Minutes of the Meetings -- February 19, 2004

Members Present:     

                                    Rev. David Ridge                  (DR)

                                    Kay Johnsen                          (KJ)

                                    Clarence Johnsen                  (CJ)

                                    David Cowles                         (DC)

                                    Pam Denny                            (PD) 

Easing In:

• The meeting was called to order at 7:50 p.m.
• Opening Prayer by DR.
• Review of minutes of last Board meeting by KJ: The minutes were read as submitted.  Motion to accept the minutes by CJ, second by DR.  Motion passed.
• Treasurer’s Report presented by DC.  Motion to approve report by DR, second by PD.  Motion passed.

Old Business:

1. 501(c)3 update:  PD & DR ran through the application and evaluated the difficulty.  They now need to fill it out. It should be a straight forward project.
2. David’s Mountain Light Unity application:  Mountain Light has hired another minister.
3. Newsletter update:  The newsletter will be printed tomorrow (2/20/04).

New Business:

4. Fund-raising projects – PD:  We will operate the food booth at Adams County Fairgrounds Friday, May 7 and Saturday, May 8.  Alma Killeen has offered to host a garage sale at her home this spring.  We will discontinue the King Soopers grocery certificates after one more month if sales aren’t good. Next Sunday’s announcements will contain a reminder to return Prosperity Banks.
5. Outreach:  30 copies of Nonviolent Communication author Marshall Rosenberg’s Life Enriching Education are available at $1.00 per book.  DR suggests we distribute books to individual teachers so that they can learn to facilitate this form of communication.  PD will help us get them to individual teachers rather than attempting to go through a school system.
6. Three budget scenarios were presented with a request to review the scenarios for a more thorough discussion at the next meeting
7. Retention of congregants:  One possibility would be to contact former congregants, explain that we’re trying to improve and ask about their reasons for leaving.  A more comprehensive plan would be to have Robert and Janet Ellsworth, of Thriving Churches, conduct a survey for $425.  They would prepare us, create and distribute the survey evaluate the results, assess our services to the community and make recommendations. Motion to proceed with the survey, barring conflicting information or adverse feedback by PD, second by CJ.
8. Tithes to community and Unity groups for January:  Unity of Nacogdoches ($142) and Broomfield FISH ($213).  The total amount of the tithe is $355 ($3326+$100+$30) x10%.
9. Motion to have board meetings on the 3^rd Thursday of each month by PD, second by DC.

Motion to adjourn at 9:54PM by KJ, second by PD.  The next meeting will be March 18.  DC will host.