Good Shepherd's Endowment Committee has prepared a Legacy Fund brochure. The committee has provided the Enduring Gifts Committee with $1,000, which provides the six ministries of Good Shepherd the opportunity to write grants, sharing how that money would be spent if that ministry would receive the money requested. Those six ministries are: Fine Arts and Worship, Facilities and Equipment, Multi-Campus Ministries, Family Life Ministries, Discipleship, and Evangelism & Mission.

The Enduring Gifts Committee awarded its first grant to purchase a laptop computer to be shared jointly between the Congregational Care team and the Education department. This computer will be used for Discipleship Workshops, programs and The Academy for Young Leaders. Plans for 2010 include providing another $1,000 to the Enduring Gifts Committee and arranging for another wills and estate seminar to be held this fall.

The Goals of the committee are to ensure a safe environment at the Church and in members' daily lives. We strive to prevent accidents and injuries via inspections, recommendations to the board, training (CPR, etc), and education. We respond to emergencies during low and high occupancy times, with appropriate equipment.

Areas of focus are: Building security, criminal activity on and around church property, medical emergencies, fire prevention, rapid response and safe evacuation, weather emergencies which threaten the safety of those in church buildings, biological spills, traffic flow within buildings and property. Our next meeting is Thursday, September 30, at 4 p.m.