December 15th, 2009

Meeting Called to Order 7:10

Devotions offered by Ann Maki in June’s absence

Roll Call:  Present

Rick Allison, Stener Carlson, Matt England, Linda Gibson, Paul Hume, Corey Laymon, Ann Maki, Tom Patrick, Beth Roth, Pastor Smith, Mike Stahl, Dale Stromberg, Tyler Tracey, Merle Thowe, Jan Whelan

Absent- Bill Lutes

Excused -June Schmidt

Last Meetings Minutes

Amended Date of meeting from Oct. 20th to Nov 17th.

Motion to accept with amendments – Corey; Stener (2nd) PASSED

Agenda

Motion to accept – Corey; Rick (2nd) PASSED

Treasurers Report – Cindy Cunningham

End of Month Usable Bank Balance in the Black

Motion to accept – Stener; Corey (2nd) – PASSED

Committee Reports

Pastors Report: Commented on the Sunday Concert, recent funerals and birthdays. Christmas Eve Services at 3pm, 6pm and 10:30pm

Property: Thermostat went out, replaced and now located in the office.  Repairman found all the vents in the sanctuary closed, now open. Should help with ventilation.

Social Ministry: Homeless housed at the Church all week due to night time temperatures. The Church was very generous with food, committee will solicit more personal involvement during our next week assigned week of January 18-25, 2010. There were 14-18 people housed each night, 7-9 regular folks + many new faces.

Youth: Starts new meeting Quarterly in January. Looking for more youth involvement in the committee.

Marketing: Website coming along. Hopefully by the end of the month or beginning of next month, will be online. In 2010, we will have sole ownership of the Yellow Pages add, will not be a joint venture with other Lutheran Churches.

New Business

Out going Council Members identified: Tom Patrick, June Schmidt, Dale Stromberg, Paul Hume and Matt England. Pastor Ed suggested outgoing members as nominating committee and the committee headed up by Jamie Lawson was mentioned. Some discussion about nominees.

Old Business

2010 Budget

  • Remove repayment of Kitchen debt
  • Some discussion about Copier staying in Tech budget
  • Decision made to leave Synod contribution at 2009 level
  • Annual Report-All committee reports need to be in by 2nd Sunday in January (10th) – Note the Tidings indicates January 13th. Final Report to be published Jan. 17th, Annual Meeting is scheduled for Jan. 31st
  • Tech- $8k Copier expense includes $2k for maintenance contract. Current contract with All Copy through 2012.
  • Campus Ministry – Corey attended the Campus Ministry Task force meeting. This team is looking at options to raise an additional $14k for their 2010 budget. They are asking each of the 7 churches Lutheran Churches that contribute  currently to increase giving by $2k each in 2010. A proposal to increase the C.M. contribution to $3k was raised and countered with only a $2k total donation.  Motion to increase C.M giving to $2k – Corey; Pastor Smith (2nd) . Vote: For (6)  Against (7) FAILED. Campus Ministry giving will remain at 2009 level, $1k.
  • Paul proposed a quarterly appeal to the congregation for additional funds for Campus Ministry. Motion to accept – Paul; Stener (2nd) PASSED
  • Moving Internet expenses from Tech committee budget to Office Operations (utilities) approx. $360 annually.

Motion to Accept the 2010 Budget as amended – Paul; Linda (2nd) PASSED

Closing Prayer – Pastor Smith  Motion to Adjourn – Merle; Tyler (2nd)