North New Zealand Conference

NNZC Executive Committee

Communication to the Executive Committee should be made via Pr Ben Timothy who is the Committee Secretary.

Committee Members 2010 - 2013

Meeting Dates

18 September 2011
16 November 2011
15 February 2012
08 April 2012
30 May 2012
25 July 2012
09 September 2012
14 November 2012

NNZC Executive Committee Report

Posted on Sept 27, 2011

Following the Wellington Regional Sabbath the Conference Executive Committee had the privilege to meet at the Wellington School on Sunday 18 September. These are highlights of key discussions and decisions made at that meeting.

Strategic Plan

The intent of the draft strategic plan was endorsed. It was passed on to the Conference management team for clarifying measurable dates and numbers. When editing of the plan is completed it will be referred back to the Executive Committee by early October before being published.

Tui Ridge Park

Mr Royce McMurtrie (TRP Manager) and Mr Jon Marshall (TRP Board Chair) presented a report and recommendation to the committee concerning the future strategic direction of Tui Ridge Park.

The Committee approved the recommended vision, mission and values statements from the TRP Board as follows.

Vision
"Creating experiences that reveal the character of God."

Mission
Our mission is to operate Tui Ridge Park with excellence and sustainability in order that we are able to:

1. Build leaders — through the development and delivery of leadership/mentoring programs for schools, the church, and the wider community.
2. Grow Churches — by partnering with NNZC. NZPUC, local churches and church groups to develop and run programs, retreats and camps with a focus on resourcing and training for discipleship.
3. Serve Communities - by responding to specific community needs.

Values
Everything we do must be done to an agreed level of high performance. Our core values will act as a benchmark against which our decisions and actions can be measured.

We value:

1. Quality - Standards of excellence to be set and adhered to
2. Service - Guests receive S.H.I.N.E. experience. The ‘SHINE' program was developed by the TRP staff and relates to the service experience of our guests.
         Spiritual connection
         Hauora — WeIl—being
         Inspiring transformation
         Nurturing relationships
         Excellence in all
3. Compliance - Compliance, legal and Health &. Safety requirements are mandatory.

The Executive Committee also resolved that TRP align its business with that strategic direction through, but not limited to:

a. Supporting the NNZC in achieving its objectives of
      1. Building leaders
      2. Growing Churches
      3. Serving Communities
b. Refining and developing themed schools programs
c. Investigating new “community focused” programs
d. Ensuring TRP maximizes returns on its existing assets while continuing to achieve its objectives
e. Development of a Leadership Studio concept.

Because of serious health and safety concerns the Committee also approved funding from the Conference’s asset reserves to repair and upgrade the Tui Ridge dormitories.

Tithe

Tithe received up to 31 July 2011 was $178,000 better than budget projections.

Disclosure of Executive Committee Members Contact Information

The Committee discussed a request for the release of personal contact information of individual Executive Committee members and decided not to release this information because it would rather have any approaches or questions directed to the Committee as a whole. The names of Executive Committee members are listed on the Conference website.

Communication to the Executive Committee should be made via Pr Ben Timothy who is the Committee Secretary.

- Ben Timothy, Administrative Pastor, NNZC

NNZC Executive Committee Report

Posted on Sept 05, 2011

Strategic Plan 2011-2016

During June and July this year a series of Town Hall meetings were held throughout the Conference. The purpose of the meetings was to obtain feedback from churches and members about the strategic direction of our Conference for the next five years. Strategic options out-lined by the Executive Committee included Church Member Engagement, Local Church Leadership, Communication, Alignment (Unity), Governance, Growth, Community Engagement and Institute Management.

The strategic plan for the next five years will now be drawn up focusing on Local Church Leadership, Growth, and Community Engagement as the top three priorities determined by the Town Hall meetings. ...read more

Tithe

Unreported tithe up to the end of June was estimated at $263,260 however including this estimation tithe receipts are in line with the budget of $4.6 million to 30 June 2011. ...read more

Conference Property at 743 Great South Rd, Wiri, Auckland

Bethesda Care, Bethesda Retirement Village, the Adventist Book Centre and the Conference Office are all located at this address. In order to make the best use of this land the Committee is to obtain information on the possible returns for future use of the property including its vacant western section. Consideration will be given to investment in an expansion of Bethesda Care and the development of office space.

Letter from Ilam Church, Christchurch

On 7 March 2011 the Executive Committee approved a grant of $20,000 from our Conference Development fund to be given to the South NZ Conference to be used at its discretion towards earthquake recovery. The special offering for Christchurch collected on 30 April 2011 amounted to $21,536. The Committee received a letter from Ilam Church thanking the North New Zealand Conference for financial assistance following the Christchurch earthquakes. This followed earlier communications of appreciation from South NZ Conference for money donated from North NZ Conference to assist the South NZ Conference and our sister churches in Christchurch.

- Pr, Ben Timothy, Administrative Pastor, NNZC
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