+The Ministry Team of our Early Childhood Education Center ministry oversees the functioning of our Preschool Ministry in every way.
 
+Presently it is busy implementing a staff development day for the purposes of professional development, of morale building and of the use of evaluation tools.
 
+It is also addressing continued action needed to comply with our National Lutheran School Association.
 
+It continues to remind us our ECEC is accredited now by the National Lutheran School Association.

+Reaching out with the Gospel is Kingdom work, not church work!
+Individual sharing and interacting is the best Gospel outreach as opposed to church programs
+Prayer for family, friends, neighbors and other contacts is needed in our Gospel outreach
+Bethany Lutheran reaches out to many with the Gospel through SED, the SouthEastern District
+SED is one of 35 Districts in the LCMS, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
+Some websites of Gospel outreach interest include: www.iNeighborhood.org and www.pray4everyhome.org

+The mission is God’s and He invites us to partner with Him!
+The mission is not to develop people for church work!
+The mission is to develop leaders who order their lives around missional purpose!
+These leaders are:
   -genuinely spiritual, in the Word and in prayer;
   -understand the culture;
   -look for impact beyond the walls of the church;
   -seek to be disciple-makers;
   -seek Kingdom growth, not merely increase in numbers;
   -shift from “doing church” to “being church”

+ Move from “church-centric” to “Kingdom-centric”
+ The Kingdom is not a subset of the church; the church=a subset of the Kingdom
+ Church-centric focus can impede the mission of God
+ “Church” is not a noun, but a verb!
+ Church=a who, not a what; not a place or a “vendor in religious things”
+ Step out of church work into Kingdom work; the Kingdom=life!
+ Don’t just go on a mission trip; live a mission trip!
 

+  Bethany’s “Greeter Ministry” focuses on prayer with and for people; prayer before, during and after
    services.
+  The Holy Spirit leads us all to Bethany – members and visitors – everyone!
+  Greeter ministers offer themselves to the Holy Spirit so that He might lead them to the visitors
    as their “divine appointments.”
+  The “divine appointments” are those He has prepared to meet us, and those He has prepared us to
    ministry to.
+   We need 26 more greeter ministers.  We are missing divine appointments right now through
     sheer lack of numbers!
+   There is still one more 30-minute greeter minister orientation session scheduled in November.
     It is on Saturday, November 21 at 10:00 AM. Current and prospective greeter ministers can still
     attend this one if they have not thus far
 

+Greeter ministers serve as Bethany’s face as well as Christ’s ambassadors to visitors.
 
+The Holy Spirit led 258 individual visitors to worship at Bethany thus far in 2015!
 
+81 of those 258 visitors worshipped with us more than once, several do so
 regularly and 8 have joined our fellowship.  For this we praise the Lord!
 
+Studies show that any church will host up to 150% of its average worshipping
  Congregation who come through its doors each year as visitors.
 
+We need 26 more greeter ministers.  We are missing divine appointments right
  now through sheer lack of numbers!
 
+Three 30-minute greeter minister orientation sessions are scheduled in November. 
       They are:
     Friday, November 13 at 6:30 PM
     Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 AM
     Saturday, November 21 at 10:00 AM
     Current and prospective greeter ministers should attend one of these.