Minutes of the Meetings -- December 15, 2005
Members Present:
Rev. David Ridge (DR)
David Cowles (DC)
Kay Johnsen (KJ)
Clarence Johnsen (CJ)
Patrick Sanders (PS)
Pam Denny (PD)
Jeff Graef (JG)
The meeting was called to order by PS at 6:32pm
Opening Prayer PD
New Business
It was agreed to alter the usual order of the meeting to accommodate Ginger Stainbrook who wished to attend the Awareness Committee meeting.
Awareness Committee Meeting
Awareness of Living Water Unity’s importance
How important is Living Water Unity to your Spiritual Growth?
What would be missing if it weren’t there?
Tell people what we provide. Create a booklet explaining where we are and what we’re trying to achieve. Lay out the benefits and ask if we’re succeeding.
Provide opportunities for individuals to express what Living Water Unity has meant to them. There will be brief personal testimonies (90 seconds to 2 minutes) before the Daily Word at Sunday services. Ginger will do her personal testimony at the 9 a.m. service on December 18.
Part of the intention of prayer chaplaincy is to let congregants know that there are people here who care about them.
Establish a group to call people who have not been to Living Water in some time.
Awareness of Our Financial Status
Mail a letter to everyone who regularly attends and hand it to those who attend on the day a presentation will be made. Ask them to take it home and give it serious consideration. Include the names of individuals who are willing to be contacted to discuss the situation.
The members of the church need to take responsibility for our financial status.
Have a PowerPoint slide at the beginning of the service showing our financial status.
How do we make it clear that there is a need without being negative?
Awareness will require repeated presentations on an ongoing basis. We need many ways to get the message out so that people don’t feel like they are being hammered.
Provide training and guidelines for people to discuss the situation on a one to one basis.
Bring up the subject as we converse with people on Sundays.
Increasing Income
It is possible to make a monthly commitment by setting up an automatic withdrawal.
David Ridge’s classmate Cherie Larkin has developed a Capitol campaign process which engages people in the overall church experience. It is not merely a matter of raising money; it is a matter of raising consciousness referred to as an enrichment giving program. The pricing is $25000 to $50000 for a campaign.
Increase consciousness of community and of prosperity.
Increase attendance. New people give less but they increase their contributions as they become more involved.
Begin our first phase immediately
Determine tasks that congregants can do to save us money.
Review of minutes of the last Board Meeting by KJ: Motion to approve by PD, second by DC. Motion passed
Operating Statement & AUC Financial Report presented by DR: Motion to approve by KJ, second by JG. Motion passed.
Thoughts on annual meeting
The meeting went well, although not many people heard the message.
Is December the best time to have it? Would attendance be better if we held the meeting in January?
We’ll consider changing the date.
Budget committee
The committee will consist of 3 board members
3 meetings will be held between now and the January board meeting – a total of 6 hours.
JG suggests that DC volunteer to attend.
PS, DR & JG will be the committee.
Meetings will begin after January 1.
The 1st meeting will be January 7 at 9 am - 1 hour.
Board Member Roles for 2006
President – Pam Denny
Vice President – Kay Johnsen
Secretary – Jeff Graef
Treasurer – Patrick Sanders
Fundraising – Jeff Graef with assistance from Patrick Sanders
Marketing – Patrick Sanders with assistance from Jeff Graef
Outreach – Pam Denny with assistance from Kay Johnsen
Inreach – Kay Johnsen with assistance from Pam Denny
Tithes
The total tithe amount is $771
Motion by DR to tithe $462 to Broomfield Community Foundation and $309 to Unity of the Light – Loveland. Second by PD. Motion Passed.
Old Business
Investment
An investment made the first part of last year appears to be progressing toward payment.
Motion to adjourn at 9:03 p.m. by PD, second KJ. Motion passed.
The next meeting will be January 19.
Closing prayer by DC