Council Minutes from May 2015 Meeting

Trinity Church Council Meeting

Monday, May 18, 2015

Attendees:  Charlie Yund, Pastor Larry Baird, Gail Conschafter, Abby Cole, Shiela Rader, Justin Mock, Jan Garrison, Sue Fadel, Mike Fonte, Christian Nole, Chris Hipp, Sue Kaiser, Laura Mason

Meeting opened with reading of mission statements, attendance and prayer by Larry.

God Sightings – safe travel with much traffic due to the Canadian holiday. Terri reported beauty of birds at Presque Isle. Abby shared the high school youth were at her house on Thursday and watched a video on God’s Glory. The group has been engaging in conversation all week on the subject!

Meeting minutes from last months’ meeting were approved as corrected with date of meeting changed to April 20. Motion by Charlie/Chris Hipp and seconded by Terri Bellanca. Motion passed unanimously.

Changes in Agenda: Jan Garrison would like to add an item under Committee reports.

Major Calendar Events:

          June 5                                   UMW Movie Night showing “God’s Not Dead”

June 7                                   Larry Baird Recognition Sunday

                                                         Larry has family coming in.  Luncheon after last service.

                                                          Will be moving out of Parsonage about the end of May. Last                                                                      Sunday will be June 28.

          June 14                                 Music Department Concert/Graduation reception

               

          June 20                                 Great Water Walk at Beaver Island to benefit Let Them LOL

                                                                $30 registration fee

          June 21                                 Children will sing at 10:45 service for Father’s Day

          July 20 and 27

                                (Week of)        Seneca Street Reading Camp  

          July 12                                  Special children’s’ music to welcome Sung Ho and wife

          Mid July                               Crop Walk Car Wash

          July 11-17                            Young Life Camp in Lake Champion near Monticello

          July 26-30                            dates for VBS.

Aug 2 – 7                           Proposed Work Camp in Niagara Falls (opened to HS students                                                                   first)

                                                          If the spots do not fill, it will be opened to 8^th graders.  

                                                          Partnered through NU and St. Francis of Assissi

          October 24                          Fall Festival                  

               

Larry: Reported he is moving this Wednesday in order for the work crew can get in around the first week in June to get ready for the Lee’s arrival.

Finance/Stewardship: Chris reported:

Through April, the General Fund has had income of $114.4k and expenses of $111.7k.  Apportionments are fully paid.  In 2014 income was $112.7k and expenses $108.5k for the same period.  Apportionments will be paid in May, since we have $11.2k in the General Fund.

Giving continues to be on track for a balanced 2015 budget.

SPRC: Donna Lavalle reported via Charlie that the transition is going well with all events in progress. The interim program is going well with the Children’s’ Ed Coordinator, and we will wait until Pastor Lee is in place to hire a new replacement.

Committee Reports:

Gus Macker will be here on Grand Island.  Jan Garrison received a call from the organizing group asking if they could use our parking lot.  Discussion of insurance was taken care of with additional insurance offered from the organization.  The tournament is to be held a Saturday and Sunday at the end of August.  Sunday’s tournament starts at 2 PM. Discussion on whether or not we should charge for parking. Perhaps youth would be interested in selling beverages.  Motion made to use our church parking lot (and charge for parking) for the Gus Macker, seconded by Christian Nole. Discussion followed. Alternate plans would have to be in place in the event of a funeral. Youth will provide refreshments as a fundraiser. Profits from parking will be determined at a later date. Motion passed unanimously. Jan will contact the necessary committee members with the tournament to let them know.

Sheila distributed information about Annual Conference.  It will be next week – Wednesday through Saturday.  Stop Hunger Now needs more funding, and are asking for donations. Perhaps Missions would consider sponsoring this fundraiser.  Missions meets tomorrow night, and needs to be brought up at their meeting to follow the proper procedure. Sheila will draw up a proposal and send to John Harbison for presentation at their meeting.

The Laity banquet was very nice.  Honoree was Diane Blum, and the recognition meant a great deal to her.  

Laura shared about a couple with a young daughter were at the Contemporary service and are now very interested in TUMC.

Charlie reported our attendance has stopped declining.  It is showing in our finances also.  Thank you to Larry who has helped us get to where we are.  Larry remarked that the diversity of housing on the Island is a huge attribute, and that TUMC has a great future.  There is a cooperative distribution of information to the campgrounds on Grand Island. Our biggest draw is still our website. We need to work at keeping the information up to date and accurate.

As Song Ho comes in, we need a method to introduce him to the congregation. One thought is to host some home meetings throughout the summer. There are about 9 weeks in summer and if we did about 2 a week, we could pretty much “catch” everyone! Casual meetings work the best.  Demographics might be a good way to set up the meetings.  If interested in hosting a party, please see Charlie. A notice in the bulletin might spur some interest also. The objective is to keep it simple and short.

Next meeting is June 15, 2015 in the Historic Trinity East Room at 7 PM

Sue Kaiser closed in prayer.

Meeting adjourned at 8:05 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Gail Conschafter