce new folks
9:05 a.m. Worship – Huber
9:20 a.m. Devotion – Jonathan Rainey, FCA
Mason will introduce
10 a.m. Small Group Discussion
10:20 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. 45 Minutes of Business… Isn’t it usually, 90? Yes…doing it in half the time
Quarterly – We are meeting more this year because of number new ADs
Student Staff Report (2 mins) – Heather
Wenatchee Century Bike Ride – Lily
Best Christian Workplaces Survey – Marshall
Strategic Planning – Mason & Cindy
18 Areas this summer
Concerns going in.
Must invite right people.
Lead by the right person…probably not by the Area Director
Planning in well advance.
“Champions” identified before the meeting.
Desired outcomes
Core values.
SWOT Analysis.
Three to Five Initiatives.
Champions per initiative.
Champions meet at schedule times (monthly?) with Area Director.
Reporting document – Rob
Regional Week of Prayer – March 21-28
Any questions? Everyone have the vision?
DISCUSSION – What has worked well?
Prayer Breakfast – Thursday, March 27 at Bellevue Westin
Alec Hill, President of Intervarsity USA
Schedule
7:30 a.m. Prayer Breakfast
8:45 a.m. Breakfast program ends – people can opt to leave
9 a.m. Optional Seminar 1
9:40 a.m. Optional Seminar 2
Optional seminars focus on faith in the workplace
10:30 a.m. Worship
11 a.m. Alec Hill
12 p.m. Done
Great Wolf 2015
Saturday 838 attended and 712 on Sunday
22% response rate to survey. Nice work. Last year was 15%
83% of respondents were volunteers – Only 32 staff completed survey
44% of attendants were “Working, Post-College (Professional)
56% of attendants have served three years or less
50% of the respondents were at Great Wolf 14
Overall rating of event on scale of 1 to 5 – 3.87 (last year 4.18)
Other ratings on a scale of 1 to 4 (lower score better)
SeaGuys, Program – 1.49
Mason, Speaker – 1.50
Saturday Lunch – 1.62
Fellowship with Your Area’s Leaders – 1.68
Seminars – 1.70
General Sessions – 1.73
Sunday Brunch – 1.70
Communication Prior to Great Wolf – 1.80
Committee Track – 1.87
We Are Not Strangers – 1.80
Great Wolf in General – 1.92
Worship Band – 2.00
Great Wolf Waterpark – 2.04
Dance through the Ages – 2.08
Fellowship with Other Areas and Leaders – 2.36
Great Wolf Room Registration process – 2.59
Value Rating – 3.98 (last year 4.22)
Seminars (Except Committee Track)
Top Three Ratings
Ministry in Underresourced Communities
Young Life 101
Giving a Young Life Club Talk
What do you want to do next year?
Evaluation – 1 to 5. 1 is “Hate” and 5 is “Love”
Weekend leadership camp at a Young Life property – 3.84
Take over a hotel in Seattle, Tacoma or Bellevue – 3.65
Go Back to Ocean Shores – 3.59
Find a local camp for a weekend – 3.35
Return to Great Wolf – 3.31
Camping Business
Malibu Pastor’s Camp Decision – Mason
Feedback from staff? Cost? Did you ask?
Spouses?
Buttercreek Lodge – Mason
Discipleship Camps
Creekside Discipleship – Ernie or Kristy
Malibu Discipleship – Marshall and Megan
Work Crew
Stats/Facts
We received 91% of what we actually used last year
Spots are down considerably – Used 125 and got 114
Get spots through ATeam spots
Must use spots given
Distribute spots and kids fall through. That’s a bummer.
Don’t take spots if kid is wishy-washy
Work Crew “PreUnion” – Hartsoch, Jesse Niebruegge, Friesen
Vision
Adult Camping
Adult Guest Host Spots
June 13-17: Creekside Week 1 – Rob Seims
July 8-12: Creekside Week 6 – Mason Rutledge
Aug 31-Aug 6: Malibu Week 9 – Ross Stewart
Aug 12-18: Malibu Week 11 – Katie Tormey
Aug 17-21: Creekside Week 14 – Peter Wong, Regional Board
What is your plan for getting adults to camp this summer?
Discussion – What are you doing?
Exposure to Young Life property makes an impact
Men’s Malibu – May 14-17
11:35 a.m. Young Life Access Training – Ryan
11:55 a.m. Ryan Ninnis – Ross
Phil 2.29, when someone has led well give them appropriate honor
“We hold you in high regard. Way to go.” And then clap like crazy
12 p.m. Break
12:15 p.m. Bison Creek Pizza
1:30 p.m. Regional Listening Day – Mason
Opening Prayer – Listening/Centering
Video from Denny
Stats from the start of RWOK – Mission and Region
Clubs Avg Kids Leaders Kids Impacted Campers Funds
FY14 220 6,591 1,980 51,578 5,525 $8.192m
FY13 193 6,851 1,581 46,904 5,156 $7.762m
FY12 203 6,217 1,421 43,256 4,701 $7.863m
FY11 198 6,253 1,114 51,924 4,358 $7.186m
FY10 189 5,562 1,051 47,602 4,210 $6.753m
Four Key Questions
As you look back at your ministry since we began Reaching a World of Kids, where have you seen the Lord show up?
What have we learned as a staff and as a mission through RWOK?
In order to reach more kids, what would you do? Need?
What would you do to make Young Life healthier and stronger in the next five years?
Time of Prayer
3:25 p.m. On-Time Award
3:25 p.m. Doxology