Church Council
Minutes
August 19, 2013
Attendees: Larry
Baird, Charlie Yund, Chris Hippe, Ann Hippe, Tom Burkman, Nate Lange, Liz
VonWald, Mark VonWald, Sue Kaiser, Jan Garrison, Bobbie Cap, Terri Bellanca,
Sheila Rader, Jim Tamsen.
Meeting opened with unison reading of mission statement.
Larry opened in prayer.
Major Calendar Events:
September
8 Rally Day
Oct. 11
& 12 Women’s retreat at Asbury
Retreat
Oct. 13 Crop Walk
Oct. 19 Fall
Festival/Taste of Trinity/Trunk or Treat
Oct. 26 UMW Chicken and Ribs
Dinner
Dec 6
& 7 One Starry Night
Jan 10
& 11 Confirmation Winter Retreat
CE Rally Day
Sunday
School will start on Rally Day. After
the 10:30 service youth will serve hot dogs and hamburgers as a free will
offering fundraiser. A bounce house has
been rented. Tables for SS registration
will be set up for the month of September at entrance.
Confirmation
Class will begin on Rally Day. There
will be 16 sessions – every other week, beginning September 8 with confirmation
on Easter Sunday. Meetings will be at
noon on Sundays. Parents of confirmands
meeting will be September 21. Nate has
been mentioning this to parents. It will
appear in the Tidings. Nate has the list
of students. (7th grade and up.)
Finance:
Chris reported giving is down
approx. 10% from last year. We are spending less than last year. Giving for\cast will be about 10% below last
year. Trinity Fair and Christmas
offering will help with the apportionment payments. Work is underway to determine a 2014 budget
which will permit us to meet our apportionment commitment. (see written
report!)
Charlie remarked that we will review this within
the next months ahead
SPRC
Tom
reported staff evaluations are being conducted.
Committee is meeting again to present a realistic staff salary budget
for our upcoming budget. The committee
is discussing various scenarios that will be presented to Finance once the
budget has been set. All decisions will
be made with the needs of the program and the mission of the church. Donna LaValley will serve as interim for Dec
and Jan. Updating the church profile of
the church is taking place. We need to
do this every year.
The
church profile is what we are about and who we are.
Nate would like an opportunity to report on summer
Mission project next month and share pictures and stories.
CE
It is hard to believe the summer is almost over and that
the fall is fast approaching. That being said, the CE department is gearing up
for the fall.
Rally day is the first Sunday of our fall programming. On
this day we will have special activities as well as our first day of Sunday
school classes. Also on this day we will have registration forms for the
parents or caregivers to fill out. We will also have take home forms for you
review so that you may know what is going each Sunday. Rally day is on
September the 8th. We will also have special games and a bounce
house before and after the 10:30 worship service.
We also wanted to provide you the list of Sunday School
classes that will be happening this year as well of who will be teaching it.
During
the 9:00am Worship hour
All classes are held in
the CE wing.
Pre-k Class will be taught by the capable hands of
Karen Bridget Doyle. The Teen helpers will be Maddie Mesmer and Mikayla Claus.
This class is located Next to the CE office.
Kindergarten and
1st grade class
will be taught by Jeri Wright and Mary Von Wald. The teen helper will be Kate
Fonte. This class is located next to the lounge.
Our 2rd and 3rd
grade class will be taught by
Brenda Baird with the help of rotating Volunteers.
This class is located
in the kidzone room down stairs.
Our 4th
and 5th grade class will be taught by Keira Hayes and Judy
Johnson. The teen Helper will be Heather Robinson. This Class is located next
to the kidzone room
During
the 10:30am worship hour
All classes are held in
the CE wing.
Junior Kidzone. Ages Prek through 1st grade.
Will be taught by Liz Von Wald with the
assistance of a rotating volunteer. This class is held in the Junior kidzone
room.
Kidzone. Ages 2rd threw 5th grade. Will
be taught by Mark Von Wald and Kiera Hayes. The teen Volunteers will be Joey
Mesmer, Kate Fonte, and Sydney Keane. This class is held in the Kidzone room
down stairs.
Our Rotating Volunteers
are as follows
Kelly Ulrich
Cherie Sharp
Lisa Renee
Debbie Robinson
Andrea Buxton
Thank You As we look
forward to a great fall.
Mark and Liz Von Wald
VBS was largest to date! There are 60 kids on the
list. We have been averaging 40
something each week between the two services.
VBS was extraordinary.
Everyone had a great time.
Nate is hoping to start HS youth program with a few more
students.
Larry’s Report:
Larry
asked for a detailed report for what is happening with the giving without
asking names. Larry is talking with a
friend of his, who is a well-known stewardship director to see if there is
something different we can do. We are
analyzing last years’ approach. A
significant of that loss comes from those that have moved away or to another
church.
Baptisms
will continue this fall on two or three Sunday’s. This is a great indication of new
families. There will be a wedding this
fall and the woman is very interested in joining the Chancel choir. Larry will keep tabs on this.
Team
Trinity – Youth parenting session with Sylvia Captane to head up. Larry is working a parenting session.
In
talking with Nate and others, our most successful pattern for worship is the
three services. It is very staff
intensive, but necessary for a successful church. The 9:00 group was instrumental with the
group under the tent. Attendance for
summer has declined. If we do an outdoor
service, it will most likely be one of three services. For missional purposes, it does not work when
we change services.
Chris
Bidell and Nikki Fadel have moved to North Carolina. They are getting married this weekend. If anyone sees Christian, please comment on
what a great job he did during VBS.
Sue Kaiser asked if anyone is asking about Labor Day
Weekend Camp. Nobody has said anything
to Charlie. The last two years have been
a struggle to get attendance. The format
changed over the years, and has become expensive for families.
The men have been using the Right Now program called
Stepping Up. We have tools that we need
to share with the young families.
Sue reported there is an idea floating around in the
Ministerium as to whether the churches
can be a part of a disaster plan. A
woman associated with Roswell spoke to the group. Mary Cook has also shown an interest in this
idea as well. A brief outline was
created. Churches are asked to evaluate
this and perhaps to take a look at this!
Charlie asked for any information that Sue might have. Don Weaver will be here in the fall to
present this idea. His plan suggests we
work through the Town Council. “How
accommodating can we be?”
Minutes from June will be tabled for approval until next
month.
Shiela Rader reported One Starry night committee will
meet this week. Publicity is under the
direction of Linda McGuire.
Next meeting will be September 16 at 7 PM.
Nate closed in prayer.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Gail Conschafter
