Church Council Meeting
Monday, September 17, 2012
Charlie opened meeting with unison reading of the mission
statement.
Welcome and Roll
Call……… Gail Conschafter
Attendees: Pastor Larry, Charlie Yund, Fred Claus, Liz
VonWald, Mike Fonte, Anne Hipp, Sue Kaiser, Chris Hipp, Jan Garrison, Donna
LaVallee, Gail Conschafter, Terri Bellanca, John Jones, Laura Mason, Mark
VonWald.
Charlie opened in prayer.
Jan Garrison shared her God sightings of the sunrise over
Lake George for three days this past month.
Liz shared about her trip to Fantasy Island with the refugee
family. Charlie shared his pleasure in
the time changes for our fall services. Elaine
shared about her God sightings while vacationing in the Canadian Rockies.
Minutes from Augusts’ meeting were approved as presented.
Changes to Agenda: Fred Claus would like to speak.
Calendar Events:
o UMW
Women’s retreat Oct 12 – 13. Jan said everything is in good shape for this
weekend.
o Men’s
Seven Habits Class is set for October 13
and November 10 at 9 AM Fred reported there is a new Men’s group
starting for fathers utilizing the Right Now Online series. Fred will spearhead the leadership of this
group and will meet once a month.
Charlie reminded that supporting by word of mouth is our strongest way
to advertise. The title is Fathers of
School Aged Children. We will share a
link with anyone interested in the content even if they do not officially sign
up for the class.
o Taste
of Trinity is set for October 20. There has been a meeting and booth
applications are still being taken.
Basket auction is still on. Carol
Tamsen is one person in charge of baskets.
Gift certificates for services are being sought. Liz reported on the kids’ activities that
will take place that day also. She and
Mark have been working with the Girl Scouts to run the games and face painting.
o One
Starry Night is December 2. Sheila Rader and Ellie Robinson are working
hard to make this a huge success. It
will take part in every corner of the church.
It is a great community outreach.
o Shrove
Pancake Tuesday is February 12, 2013. This is sponsored by the Bell Ringers.
o ACE
Seminar is February 9. Tom Burkman is working on the theme of
Forgiveness. Dr. Timothy Chambers has
agreed to be a speaker providing the schedule works for both.
o Laity
Sunday has not set a date. Elaine hopes
the date will be set before Thanksgiving.
It looks like October 21
might be the date. Scott Johnson is a
possible guest speaker.
o UMW
will be hosting a network of leaders on November
17 here at TUMC.
o Church
Charge Conference November 18.
§ SPRC at 2:30 PM
§ Charge Conference 3:00 PM
Charlie commented that the large events are evenly
spaced. This is beneficial for those
that are working on the events – as they are a lot of the same people.
Right Now
Larry
demonstrated how to utilize the Right Now program. Larry reported that a lot of the younger
members and interested members are actively using the site. Discussion followed on signing up for an
account and accessing our accounts.
Discussion continued about the excitement about this.
Revitalization and
Renewal at Trinity
Charlie
reported we have made some significant changes in our schedule/time/approach in
what we have been doing here at Trinity.
Larry has put an article in the most recent Tidings. Larry spoke on his article. We are focusing on the five major checkpoints
that he noted in the article.
·
Creating a sense of unity around TUMC’s mission
statement.
·
Focusing on foundational faith issues…..
·
Shifting program and financial resources to
those areas which will enable us to reach a new generation and new people.
·
Moving ministries out into our community and
surrounding areas… (directly related to our new Right Now Ministries Bible
Study)
·
Creating and equipping teams comprised of people
doing ministry
Committee Reports:
·
Finance:
From the blog:
·
Through August, General Fund income
is $227.8k vs. $235.7k in 2011. Expenses were $236.5k vs. $254.3k in last year.
For the month expenses exceeded income by $13.2k in part due to making two
monthly apportionment payments.
·
The year-end forecast is about
$346k in GF income.
·
At the end of 3rd Q giving will be
reviewed to update anticipated year-end results.
Chris will look and see where
we are at the ¾ mark and have a better idea by next months’ meeting.
We will do a campaign this fall
for pledges.
·
SPRC
o Is
meeting next Monday to review Wendy McCafery and Tom will resume his role in
October. Committee will also review the
change in services. Laity Sunday details
have already been discussed.
·
ACE
o Fred
reported there is a brochure with all ACE courses. We are running an adult Sunday School class
at 10:30. Terri Bellanca is teaching
this video series.
·
Pastor
Comments
o Larry
commented he is not too worried about the financial piece here at TUMC. We need to focus on building what we have and
move forward. As leaders, we need to
remain positive and spread the good word.
Discussion on transitioning when members move out of town.
o Laura
Mason reported there were three new families at the Contemporary Service. Please be aware of the new faces in “your”
service. Be friendly but not too
overpowering!!!
o Jan
Garrison shared a story about meeting Belinda Board from Grand Island at a
conference 350 miles away. Belinda
searched out Jan knowing she was from Grand Island.
Next meeting is October 15.
Larry closed in prayer.
Meeting adjourned at 8:40 PM.
