February Meeting

Hi Everyone!

Our third monthly steering committee meeting was held on February 12th, 2007. There were six people in attendance although only three of us were actual steering committee members. We do have 3-4 possible new members. At present we have five steering committee members.

Old business was discussed.

We discussed some possibilities for a logo for The Refuge. One rough draft has already been submitted.

We prayed for everyone's health, because some of us have been sick. We also prayed for new members and for help with time management; so we can get the things done that need to be done. We specifically asked for a lawyer and some business people to help with specific tasks.

I told everyone I have started a blog site. As soon as we have a logo I will replace my picture on the blog with the logo.

God bless you all until next time.

In Him,

Collene Myers

January Steering Committee Meeting

We had our second meeting on January 29. We added one more member and one more possible member. We elected a secretary who will take minutes; so we can keep up with what we do from meeting to meeting. Then we elected a vice- chairman of the committee to assist me and in case I can't be there for some reason.

We are still looking for more members, specifically for a lawyer and someone to help with grant writing. Some of the members feel they may know some that will help.

We discussed some possible properties and locations for the center.

The most important thing we did was pray. In addition to praying for progress on the center and for God to provide needed funds and supplies, we also prayed for my health ( I've been pretty sick this month.), and my mom's up coming surgery. I hope you will be in prayer about those things as well.

We decided to have regular meetings on the second Monday of the month; so the next meeting is scheduled on February 12th.

I'll keep you posted!

Christmas News Letter- First Steering Committee Meeting... 2006, December

Hello Everyone and a very Merry Christmas!

I hope this finds all of you doing well. I t has been a while since I wrote last; so I wanted to let you know I am still alive and working on getting a Crisis pregnancy center going in Pleasanton.

I had my first scheduled steering committee meeting this month. We will be meeting monthly after this. I’m sad to say only three of the seven people I was expecting turned up.

Of course we spent part of our time in prayer, which is one of the most important reasons for our meeting.

We accomplish a few things. Keith, who is a tax expert and one of two men on our steering committee, is going to review papers for getting our non-profit status in the works. He will also be giving me information on someone who might help us with some grant writing. Someone else is also going to try to get us some more up to date statistics concerning the local counties. We set a target date for opening the center on December 2007.

We will be meeting monthly unless special business brings us together on additional nights. Everyone on the committee also has a full time job and other duties; so I don’t want to over burden them with too many meetings.

Next time you here from me you will probably be getting a blog site you can go to. I am trying to get one set up; so you can go to it to see what we are doing at your own convenience.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all of you!!

In Him,
Collene Myers
Labels: 2006, December