St Andrew Council Meeting 9/8/10 Draft
President Bernie Orris opened the meeting with prayer at
7:05pm.
Present: Bernie Orris, Ed Blakelock, Bob Morrissey, Paul
Miottke, Pastor Weeks, Ollie Beall, Egon Lippert, Pastor Rust, Barbara Riegel,
Lauren Hudgins, Gail Pethia,
Guests: Jeff French, Alan Kutzing, Ray Ramsden, Bonnie Roach
*Emily Phillips (from Lutheran Services for the Aging)
presented the LSA’s Capital Campaign for Expansion.
She showed a DVD entitled “Keeping the Promise”. The
campaign’s goal is to raise $5M, to help build 4 new
Lutheran Homes in NC (new in Wilmington & Clemmons, replacements in Winston
*Devotions were led by Bernie Orris.
*Minutes: Motion to accept the July 2010 meeting minutes
made by Ollie Beall, 2nd by Bob Morrissey. Motion carried.
*Stain Glass Windows Report: Alan Kutzing-The 2 triangular
windows are overdue. The artist, Rich Daniels, has promised the windows will be
finished by Friday, 9/17/10. Per the committee- the issue is the time table.
They reviewed all possibilities and decided to stay with Rich. He is finishing
the triangles and has started on the other windows. He owns the design; however, it is only to be
used at St Andrew. There may be a contract issue to change artists. Egon-What
type of contract do we have? Alan-Basically it is word of faith. Pastor Rust-
Will we keep forgiving the delays? Alan-His cash flow is better now. Alan feels
the larger windows will come along much quicker once the triangular ones are
finished. To get the design in the triangles was painstaking. Ollie-See if he meets
his deadline of 9/17, then make a decision. Pastor Weeks was on the original
committee, and spoke of some of those initial consultations. Bernie-We are just
“holding & waiting” during the next week & ½.
*Treasurer’s Report- See Report on Bulletin Board.
Applications for Confirmed Membership (Pastor Rust) include
Mary, David, Sara, & James Pearce, and Andrew & Elizabeth Clingersmith.
Motion, to accept these applications, made by Pastor Weeks, 2nd
by Egon Lippert. Motion carried.
*Pastor’s Report- See monthly visit sheets on Bulletin
Board.
*Memorial Thanksgiving Committee (Pastor Weeks): Jeff French
is the new Committee chairperson. Motion, to accept Jeff as
chairperson, made by Pastor Weeks, 2nd by Egon Lippert.
Motion carried. Pastor Weeks stated that a request to all committees to present
their wish list to the Memorial Committee was sent out; only one response was
received (from the Playground Committee). Motion to publicize the Wish list of
Two Traditional Park Benches & One Picnic Table (all in ground) made by
Pastor Weeks, 2nd by Sarah Hall. Motion carried. (See Bulletin Board
Report for more info)
*Worship & Music (Gail Pethia): Committee would like to
have a policy statement to: Reserve Festival Sundays for worship and festival
related activities only. (Reward ceremonies, skits for upcoming events, and
other unrelated announcements should be presented on other Sundays during the
month.) Motion, to accept this policy, was made by Karen, 2nd by
Paul. Motion carried. There will be NO Advent DAY Time services held this year.
Wednesday Evening services WILL be held.
*Fellowship (Lauren Hudgins): There will be Pot Luck dinners
on Wednesdays in Advent, before the service.
*Finance (Ollie Beall): An Audit Committee needs to be
appointed of at least 3 St Andrew members familiar with finance and spread
sheets. Ollie will put an announcement in the bulletin. All Council Committees
need to have figures for the 2011 budget ready by Sept 29th. There
will be a working meeting on 9/29 to get everything ready for the finance
committee.
*Stewardship (Bob Morrissey): This Sat & Sun,
9/11&12 will be Stewardship Sunday. Steve Baucom will be talking about
making pledges. No letter will go out. Bernie- Has the committee selected
Nominating Committee members? Bob-will
get list from Terry of all new members from the last 2 years to check with
those members about serving on various committees.
*Personnel (Egon Lippert): Walter Reed & he met. Of 58
background check forms (for working with youth), 31 have come back.
Constitution update- the Synod has 120 days to make a response to the updates
sent in. It will have been 120 days on 9/11/10.
*Property (Paul Miottke): The
kitchen floor is complete. Terminex has found that the floor joist moisture
content under Weeks Hall is 19%. Terminex recommends installing 2 dehumidifiers
@ $1200 each. Paul will get several 2nd opinions. The committee will
also get the Blower system running. There has been a request to hang the
Calligraphic Biblical Writings (that were previously in Narthex) up on the back
wall of sanctuary. Motion, to recommend that these do not go
up in the Sanctuary, made by Paul, 2nd by Lauren. Motion
carried.
At issue is Thermostats that are
lowered for the sanctuary for meetings, practices, etc and then not returned to
original temp. Property will check all thermostats for programmability.
*Christian Ed (Sarah Hall): Sunday School starts this Sunday 9/12.
*Social Ministry (Barbara Riegel):
The 9/11 Outreach First Responders annual luncheon for the Sheriff’s Dept will
be on Friday, Sept 10th. The Crop Walk (10/3) organizer this year
will be John Riley. Auction moving along, needs folks to show up, bring their
neighbors, co-workers.
*NC Synod Representatives- No one is
assigned yet. These members must be voted on by the church.
Pastor was asked by the NC Bishop to
support the ELCA by visiting 4 area Lutheran churches in
*New Business- Ed Blakelock: The
budget this year will be a Zero Based Budget. Start with $0, and add activities
& estimated costs for the activities. Each committee should be working on
this, looking at all areas of expense. Bernie- September 29th at
7:00pm is the Budget Meeting.
President Bernie Orris adjourned the
meeting at 9:50pm with The Lord’s Prayer.
Respectfully submitted,