MILE HIGH CHAPTER
TCN NEWS
May
2015
Volume 12, Issue 9
May Program
May 8, 2015
“Facilities Management”
Presenter: William H Brayden,
President, Brayden Automation
Corporation
How "Peak Demand" Drives Your
Church's Electricity Costs
Inside this issue:
May Program
1
April Recap
2
Leadership
Summit
2
Mile High Future
3
Contact Info
3
Still Some Bits ‘n
Pieces
4
Smile—please
4
William H. Brayden, , President of
Brayden Automation Corporation, will
be defining "demand" and how it is
measured, how churches are billed for
electricity, and how churches can
control energy demand, at the Mile
High Chapter's next meeting on next
Friday morning, May 8. This will be
the last Chapter meeting of the 20142015 program year.
Brayden will be bringing the
experience that he has gained from
working 36 years in the energy
management industry. His primary
focus and specialty lies in "Customer
Peak Demand Management ."
Brayden Automation Corporation
manufactures Energy Sentry Demand
management systems, demand
monitors and EnergyAccess software.
Brayden Automation is headquartered
in Loveland, CO.
Energy costs might not have to
remain "the great unknown" in your
annual budget...You'll never know if
you don't join the Mile High Chapter at
its meeting on May 8!
The Mile High Chapter of The
Church Network™ meets at Bethany
Lutheran Church, Hampden Avenue
and Happy Canyon, in Cherry Hills
Village. Reservations can be made by
contacting Erika Bathke, Hospitality
Chair, 303.451.6895 or
glcserika@msn.com; the deadline for
reservations is Monday, May 4.
Breakfast is served at 8:30 am, and the
program will begin at 9:00.
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Mile High Chapter
April Program Review
April 10, 2015
Presenter: Jeff VanKooten,
Consultant, Center for
Generational Studies
"You are Who You Were
When... "
...Was the title of Jeff
Vankooten's presentation to
those attending the Mile High
Chapter's meeting in April. It
was a fast-paced and
entertaining survey of the five
generations whom we are
currently serving in our churches
and, in some cases, with whom
we are currently working:
"Matures" (born before 1945);
"Boomers" (born between 1946 &
1964); "Xers" (born between 1965
and 1980); "Millenials" (born
between 1981 & 2000); and
"Hypers" (born after 2000).
generational personalities by
looking at the themes that, in his
opinion, best reflect the
respective generations...Matures/
Conflict; Boomers/Control; Xers/
Chaos; Millenials/Change; and
Hypers/Choice. Within these
profiles were suggestions
regarding how one might best
relate to, or communicate with
the generation in question.
Vankooten focused on helping
his audience to understand the
Jeff can be contacted at
youguruyou@gmail.com.
The Global Leadership Summit—Is Happening!
...At a location near you on
August 6-7, 2015...Broadcast live
in HD from Willow Creek's
campus near Chicago to over 375
host sites in North America, local
church leaders can participate at
Elevation Christian Church in
Aurora, Crossroads Church in
Thornton, or Cherry Hills
Community Church in
Highlands Ranch. The Global
Leadership Summit is an
experience designed to help you
improve your leadership skills
and to embrace your grander
vision--"the reason God called
you to lead."
Horst Schultze, Dr. Brené
Brown, LizWiseman and Craig
Groeschel.
For more information about
this event, to learn more about a
faculty member, or to register,
The faculty will include Bill
contact the Willow Creek
Hybels, Sallie Krawcheck, Adam Association at WillowCreek.com/
Grant, Brian Houston, Ed
summit/.
Catmull, Sam Adeyemi, Sheila
Heen, Jim Collins, Albert Tate,
THE RHYTHM OF THE FUTURE
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
GAYLORD OPRYLAND
JULY 13-16, 2015 NASHVILLE, TN
Volume 12, Issue 9
Page 3
Where Do You See the Mile High Chapter in the Next Five
Years?
The Mile High Chapter of The
Church Network (NACBA) has
been a staple in the
administrative/ministry
community in the Denver area
for many, many years. It has
served as a source of information
with timely information,
providing resources for staffing,
ministry management and best
business practices, including
building, technology and
personnel issues. It is staffed by a
board consisting of President,
Vice President, Treasurer and
Secretary, with committee chairs
assisting with newsletter
production, membership
Teri Vasicek, CCA, President,
Newsletter
St Michael the Archangel Catholic
303-690-6797
stmtac@aol.com
management, hospitality,
communication and venue site.
The board, in concert with our
membership, identifies and
recruits some of the nation’s best
speakers and resources to
present our membership with
CEU-worthy programming
during our chapter year. To say
that it is the joy of our current
board is an understatement; we
all love giving back to the chapter
that has provided us with
invaluable education over the
years. We would like to see this
tradition continue.
Our board is currently looking for
people with a passion for our
chapter to take on the current
responsibilities. If you are
contacted, please prayerfully
consider chapter leadership. We
Please ask yourself this question: can’t do this without the support
“Where do I see the Mile High
of our members.
