IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
COUNCIL MEETING
Minutes
November 7, 2005

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Gathering

Due to John Van Hoesen's laryngitis, Matt Cermak was officiating.  Pastor Rick provided devotions.

Preparing

Review of Previous Council Minutes:

MOTION by Mike Proper, SECONDED by Orv Erickson:

TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 2005 COUNCIL MINUTES.

6 in favor, 1 opposed (hadn’t had time to review).

Treasurer's Report:

Nathan reviewed the October 2005 Treasurer's Report and noted that our deficit is now down to $4,874.26.  Nathan noted the Kitchen Maintenance line item and Kitchen Fund are 2 distinct line items and need to be retained as such.  Additionally, we once again reviewed the various line items attributable to the Youth.  Once the spending becomes necessary, we will evaluate the appropriate costs and release the necessary funds.  We also advised that the mortgage reduction and interest/debt retirement line items should be $0, as payments should be made as income for those line items are received.

We also were reminded that Council has never asked for members to give additional money; instead, the letters have indicated that givings are down, but we are attempting to find other ways to increase our income. 

MOTION by Mike Proper, SECONDED by Teresa Barcy:

TO APPROVE THE OCTOBER 2005 TREASURER'S REPORT AS PRESENTED.

UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.

Committee Reports:

Parish Education: No written report, no Council action required.

Health Ministries: No written report, no Council action required.

Management:  No written report, no Council action required. 

Outreach: No written report, no Council action required.   

Parish Education: No written report, no Council action required. 

Property: Written report, no Council action required. 

Stewardship: No written report, no Council action required.  Looking for a new chairperson.

Youth: No written report, no Council action required.

Worship: No written report, no Council action required

Memorial & Special Gifts: No written report, no Council action required.

Pastor Rick: Written report.  A lot of Council action needed:

MOTION by Mike Proper, SECONDED by TERESA BARCY:

TO ACCEPT JOHN & MELISSA KINGSLEY AND THEIR CHILDREN HALEY AND ALEX; JOHNNY ALLEN AND MARY SOVODA; BEN ROOT AND JENNIFER STEVENS; ERIN CURTICE; AND CHRIS ARMSTRONG INTO OUR MEMBERSHIP.

UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.

MOTION by TERESA BARCY, SECONDED by ORV ERICKSON:

TO ALLOW PASTOR RICK TO ATTEND A CONTINUING EDUCATION SEMINAR  TITLED “FUNDAMENTALS OF TRANSITIONAL MINISTRY” ON DECEMBER 6-8 (TRAVEL DECEMBER 5 & 9) IN WEST CORWALL CONNECTICUT.

UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED.

Serving

Old Business:
 

Review of Congregational Meeting

MOTION by Orv Erickson, SECONDED by Mike Proper:

TO DESTROY THE BALLOTS CAST AT THE ANNUAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 6, 2005.  RESULTS ARE NOTED IN THE ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING MINUTES.

UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.

It was then discussed that we now have approval from the congregation to pursue roof repairs.  We now need to “lock in” the preferred contractor, and obtain specifics regarding the project.  Bob Carter will contact Brent Sabin to obtain the contract so that we can initiate the repairs.  Bob is concerned that we need to get the repairs made as soon as possible, in order to avoid future flooding.

MOTION by Orv Erickson, SECONDED by Bob Carter:

TO APPROACH BRENT SABIN BUILDERS TO OBTAIN A CONTRACT AND INITIATE REPAIRS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 

UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.

The Property Committee will oversee the project.  Discussion centered around obtaining the funding for this project.  It was discussed that we can borrow funds from the Future Ministerial Staff Fund as well as the Maintenance Park Sidewalk line items.   Who is responsible for fund raising of this $20,000 project.  Bob and Heath will discuss with Property Committee, and advise them that the Property Committee will be responsible for fundraising for this project.  

It was mentioned that there are funds available from Thrivent, and we will be tapping into those funds toward this.

Restructure Review/Planning

It was decided that we would table any further discussion on the restructuring until after Pastor Rick returns from his seminar.  John will create a letter for the newsletter explaining that we will be addressing this issue in the near future.

MOTION by Mike Proper, SECONDED by Bob Carter:

TO DESIGNATE ADVENT OFFERINGS TOWARD REPAIRING OUR ROOF.

UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.

Reference to church planning calendar for November and December 2005.  Property Committee has Council devotions and announcements at the 10:30 service on communion Sundays and a communion assistant for November and the Youth Committee has the same responsibilities in December.  We were reminded to invite new Council members to our meeting in December (and bring treats!).

MOTION by Teresa Barcy, SECONDED by Bill Paulins:

TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING:

UNANIMOUSLY CARRIED.

Our next regular meeting is scheduled for December 12, 2005.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Note: Copies of committee minutes and reports, as referred to in the Council Minutes, can be obtained in the church office.