Minutes of the Meetings -- August 17, 2006
Members Present:
Rev. David Ridge (DR)
Kay Johnsen (KJ)
Clarence Johnsen (CJ)
Pam Denny (PD)
Jeff Graef (JG)
Checking in.
The meeting was called to order by at 6:47 p.m.
Opening prayer by DR. The agenda was modified and the motion to approve it moved by KJ and seconded by DR all approved.
Review of minutes of the last Board Meeting by JG. Motion to approve as amended by DR, second by CJ. Motion passed. JG made the revisions and additions.
Operating Statement & AUC Financial Report presented by DR. AUC report ending balance and check book ending balance had a $10.71 discrepancy that has yet to be found. Motion to approve by JG, second by KJ. Motion passed.
Spiritual Cinema. Projector donations of $900 are confirmed and DJ was told that the projector is paid for but the money is not received yet. One, Conversations with God and Dinner with Andre are scheduled. One is scheduled for the end of September without risk to LWU. The Board expresses its thanks to the donors.
DR said we do not have candidate seed churches yet.
We do not have a LWU brochure yet but drafts are still in preparation.
Church Directory: a form was in the handouts for the meeting and will be available for church attendees on Sunday.
Outreach
Yellow Ribbon KJ said Betty was delivering ribbons today. An inquiry was made on overnight food storage. Sept 17th is the date. Volunteers will be needed.
Making a Difference Team. The painting project was successful with about eight people attending. Pat Serafin has agreed to be the coordinator of the team. The food project is underway and 18 people have ordered vegetables and 15 ordered fruit (in some cases the same people). The plan is to skip a week and then ask people to order for 4 weeks.
The lease rate the landlord is willing to go for is $9.50. A rate negotiation for $9.00 is under negotiation. $3441.05 is our current rent. The increase (to $9.50) would be around $150 / month. They are not willing to guarantee a rate for the option year. The new lease will start in December. We don’t need to sign until November. If we sign the option we could lock in the rate for the option year(s).
Facilities maintenance: our current person resigned and we have hired another person to do the work. The same work and hours will be maintained.
We have a person tithing from Pennsylvania via our virtual church! We give thanks.
On the web site we have referring links registered but we now have people just coming to Sunday talks. About 50% of the hits on the site are people doing a music search. Surely the Presence is the most popular.
Tithe recipients and amounts are $532 for Light for Life and $532 to Silent Unity plus seed church (50 / 50) for a total of $1,064. DR would like to send money to the seed church this month. The board agreed. Focused on growth and interested in developing a strong music program.
The Board will consider the 4th Thursday in September (28th)as a tentative next date.
PD made a motion to adjourn at 7:50 p.m. and KJ seconded it. All approved. A prayer concluded the meeting.