Church
Council Meeting
August
20, 2012
Charlie opened the meeting at 7:00
with the unison reading of the Mission Statement.
Attendees: Pastor
Larry Baird, Charlie Yund, Nate Lange, Gail Conschafter, Anne Hipp, Paul
Sipson, Jan Garrison, Mike Fonte, Terri Bellanca, Liz VonWald, Donna LaVallee, Fred Claus, Elaine Johnson, Jim Tamsen, Laura Mason, Sheila Rader, Tom Burkman,
John Jones
Welcome and roll call – Gail
Conschafter
Nate opened in prayer.
God Sightings – Terri Bellanca shared about her sons’
wedding and the message that was given at the ceremony. God’s hand was evident during VBS. There were many new kids and families that
participated. We had 88 kids total –
ranging from 58 to 77. Summer mission
project was a huge success. Nate
reported stories regarding the youth.
Last weekend some students went to a training camp, which was also very
successful.
Changes: Sunday’s
– beginning Rally Day
8:00 Informal service
9:00
– contemporary Service with Praise music
Pastor Nate and Pastor Larry
preaching
Elementary
Grade CE Program
2
adult classes offered
10:30 - Traditional service with
traditional & Modern choral and instrumental music.
ALL WILL BE HELD IN TRINITY’S MAIN
BUILDING
Financial Peace will be offered in the
Fall from 10 – 11:30 AM. Date to be
determined at a later date.
WEDNESDAYS:
·
Mid
week Bible study/worship may be offered come fall.
·
Momentum
youth program
Please keep your ears open should there be any concerns or issues.
Major Calendar Events:
·
Rally
Day – September 9 – Laura Mason to chair.
o
Volunteers
are needed for set up, take down, games, ect.
Larry, Nate, Liz, Mark, Laura, and Charlie will meet to cement
plans. Liz has a Sunday school teacher
meeting tomorrow and will mention it to all teachers that volunteers are still
needed.
o
A
letter going to all members will be drafted with all changes and special
events.
·
Men’s
Group Seven Habits Program Sept. 15 and Oct. 13 – this will be once a month.
·
UMW
Retreat – October 12 – 13
·
Fall Festival
– October 20
o
There
was discussion between Nate and about kitchen use and conflict. There are a few kitchens that would be
available for all groups.
·
One
Starry Night – December 2
·
Laity
Sunday is currently set for October 21, but that date may change. Elaine will keep us posted on the date.
·
ACE
Seminar – February 9 – one day seminar.
Tom Burkman will be one of the presenters.
·
Informational
meeting for next summer’s mission trip – August 26 following service. Next years’ trip will be to the Dominican
Republic with SCORE International. Cost
per student is approximately $1500 each.
·
July
10-17, 2013 actual date of trip.
Hospitality Team Creation
Sheila Rader has just returned from Scotland,
so forgive us for putting her on the spot for Hospitality. We need to be hospitable to all that enter
our building. Welcome station is still
in full force. Please be aware of the
new people that may be sitting around us in service. Sheila and Charlie will get together soon to
put a team together. A suggestion of
putting desserts/finger foods out each week for coffee hour. If each member took one week, we would only
have to do it once a year. Sheila
questioned where “follow-up” would fall – under Hospitality or something
different.
Budget Review: From
the blog:
Through July General Fund giving
is $205.3k, $7.2k below 2011. Spending is $200.4k, $28k lower.
pportionments were accidentally unpaid in July, but
this will be remedied this month.
The Finance Committee has
approved a new reimbursement policy to clarify spending and asks the Church
Council to support this effort.
Chris Hipp – Chair Finance Committee
Reimbursement policy is available in the office.
Question – will we meet the budget?
Answer – we are in a state of flux due to the coming and going of
members. Giving appears to be steady,
which is a good thing.
Charlie asked that we continue to support the areas we defined as
important to us. He spoke on the success
of VBS because we supported what we felt was important. In the long run, we may
see these families in September for service and Sunday School.
Right Now
Larry explained what Right Now is and how we anticipate using it
and how it will benefit TUMC.
Access is unlimited to the web site.
Larry explained the process he envisions this happening from the
start of the program. There will be some administration over the
entire program, but our energy will go to positively impact our community for
Jesus Christ.
Larry introduced it in the Tidings, but there has to be a way to
introduce this to the congregation. Sheila has a lot of the resources for some
series at the resource center.
“Team Trinity” was explained.
Charlie encouraged us all to send Larry our e mail addresses then
watch the Bill Hybel study. A sheet was
passed around to update all addresses. It
is about a 90 minute study – “Just Walk Across the Room.” Larry asked us to stay on the main page and
not wander too far out. Bible Studies
would be the section to stay in.
A worship team is being formed.
A Hospitality team is another important team that needs to be formed
also.
We want to start looking at Evangelism and reaching outside our
building.
We have one of the best Senior ministry in Western New York. We want our Young family ministry to be as
strong.
Minutes from June’s meeting: Motion
to accept by Chris Hipp and seconded by Fred Claus. Passed unanimously.
Next meeting is September 17 at 7 PM
Respectfully submitted,
Gail Conschafter
