Minutes of the Meetings -- April 21, 2005

Members Present:

                                    Rev. David Ridge                  (DR)

                                    David Cowles                         (DC)

Kay Johnsen                           (KJ)

                                    Pam Denny                             (PD)

Patrick Sanders                     (PS)

Checking in.

The meeting was called to order by PS at 7:05 p.m.

Opening prayer by PD.

Review of minutes of last Board meeting by KJ:  Motion to accept the minutes by DC, second by PS.  Motion passed.

Operating Statement & Financial Report presented by DC

Cash flow will be covered in our budget discussion.

AUC Reports for Jan & Feb were incorrect because the formulas were incorrect.

Motion to accept by PD, second by KJ

Old Business

1)      Facilities

a)      Sign: A timer has been installed on our sign. The sign will be lit between 7:30 p.m. and 3 a.m.

b)     HVAC: The HVAC company came in to balance our heating and air conditioning. They added 2 inputs and 2 outputs in the sanctuary. They added a return in the bookstore and activated a return in the kid’s room. They removed the large return in the parlor and put in a small one. A small return was added to the bookstore. The sanctuary will still be hotter than other areas. The cost was $618 shared with the landlord.

2)      Marketing

a)      Door Hangers: The drop will happen next week. Dated information includes: Exploring the book, Revelations, Mandala, Rescuing the Bible and Easter. We have three options – ship as is, print a new flyer or cancel the flyer drop.

b)     Advertising: The total cost of a 1 column by one inch ad in the following regional weeklies is $65 per week: Westminster, Northglenn, Broomfield, Golden, Lakewood, Wheatridge and Arvada. Our budget includes more than that.

c)      Bus Benches – Our requirement is that the benches be on the left at stop lights. The territory will be driven next week to see if suitable locations are available. The cost was $28 per week.

d)     Newsletter: We will have one.

3)      Community Outreach

a)      Spiritual Cinema Community: Between 16 and 20 people have attended each movie. Some of them are from outside Living Water Unity. We hope that our group will be listed on the International Spiritual Entertainment web site soon.

b)     Book study: No one from outside the church has attended yet. Attendance varies.

c)      Yogalates: starting Tuesday evenings in May

d)     Fundraiser: The Music Revue fundraiser will be held in early fall, possibly the first Friday in September. The participants have not been identified yet. We have received no word on Adams County fundraisers

4)      Tithes:

a)      Scholarship endowment: DR spoke with Larry Wynn, the new Dean of Unity Institute. As of the 1^st of this year, all scholarship money dried up. Our $400 per month would fit in with their new scholarship plan, which is to have donors contribute $5000 per year. Scholarships will be named after the provider. We would prefer to remain anonymous. The scholarship will go to the most financially stressed student.

b)     We will consider leaving the tithe money in the investment to use as endowments to all the entities we tithe to. We will clarify and ponder our questions about this in e-mail discussion.

New Business

5)      New Outreach Activities:

a)      Be Heard Now will be offered for Teens at 4 p.m. and for adults 7 p.m. beginning Thursday, June 2^nd. Learn how to convey your ideas in a heart to heart way. It is a transformational process taught by a certified facilitator for speaking circles. The usual cost is $30 per person for a 2.5 hour session. It will be available at LWU on a love offering basis.

b)     Bahai Devotional Prayer takes place at 7:30 p.m. on the first and third Thursday of each month - $25 per session.

c)      Toning Workshop will take place at 7:00 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of each month

d)     Games Night is at 7 p.m. on the first Friday of the month. Four people participated in the first gathering.

6)      Budget

a)      The budget is keyed on increase in attendance and average tithe.

b)     We are increasing the size of our Arvada Yellow Pages ad. We will have a free metaphysical bookstore ad.

c)      Increase the amount of the endowment by $2200 to make it a total of $6200. Motion by DR, second by PS. Motion passed.

d)     Withdraw $34000 from investment to cover expenses, so that the church will remain solvent until the end of the year. Motion by DR, second by PS.

e)      We will consider the remainder of the budget and discuss by e-mail.

Our next meeting will be May 19, 6:30 p.m. at LWU

Motion to adjourn at 9:19 p.m. by PD, second by DR. Motion passed.

Closing prayer by PS.