St Andrew Council Meeting Minutes
3/10/11 Draft
*President Bernie Orris
called the meeting to order at 7:02 with Pastor Rust praying.
Present: Glenn Kaijala, Ed Blakelock, Bernie Orris,
Pastor Rust, Bob Morrissey, Sarah Hall, Eleanor Lockhart, Paul Miottke, Barbara
Barden, Bob Weeks, Ollie Beall, Karen Ellenberger
Absent: Craig Schadewald,
Jeff Ogonoski
*Devotion was presented by
Karen Ellenberger.
*Minutes: Motion to accept the minutes was made by
Sarah Hall, 2nd by Barbara Barden. Motion carried.
*Treasurer’s Report- Ed
Blakelock: Highlights:
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CURRENT |
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YTD |
YTD |
ANNUAL |
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MONTH |
YTD |
BUDGET |
VARIANCE |
BUDGET |
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Receipts:
Operating |
27,040.14 |
61,665.27 |
67,796.18 |
(6,130.91) |
402,462 |
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Restricted |
5,748.97 |
7,992.97 |
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Total Receipts |
32,789.11 |
69,658.24 |
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Total
Disbursements |
31,805.22 |
62,326.74 |
64,192.32 |
(1,888.93) |
404,962 |
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Income/(Loss) |
(4,765.08) |
(661.47) |
3,603.86 |
(4,241.98) |
(2,500) |
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Mortgage: |
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Balance as of 02/01/2011 |
655,562.28 |
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Payment from general fund: |
3,676.76 |
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Additional Payments: |
0.00 |
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Balance as of 02/28/2010 |
651,885.52 |
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Bob Weeks
commended Ed for the huge audit he participated in.
*Memorial Committee- Bob
Weeks: Presented the framed picture taken by Bill Ash, during a trip to
Switzerland & Germany, where Luther made his Here I Stand speech (in
Germany at the Diet of Worms). Ash has donated the picture to St Andrew in
memory of Karl Koehler & Roland Kaiser.
The memorial committee will hang it to the right of the main doors. Motion to accept the gift was made by Bob
Morrissey, with 2nd by Pastor Rust. The motion carried.
Weeks spoke of the memorial
plaques with names of members who have died. Names may be missing; those
families need to contact the Memorial Committee to let them know. Weeks showed the council where the fireproof
safes are that store the archives. Council minutes, deeds to the church, etc
are stored in them. He recommends a 3rd fire safe to store the
architectural drawings of the church; Glenn mentioned these could be digitized.
Council permission granted to put another fireproof safe on the Memorial
Committee Wish List. Weeks recommends having the Alpha & Omega Windows
dedicated soon.
*Bernie announced that Jeff
Ogonoski is now the Committee Liaison for Worship & Music. Craig Schadewald
is now the Liaison for Youth. Lauren Hudgins is moving, so Fellowship is open.
Council will need to appoint a Liaison to that committee for the remainder of
her term.
Bernie went over the Voting
Procedures for feedback from council.
Motion made by Ollie Beall, 2nd by Sarah, for a one year waiting
period if the 1st vote does not pass to leave the ELCA. The motion
carried.
*Pastor’s Report- See full
report on Bulletin Board. Billy Bloomfield will join the church on Sunday,
3/13/11. Pastor spoke of Ruth Koehler, Louise Hebscher, Dan Glasgow, and Betty
Motto. He spoke of the new Sunday School; also the Christ Candle. Motion was made by Ollie Beall, 2nd
by Glenn, to keep the lighted Christ Candle in the Sanctuary at all times.
Motion carried. It may be moved to other locations in the sanctuary.
Pastor spoke of the basic
mission of our church. Motion made by
Bob Morrissey, 2nd by Karen Ellenberger to accept Billy Bloomfield
as a new member of St Andrew. Motion carried.
*Finance- Ollie: See report
on website and bulletin board. Committee
will discuss finance matters at the April meeting after the vote. Ed presented
the Final Audit Report. The committee will review deficiencies in April or May
meeting.
*Fellowship-
no report
*Property- Paul: See report.
Mentioned the Sunday School painting-reviewing colors. Spoke of the Water,
Power, and Gas- the water main is shut off outside Pastor’s Office door. Paul
met with Michael Park about the malfunctioning thermostat.
*Social Committee- Barbara;
no report.
*Stewardship-Bob: see report
*Christian Ed-Sarah: see
report
*Evangelism-Eleanor: See
report. Committee has 9 new members! They will meet every other month, next on
5/4/11.
*Worship
& Music- no report
*Youth- Question from the
committee- what ages are the Youth Group and what is the Youth Group mission.
*Personnel- Glenn: Committee
is meeting in May.
*New Business- Church work
day is coming up; sign up sheet is on Weeks Hall door. Pastor will help
recruit.
Karen- nursery keepers for
Sunday School will need to be background checked, if not already.
Paul has devotions for April.
Motion to adjourn made by Paul, 2nd
by Karen at 9:45pm.
Bernie closed the meeting
with The Lord’s Prayer.
Respectfully submitted,
Karen Ellenberger, Secretary