Levels of Involvement

1. Local Church Representative

  • act as liaison between the Global Outreach LT and your church
  • pass on Global Outreach LT information to your church
  • bring ideas and news of your church's missions and outreach projects to the Global Outreach LT
  • attend an annual meeting with other church representatives
  • optionally attend any of the general and working group meetings

2. Member of one of the Global Outreach LT working groups

  • attend all general meetings and your working group meetings
  • contribute to the goals of your working group
  • keep your own church in the loop on what the Global Outreach LT is working on

3. Leader of one of the Global Outreach LT working groups

  • attend all general meetings and your working group meetings

Meetings

1. Global Outreach Leadership Team General Meetings

WHO:

  • Need to be there: Global Outreach Leadership Team Leader, Working Group Leaders
  • Optional: Working Group members, Local Church Representatives

FREQUENCY:

  • Every two months

PURPOSE:

  • To check in with the working group's progress, make decisions based on their recommendations
  • Review mandate and goals of the group: are we making progress?
  • Receive Updates from the Executive Leadership Team, US Global Ministries LT

2. Working Group Meetings

WHO:

  • Need to be there: Working Group Leaders, Working Group Members
  • Optional: Global Outreach Team Leader, Local Church Representatives

FREQUENCY:

  • Frequency to be determined by the working group

PURPOSE:

  • Plan and execute projects and tasks to accomplish the goals of the Working Group (focus area)
  • Prepare to report back at the General Meetings

3. Annual Church Representatives Forum

WHO:

  • Need to be there: Working Group Leaders, Working Group Members, Global Outreach Team Leader, Local Church Representatives
  • Optional: anyone from the conference

FREQUENCY:

  • Annual

PURPOSE:

  • Listen to feedback from local church representatives
  • Provide useful information to local church representatives
  • Optionally this may be extended to welcome everyone from the conference (i.e. A Missions Day, etc.)