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RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD
• Leadership: Formation of broad policy for the organization
• Management: Day to Day operations, assure that functioning within the policies established by the governance
GOVERNING DOCUMENTS
• Bylaws/policies and procedures• 501c3 (IRS non profit status)• State statutes or Organization
(Incorporation)• Rules of Operation • Upper Room Covenant
Emmaus/Chrysalis • Yearly signed by all board members
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
• Elected by the Community for3 year terms
• 15 members in 3 classes of 5 + CSD
• Officers elected yearly by the board• CSD, CLD, Secretary & Treasurer
• Clergy as board members• All members serve as a committee
chairperson (management)
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
Standing Committees:In the 4th day & Weekend
• Facility, Set-up & Agape - community and global
• Literature & Supplies• Music & Entertainment• Team Selection• Chrysalis• Tear down
ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD
Standing Committees:In the Weekend
• Registrar• Sponsor’s Hour• Candlelight• Transportation• Logistics• Kitchen
ADDITIONAL BOARD FUNCTIONS
• Annual Board Training / Retreat• Weekend Orientation Meeting • Annual Community Trainings
• Sponsorship Training (monthly or quarterly)
• Nominating Committee (ad hoc/special)
• Review Bylaws (ad hoc) every 5 years
LIFE TOGETHER AS A BOARD
• Be informed - UR Handbook, Bylaws, Community
• Participate in UR Regional Leadership Development
• Attend board meetings - expectation
• Participate in discussion • Support Decisions• Be loyal• Honor confidentiality• Delegate day to day management
ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE BOARD
• First to God• The Upper Room International
Emmaus/Chrysalis Office• Local Emmaus/Chrysalis
Community• IRS - Not for profit status• State government granting
incorporation• Benefactors
COVENANT• Covenant between Upper Room
Emmaus /Chrysalis and local Emmaus/Chrysalis communities.
• A Covenant is:• God’s promises to people in the
Old and New Testaments• A binding agreement made by two or
more parties (marriage); a contract.• A solemn agreement or vow made by
members of a church (or faith community) to defend its faith or doctrine.
• Covenantee URE/C; Covenantor The local community
• Permission to operate• Governing body elected by community (Item #1)
• Observe Three Phase method of Emmaus/Chrysalis (Item #2)
Interpretation vested only in UR staff“Conducting walks using locally written and/or paraphrased or written materials from other organizations is prohibited”• Separate three-day events for male and female in Chrysalis and Emmaus (Item #2b)
• Interdenominational, Interracial, International, Intergenerational (Item #3)
COVENANT
• Translation or printing of materials requires written approval (Item #4)
• Regular communication with UR, churches, and denominational leaders (Item #5)
• Yearly financial review (Item #6)• Maintain proper sponsorship (Item #7)
Sponsoring pilgrims/caterpillars who are actively participating in a local church
COVENANT
• Support the sanctity of marriage, equal commitment (Item #8 Emmaus)
• Support the International movements - $13.00 per pilgrim (Item #9 Emmaus) $10.00 per caterpillar (Item #8 Chrysalis)• Ongoing Training
(Item #10,2c Emmaus, #9 Chrysalis)• International Emmaus Office makes available guidance, consultation, materials, direction for new communities - through the Regional Leaders and Staff (#11Emmaus, #10 Chrysalis
COVENANT
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS• Integrity - Honor Covenants• Protect copyright (agape, music, UR
materials)• Committees of the Board• UR Website: www.upperroom.org
Community finder
Newsletter
Current news flashes
Outreach opportunities
International communities news
Clergy requirements
Online Devotions
International Director Article
Weekend Walks & Flights
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
• Emmaus/Chrysalis BoardroomCommunity records
Update Board officers and contact info
Add walk/flight/journey dates
• Family members serving together?
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
InsuranceLiability and D & O
• Fire & theft if community owns propertyProtection of pilgrims/caterpillars & team
• Sexual Harassment Policy • Child Protection / Safe sanctuary policy• Background checks • Local medical procedures• Security policy
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
• Privacy Issues:Mailing lists
Community website
“HIPPA” law and prayer requests • Team Service as a board member???• Maintain Clergy Qualification Info &
Availability• Emergency policies and procedures
“I don’t want to wear unpopularity as a badge of
courage but sometimes it is the cost of leadership and the
price of conviction.”Tony Blair
Tony Blair, March 2003
LEADERSHIP
“He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”
Isaiah 53:3
LEADERSHIP
Vision:Fourth Day Leaders Embodying
Christ
Mission:Empowering Leaders through
Emmaus ands Chrysalis to be the Hands and Feet of Christ