Minutes of the Meetings -- July 15, 2001
Members
Present: Rev. David Ridge
(DR)
Patrick
Sanders
(PS)
David
Cowles
(DC)
JoDee
Robertson
(JR)
Anne
Brisnehan
(AB)
John
Brisnehan
(JB)
1.
Opening
Prayer – DR
2.
Review
Minutes of last Board Meeting – JR
The minutes were read as submitted.
Corrections were made to items 3 and 8 as follows:
Item #3:
a.)
The
dollar amount owed to the building fund is $2000 as opposed to $1000.
b.)
DR
reported that a $2,500 gift was received following some counseling performed by
DR based on non-violence workshops (as opposed to our non-violence lessons)
attended by DR February 2001.
Item #8: The local recipient of June’s tithe (as
opposed to May’s tithe) was tabled until the next meeting.
Motion by AB to accept minutes as amended, seconded
by PS.
3.
DC
presented the Treasurer’s Report. DC
reported expenses comprising a total of $4281.06 for June 2001.
DR also reported that LWU received a $300 tithe from a member at the AUC
conference. Motion by AB to accept
treasurer’s report, seconded by JR.
4.
JR
presented updates on fund-raising projects.
Black Tie Dinner (Improv Night) will not be a formal evening.
September 29th and October 6th were discussed as
possible dates for the event. JR will notify board members of the final date
within the next week. Start time will be 7:00 p.m.
Items discussed, but not finalized are as follows: pre-dinner
entertainment, (DR will contact a friend who performs as a magician, JR is in
conversation with Doug Roche regarding piano playing), ticket price, childcare,
catering, door prizes, and raffle tickets.
PS suggested hanging a poster at LWU one month prior to date of event
notifying congregation of the fund-raiser and setting a goal for the amount of
funds to be raised.
The Kid’s Sleepover has been tentatively scheduled
for September 8th. A
non-violence lock down will not be included.
DR will check with the landlord before proceeding on the Pancake
Breakfast. Possible alternative
locations for the breakfast will be discussed at the next meeting.
5.
DR presented the layout for bus bench advertisements.
Board members decided to change slogan
from “Looking for more out of life?” to “Make the most of your
life!”
PS is getting information about grocery cart
advertising and will update further at next meeting.
AB will e-mail PS in the coming week regarding a
contact for the Broomfield community newsletter as well as a contact for the
Broomfield newcomers club.
5.
DR
presented designs for new wall construction, submitted by JB.
Date for construction will be August 18th, from 2:00 p.m.
until completion.
6.
AB
presented Broomfield Community Foundation / The Broomfield Legacy Challenge as
the potential recipient for June’s local tithe allocation.
Motion to accept by PS, second by JR.
The local recipient for July will be decided upon at
the next meeting. DR suggested a
local halfway house for parolees as a possibility.
7.
DR is
continuing to look into a new DSL line for LWU and will present at next meeting.
8.
DR
presented the Congregate Prayer Day program.
LWU members will be receiving letters of prayer over the coming months.
Each member / family of the LWU congregation will be prayed for by the
unity prayer team on specific days. DR
will e-mail the prayer to board members later today.
New members of the church will be added to the list as time progresses.
9.
DR
briefly discussed the LWU Outreach Program.
AB and JB are to review their new roles regarding outreach prior to next
meeting. DR motioned to table
further discussion until next meeting, second by JR.
10. Motion to adjourn by AB, second by DC at 2:10 p.m.
We agreed to ask Bill and Terry
Gillard (BG, TG) to resubmit the February minutes in an expanded form.