Linda Goodnough, CCA, CEUs
St. Philip Lutheran Church
303.979.4491
LGoodnough@stphilip-co.org
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Vice President
You?
Chapter in the next five years?
Will it be a resource for upcoming
generations of administrative
and ministerial professionals,
who will benefit from its
resources and networking? Is this
a benefit for our churches who
depend on educated professionals
to help spread the gospel in many
ways within our communities?”
Mary Backhus, CCA, MembershipNewsletter
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church
303-707-4363
mbackhus@sothfamily.org
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Ian Thomsen, Communications
Erika Bathke, Hospitality
Arvada Covenant Church
Gethsemane Lutheran Church
303-422-1235
303.451.6895
ithomsen@arvadacovenant.org
glcserika@msn.com
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Fabian Gilchrist CCA, Secretary
Joel Halvorson, CCA, Facility
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Bethany Lutheran Church
303-355.2331
303-758-2820
Fabian@lukeonline.org
joel@bethany-denver.org
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Mike Kallas, Treasurer
Mae Ann Saas, Programming
Mt. Olive Lutheran Church
Eidos Architects
303.755.9123
720.200.0630
mkallas@mtoliveluth.org
MSaas@eidosarch.com
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Please feel free to call any of
our board for information
about the
Mile High Chapter or
National TCN
Chapter Location
Still Some Bits ‘n Pieces
Bethany Lutheran Church
...More information about either The Church Network's™ (TCN)
upcoming annual conference (taking place in Nashville, TN, July 13
-16) or about TCN's Certification Seminars can be found at The
Church Network or NACBA.net. The deadline for "Early Bird"
registration discounts to attend the TCN's annual conference in
Nashville this year, themed "The Rhythm of the Future" is May 14.
Online registration is available on the national association's
website.
4500 E Hampden Ave,
Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113
(Hampden & Happy Canyon)
8:30 a.m. Fellowship/breakfast
(cost is included in your
membership fee)
8:45 a.m. Business meeting
9:00 -10:00 a.m. Program of the
month
Non-members pay $25 per
session (includes breakfast)
Let us know you’re coming…
Contact Erika Bathke
at 720.200.0630 or at
glcserika@msn.com to make your
breakfast reservation.
Check out our webpage!
www.milehigh-nacba.net
You’ll find current, past and
future information regarding
our Chapter. Pretty cool!
We encourage participation in
the newsletter as part of the
networking of the chapter. If
you have articles of interest or
regarding opportunities within
your organization, please
contact Mary at 303.798.0711 or
mbackhus@sothfamily.org
TCNNEWS is published
monthly. Deadline for articles
to be included in the newsletter
is the 15th of the month
prior to publication.
Repeat:
articles from
members are
welcome!
... It's time to nominate either someone you know through the Mile
High Chapter, or even yourself, to serve in one of our leadership
roles next year! Contact Teri Vasicek, 303.690.6797 or
t.vasicek@comcast.net for more information. The Chapter's Bylaws
and Job Descriptions can be found on our website, www.milehighnacba.net, under the "Membership" tab.
The Importance of Proofing
~ IMPORTANT NOTICE: If you are one of hundreds of parachuting
enthusiasts who bought our Easy Sky Diving book, please make the
following correction: on page 8, line 7, the words "state zip code" should
have read "pull rip cord."
~ It was incorrectly reported last Friday that today is T-shirt
Appreciation Day. In fact, it is actually Teacher Appreciation Day.
~ There was a mistake in an item sent in two weeks ago which stated
that Ed Burnham entertained a party at crap shooting. It should have
been trap shooting.
~ In the City Beat section of Friday's paper, firefighter Dwight Brady
was misidentified. His nickname in the department is "Dewey." Another
firefighter is nicknamed "Weirdo." We apologize for our mistake.
~ There are two important corrections to the information in the update
on our Deep Relaxation professional development program. First, the
program will include meditation, not medication. Second, it is
experiential, not experimental.
~ Our newspaper carried the notice last week that Mr. Oscar Hoffnagle
is a defective on the police force. This was a typographical
error. Mr. Hoffnagle is, of course, a detective on the police farce.
~ In a recent edition, we referred to the chairman of Chrysler
Corporation as Lee Iacoocoo. His real name is Lee Iacacca. The Gazette
regrets the error.
~ Apology: I originally wrote, "Woodrow Wilson's wife grazed sheep on
front lawn of the White House." I'm sorry that typesetting inadvertently
left out the word "sheep."
~ In one edition of today's Food Section, an inaccurate number of
jalapeno peppers was given for Jeanette Crowley's Southwestern chicken
salad recipe. The recipe should call for two, not 21, jalapeno peppers.
~ The marriage of Miss Freda vanAmburg and Willie Branton, which
was announced in this paper a few weeks ago, was a mistake which we
wish to correct.
*Thanks to Pastor Tim for this joke!*
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