Adult Discipleship Contact People

As you know, we are doing a re-structuring of the staff, especially as it relates to the area of discipleship and missions.  Much of this will be implemented beginning in February.  In the meantime, some have asked who is responsible for what.  Below is a list of the contact people that will be responsible for the various areas in adult discipleship provisionally (at least until the end of January):

(There is a legend at the bottom of this post in case you are not familiar with the program names, etc.)

Ministry Support (in relation to adult discipleship):

• Katrina Menchaca (katrina@calvarymcallen.org): ministry assistant for all ABFs, EQUIP courses and Women's ministry in English
• Alma Escobar (alma@calvarymcallen.org): ministry assistant for all ICC, EE* and WIT en Español
• Marco Murillo (marcomurillo7@hotmail.com): ICC coordinator (reports to Pastor Rolando)
• Rosa Emma Rodriguez (rosaemma2501@hotmail.com): WIT en Español coordinator (reports to Pastor Rolando)
• James McGinnis (james@calvarymcallen.org): food services

Pastoral Leadership (in relation to adult discipleship):

• Julio Guarneri (julio@calvarymcallen.org): contact pastor for all ABFs and membership database
• Rolando Aguirre (rolando@calvarymcallen.org): coordinating pastor for all EQUIP and EE* (ICC and WIT en español coordinators report to him)
• Susan Sosebee (susan@calvarymcallen.org): contact pastor for Women's Ministry in English

*Sonya Hernandez does much of the clerical work for EE

Please note that this is not the permanent arrangement but a transition plan for now.

Legend:

• ABF = Adult Bible Fellowships and Grupos de Conexión.  These groups normally meet on Sunday mornings in one of the classrooms on campus (although there are a couple of exceptions)
• EQUIP = These are the courses offered on Wednesday night in English to equip leaders and members.
• Women's Ministry in English = These include courses for women offered on either Wednesday morning or evening, the monthly Feature luncheon, women's conferences, etc.
• ICC = "Instituto de Capacitación Calvary" are the courses offered on Wednesday night in Spanish to equip leaders and members.
• EE = "Evangelismo Explosivo" is a segment of the ICC which focuses on personal evangelism training and discipleship.  It is offered in Spanish on Tuesday nights.
• WIT en Español = These include courses for women offered on either Wednesday morning or evening, women's conferences, etc.

We hope this is helpful to you.  Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns you might have.

Please note that this is not the permanent arrangement but a transition plan for now.

Deacon Election Results

          Our deacon election was held today in form of secret ballot.  There were 230 ballots cast.  Seven ballots were voided because they had "yes" and "no" marked for the same candidate.  All candidates received an overwhelming majority of "yes."  So we congratulate each of them as they come to be a part of our active deacon body January 1st.

          Thank you to Tony Worley, Warren Reed and Bob Canterbury for doing the ballot count this afternoon.

Deacon Election Time

          It's the time of the year to elect deacons who will rotate into the active deacon body in 2013!

          Our church is blessed to have men who serve as deacons.  The active deacon body at Calvary consists of men who are elected by the church to serve for a three-year term.  This group of deacons meets regularly to talk about church needs and discuss how they can support the ministry of the church.  They also have an assigned church member who may be elderly or homebound for ministry purposes.  Deacons respond to various needs of the church individually and as a team.  This Sunday (December 16) our church will be voting for those who will join the team in January 2013.  The men that have been nominated are Gene Callaway, Hugo Gonzalez, Juan Gonzalez, Paul Monie, Jesus Salazar and Marno Sienes.  You can see the photographs and their brief bio sketches by clicking below:

Deacon Photos and Bios (English)

Fotos y Datos de Diáconos (Español)

          These men were recommended by the congregation and then interviewed by the Deacon Screening and Nominating Committee.  Each of them was found to meet the spiritual qualifications of 1 Timothy 3:8-13 and to be a committed Calvary member.  Our congregation will have an opportunity to vote on each of these by secret ballot this Sunday, December 16 before or after each worship service.  There will be a ballot box in the worship center foyer and another in the plaza area where members can cast their ballots.  Calvary members have the privilege of casting their ballot on Sunday morning as they go or come from worship or Bible Fellowship.  (Ballot casting will begin at 9:15 AM and will end at 2:30 PM).  A member of Calvary is one who has joined the church by either baptism, transfer of membership from another Baptist church or statement of profession of faith and believer’s baptism.  Please pray for this process and for each of these men.

          You may download a ballot and print it to bring with you on Sunday from this blog or from our church web page:

Downloadable Ballot

or

http://www.calvarymcallen.org/?i=14603&mid=7

          Hard copies of ballots will be available on Sunday morning by the ballot boxes also.

          We are grateful to the Deacon Screening and Nominating Committee:  Warren Reed (chairman), Brent McBain, Richard Vaughan, Ignacio Negrete, Betty Flores, David McDaniel, Mark Southwell, Jesus Salazar and Diane Thalman for their hard work, and for the support and participation of Mario Samaniego.