OTTAWA ALPHA PROMOTION COMMITTEE MEETING

Febriary 4, 2006, 61 Highmont Court, Kanata, ON., K2T 1B2

MINUTES

Attenders:                                                                              Apologies:

Ethel Mahoney, Advisor                         599-5975                Ginger Cochran                      256-9647

Monique Stone                                       489-2265                 Keith Preston                          692-1103

Tony Copple, Advisor                           591-3903

Opening prayer  - Tony

Minutes of  April 9, 05 meeting: http://alpha.ncf.ca/oapc17.html Agreed.  Proposed MS, seconded EM, carried. Please note that minutes are posted on the web, accessible from the contacts, resources and minutes page of the Alpha Ottawa site.  

Planning for the Ottawa Alpha Equip & Refresh Conference, 8,9 September, 2006

Venue  Tony announced that both The Met and St. George’s Anglican on Metcalfe had offered to host the conference.  We discussed the pros and cons and decided on St. George’s.   Pastor is Rev David Crawley, secretary is Marcia McLelland, 235-1636.  St. George’s was the first church in Ottawa to run Alpha.

Responsibilities   We elected Ethel Mahoney as Chair of this conference, and logistics organizer.

   Monique Stone:  M/C, Event planning consultant

                                Laurie-ann Copple:  Prayer team coordinator and Ministry team leader.

                                Keith Preston:  Treasurer

                                Ginger Cochran:   Testimonies, and publicity in the Almonte, Arnprior, Ottawa Valley

Areas (tbc).

Speakers   We have enough local talent for most of the speaking, but we will ask Alpha Canada to appoint one key speaker to be parachuted in.  (Action Tony).   This should help keep costs down.  We will select speakers for both Track 1 and Track 2 presentations and for seminars.  It is possible that Alpha Canada may require us to make use of more of their resources than this…

Worship team Dan Thiessen was suggested as our music leader and I am glad to report that subsequent to our meeting he has agreed to fulfill this role with his musician friends. His tel no is 828-8685. I have connected him with Dave Leibold, St George’s PA technician.

Catering   Action: Tony to find out who St. George’s uses for their events.

Other tasks unassigned

      Volunteer coordination.  Tony will e-mail local leaders to see if any are keen to volunteer.

      Organizing the Pastors’ lunch

      Registration

      Greeters, ushers

      Grouping

Initial suggestions for seminars

      Prison;                                                                                             Dave

      Workplace / Alpha Express;                                                        Mario?

      Alpha Weekends;   

      The little touches that make a difference to your Alpha Course Tony

      Alpha for Catholics                                                                       Ethel

      Global Alpha                                                                                   Monique

      The Pastor’s Role in Alpha                                                          Neil Stephens ?

              (with memories of the first Canadian conference at TACF)

      Youth Alpha

The format as designed by Alpha Canada

We have received a document called “Equip and Refresh – the One Day Alpha Conference Planner”  This includes templates both for a one day event and an evening plus one day, which is our format.

Impact the Nation events

Monique will be scheduling three events in the Ottawa area in ab April / May timeframe.  In addition to their fundraising roles, these can solicit volunteer help for the September conference.  The first planning meeting for these events will be held at 7pm Thursday 23 February at Holy Redeemer church, Rothsay Rd, Kanata. 

Study

Please will all involved read and internalize the manual for the Equip and Refresh conference. 

Next Conference planning meeting

Will be held at 61 Highmont Crt, Sat 4 March, 9am. 

Alpha Advisors Pit Stop, March 10,11, Braeside Camp, Paris, 2005

Tony and Laurie-Ann Copple, and Capt Mario Gaulin  will attend this as Ottawa advisors.  Monique Stone will attend as coordinator of Impact The Nation events for Ontario.

Closing  prayer  - All of us

Minutes written by

Tony Copple, 13 February 2006

Alpha Ottawa