MESSIAH EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

Congregational Council Meeting

August 9, 2010 – 7:00 pm

 

 

Members Present:  President Elrod called the meeting to order.  Present were:, Doug Zarek, Dennis F. Osterman, Jim Elrod, Naomi Erickson, Sharolyn Moss, Gary Tank, Pastor Johnson, and Jerry Wiese.

Members Absent:  Bill Jordan, Dave Benson, Ellis Collins, Sue Koch, and Donna Callihan.

Agenda Approval:  Motion to approve the agenda by Naomi, second by Gary and carried. 

Host:  Sharolyn Moss was the host.

Devotions: Pastor gave devotions.

Endowment: John Bell gave a report for the Endowment committee.  They recommend Dan Govier to replace Ed Armstrong who has retired.  America Funds were kept as the mutual funds.  The cost of mutual funds has been higher the last 3 to 6 months because of more trades.  Committee would like to move to a money manager for managing our endowment funds.  The fee would be 1.5% to have Dan Govier and a money manager.   Jerry moves to shift to a money manger.  Dennis seconds and carried. 

Secretary’s Report:  One correction, Pat Bell and Tina Benson are part of the visioning committee.  The          secretary’s report was approved by Jerry, seconded by Gary and carried. 

Treasurer’s Report:  The treasurer’s report was approved by Sharolyn, seconded by Jerry and carried.

President’s Report:   Jim presented an oral report commenting on how well vacation bible school went, and that the adult version was also well received.  Thanked the Kearney youth group that helped with Saturday Suppers and stayed overnight in the fellowship hall.  Motion to   accept the president’s report by Gary and second by Sharolyn and carried.

Pastor’s Report:  Pastor’s report included a statistical report.  Discussed wanting a lay person to monitor ELCA going’s on and report on what the church is doing (mission interpreter).  A confirmation retreat is scheduled at Timber Lake.  Confirmation class will be for 1 hour on Wednesday evenings.  Pastor commented he will be gone for two  Sundays in a row, and that in not something he wants to have happen in the future.  Motion to accept the pastor’s report by Sharolyn, second by Dennis and carried.

Parish Nurse Report:   July was a busy month.  Exercise classes are very popular.  Life Line will be at Messiah  August 25, their 3^rd visit.  “It continues to give me great pleasure to serve Messiah as parish nurse.”  Sonja    Simpson RN MSN.  Motion to accept the report by Jerry, second by Naomi and carried.

Youth Director Report:  Motion to accept the youth     director report by Gary, second by Jerry and carried.

Family Life Ministry Report:  Combined with the Youth Director report.  Motion to accept family life report by Naomi, second by Sharolyn and carried.

Old Business:   (A) The congregation will be asked for volunteers for the Clean Community project, to help clean

Grand Island before the State Fair. Our volunteers will likely be assigned a length of street on a particular day.

New Business: (A) Dena Brooks is concerned about the Sunday school budget this year, with buying the new bibles for the current curriculum and is not planning to buy t-shirts for the Sunday school youth and staff this year.  Discussion is the council would like to see the Sunday school children and staff have t-shirts.  Discussed making the t-shirt available to the congregation to purchase on their own, to support Messiah Sunday School.  Jerry moves we spend $400 for t-shirts for the Sunday School youth and staff for fall of 2010 with the money to be taken from the general fund.  The

t-shirt design will also be made available to Messiah to purchase on their own if desired.  Gary seconds and carried.   (B)  Preschool teacher contract and budget were presented to council.  Douglas moved to accept the contract and budget for the preschool teacher Heidi, Dennis seconds and carried. 

Committee Reports and Action:

Christian Ed-   Bibles are ordered.  Materials are here and ready to be picked up by teachers.  T-shirt issue was discussed and won’t be doing t-shirts this year.  Need a music director, 3^rd and 4^th grade teacher.  Dena

would like to see more of the Sunday School youth at services, along with teachers and parents.

Outreach- No report. Discussed needing a chairperson.

Memorial- No meeting.  A financial statement is included.

Scholarship- No report.  Planning a September meeting and discussing making the requirements for scholarship applicants clear.

Property- No report.  It is recommended to use Tri-City Signs to update the Messiah sign. Sharolyn moves to have Tri-City Signs give us a bid and to have the signs installed.  $4107 is available from Memorial funds to pay for this project. If the bid exceeds this amount funds will be used from the property budget. Carried.

Social Ministry- No meeting.

Steward Leadership- No meeting. 

Endowment-  John Bell gave a report to the council. 

Finance & Budget- No report.

Worship & Music- No report.

Motion to accept the Committee reports by Jerry and second by Gary and carried.

Jim checked the AED. 

A motion to adjourn was made by Dave and seconded by Sharolyn, and passed.

Naomi Erickson will host the next meeting, September 13, 2010 @ 7:00 PM.

The meeting closed with The Lord’s Prayer.

 

Respectfully submitted, Douglas Zarek