September 11, 2007

Members present: Lucinda Johnson, Lisa Otterson, Ron McBeth, Jean Hoerer

Members absent: Muriel Hedrick

I. The minutes were read and approved.

II. Old Business

A. Ron reported that $100 had been sent to Marcia Richman for milk money or whatever other needs primary school children whose families are unable to pay may have.

1. The Planning Council requested that an item be put in the bulletin and the Beacon about the Milk Money Project.

2. Lisa will submit an article for both publications.

B. Ron reported that he gave our budget plan to Outreach so they can add their plans and pass it on to the Global Mission committee.

III. New Business

A. Lisa Otterson’s resignation was accepted. She and her family are moving to Brookings, SD.

B. The handouts from the Eastern ND Synod were reviewed and discussed

C. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting

IV. Adjournment

A. Next meeting October 9, 2007

B. Muriel Hedrick will have devotions next time

C. Meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

August 14, 2007

Members present: Ron McBeth, Jean Hoerer, Lucinda Johnson, Lisa Otterson, and Muriel Hedrick

I. Minutes were read and approved.

II. Old Business

A. Lisa has decided to run for a position on the board

B. Muriel would prefer to remain on the committee

III. New Business

A. We discussed a contribution to the elementary school for snacks/milk as we have done in past years. Lisa moved to contribute $100 for snacks, milk, or other needs of school children, and Jean seconded. The motion carried. Lisa will contact Marcia Richman about what other needs these children have.

B. We discussed what projects we have had in place that we would like to recommend the new committee continue. They are School Project for Children in Need, such as milk, snacks, and winter clothing; Habitat for Humanity, providing financial aid and man power; Kinship program, providing financial aid and man power; Food Pantry, man power and donation drives; and two to three educational forums for the congregation per year.

C. We discussed some services we’d like the committee to implement: reaching out to nursing homes/elderly and establishing support for community emergency needs.

D. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting.

IV. Adjournment

A. Meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM

B. Next meeting Tuesday, September 11 at 7 PM

C. Lisa will do devotions

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

July 10, 2007

Members Present: Ron McBeth, Jean Hoerer, Lucinda Johnson, Lisa Otterson, Muriel Hedrick, Pastor Julé

Global Mission: Linda Miller, Steve Fischer, Wayne Braaten, Doug and Judy Peterson, Joan Brown

By-Laws Committee: Jeff Hage

I Minutes were read and approved.

II Old Business

A. Jeff and Julé explained the new Board Structure outlined in the changed By-Laws.

B. We discussed who will be willing to serve as a committee member and who would serve on the Board of Evangelism and Outreach. We will report to the nominating committee by next meeting. Ron, Jean and Lucinda will be leaving the board as they have served 2 terms and do not wish to remain on the committee.

C. Ron reported on the Habitat meeting that he and Julé attended in June.

III. New Business

A. Ron reported on the Planning Council meeting.

B. Ron will report to the nominating committee what positions on the Social Ministry Committee and Evangelism and Outreach Board need to be filled.

C. We will review what projects we do and in what time frame at the next meeting so that we have specific information for the new committee and board.

IV. Adjournment

A. Meeting adjourned at 8:45 PM

B. Next meeting Tuesday, August 14 at 7 PM

C. Ron will do devotions

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

May 8, 2007

Members present: Ron McBeth, Muriel Hedrick, Jean Hoerer, and Pastor Julé

Members absent: Lisa Otterson and Lucinda Johnson

I. Minutes were read and approved.

II. Old Business

A. CHIPS presentation was well attended although Ron was the only member of the board represented. He reported that the presentation was interesting and impressive, and that there were several of those attending who took with them applications to participate as mentors in CHIPS.

B. We read a thank you letter from the Kinship Program for our donation.

III. New Business

A. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting

B. Ron reported on the Habitat for Humanity activities

1. He noted that Habitat is building a new house on 2nd Avenue this summer. This will be Habitat’s only building project this year.

2. Habitat is holding a meeting on May 17 to organize help getting volunteers. Ron will be our representative; however, Julé will attend too.

C. We discussed the restructuring of our board which will be joining with Global Missions and Outreach as the newly accepted by-laws require. We need to meet with these other two groups and work out the implementation of this new requirement. Ron will contact Global Missions and Outreach about doing this joint meeting July 10 at 7:00 PM.

IV. Adjournment

A. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.

B. Next meeting at 7:00 PM, Tuesday, July 10.

C. Lucinda will have devotions.

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

April 10, 2007

Members present: Ron McBeth, Muriel Hedrick, and Jean Hoerer

Members absent: Deb Anderson, Lisa Otterson, and Lucinda Johnson, Pastor Julé

I. Minutes were read and approved

II. Old Business

A. There will be a speaker between services on Sunday, April 29. She is Susan Terwilliger from CHIPS (Children of Incarcerated Parents) and VISTA Senior Volunteer Program. She will be speaking in the Centennial Room. Each member of the Social Ministry Board attending that day will bring a dozen cookies to serve with coffee.

B. We had no new information to share about STOMP

III. New Business

A. Ron read Deb Anderson’s letter of resignation from the Board of Social Ministry citing many stresses as her reason for leaving.

B. Muriel shared a request from the Kinship Program for help with the cost of mailing their annual report. Ron moved and Jean seconded to donate $50 to that cause. Motion carried. Muriel will contact the church about sending the money.

C. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting

D. Ron urged us to share the information about the advisory meeting concerning the change in the By-Laws during the coffee hour on April 15 with as many church members as possible. Then we are to encourage them to attend the meeting between services on April 22 to vote on the changes in the By-Laws.

E. Ron explained the new structure for the Boards and urged us to turn in names to the church office for the nomination to church boards for the coming election.

IV. Adjournment

A. Meeting adjourned at 7:20 PM

B. Next meeting a 7:00 PM on Tuesday, May 8

C. Jean will have devotions.

Respectfully submitted,

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

March 20, 2007

Present: Julé Ballinger, Deb Anderson, Ron McBeth, Lucinda Johnson, Lisa Otterson, Jean Hoerer

Absent: Muriel Hedrick

1. The minutes were read and approved

2. Old Business

a. Not many were in church on February 25 because of the weather, but the attendance of the Kinship Program by Rebekah Christianson had several of those who did attend at the program. We felt it was successful.

b. Lucinda has arranged to have a speaker from CHIPS and Retired and Senior Volunteer Program on Sunday, April 29 between services.

3. New Business

a. We discussed the need for offering rides to church. We decided some of the issues surrounding this project could be answered by this April 29 speaker. We will talk more about it at the next meeting.

b. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting.

c. Lucinda reported on the Food Pantry meeting.

d. We discussed the possibility of helping in some way with the STOMP project as we did last year. Lisa will look into ways we could help and will report at the next meeting.

4. Adjournment

a. Muriel has devotions for the next meeting on April 10, 2007 at 6:30 PM (note time change).

b. Meeting adjourned at 6:30 PM

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

February 13, 2007

Present: Julé Ballinger, Ron McBeth, Deb Anderson, and Jean Hoerer

Absent: Lisa Otterson, Lucinda Johnson, and Muriel Hedrick

1. The minutes were read and approved.

2. Old Business

a. Rebeka Christensen from Kinship will speak between services on February 25, 2007. The presentation will be in the Centennial Room. Muriel will contact Rebecca to confirm and find out if there is anything she needs to set up.

b. Each board member will bring a dozen cookies to serve with coffee.

3. New Business

a. The United Methodist Church in Breckenridge is sponsoring a Living Well Workshop for people living with ongoing health problems. The workshop is designed to help people manage their health. It is a six week program that will meet Mondays from 3-5:30 PM beginning April 9. We will ask Sandy to put this information in the bulletin and the Beacon.

b. Bob Caranicas’ father will teach a CPR class to any interested members of the congregation on Saturday, April 21 from 2-6 PM. The only cost is the $1.50 license fee.

c. Pastor Julé brought two programs to our attention that might be of interest to the congregation.

1. CHIPS is for children who need mentors because their parents are incarcerated. The program is similar to Kinship but focuses on a different clientele.

2. Retired and Senior Volunteer Program is for people over 55 who choose to give time to volunteer programs. Since both programs are under the same auspices, we decided to hold a forum on both. We will ask Lucinda to contact the representative of these programs and see if we could get a presentation between church services on April 15, 22, or 29. Ron will give Lucinda the contact information.

d. Ron reported on the Planning Council meeting

4. Adjournment

a. Deb did devotions tonight so Lisa will take Deb’s turn at the next meeting on March 20 at 5:30 PM (Note change of schedule). Ron will be in New York on the regular meeting date)

b. Meeting adjourned at 7:54 PM

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

January 9, 2007

Present: Julé Ballinger, Lucinda Johnson, Ron McBeth, Lisa Otterson, and Jean Hoerer

Absent: Deb Anderson and Muriel Hedrick

1. The minutes were read and approved.

2. Old Business:

a. Ron showed us a thank you from Outreach for Africa for the donation of $125.

b. Julé talked about the Firstchoice presentation we considered last month. She reported that she and Ivy will be attending a training session in Wahpeton at a date yet to be determined. We decided to wait with the forum until after they have had the training.

c. February 11 was not a good date for the Kinship presentation by Rebecca Christianson, so we had to choose another date. We would like February 25, 2007, but we must clear it with the church office and Rebecca before we can set it for that time. Ron will contact Muriel.

3. New Business

1. Ron showed us a card from Habitat for Humanity

2. Ron reported on the Planning Council meeting.

4. Adjournament

1. Lisa has devotions for the next meeting on February 13, 2007 at 7 PM

2. Meeting adjourned at 7:55 PM

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

December 12, 2006

Present: Lucinda Johnson, Ron McBeth, Jean Hoerer and Jule’ Ballinger.

Absent: Lisa Otterson, Muriel Hedrick, and Deb Anderson

Minutes were read and approved.

Old Business

1. Rebecca Christianson from the Kinship program will speak at coffee hour February 11, 2007. Muriel will contact her to confirm this date. Muriel will put a note in the Beacon and on the blue sheet of the bulletin.

2. The milk money drive in November raised $221.94. A thank you to the congregation for their generous participation will be put in the bulletin.

3. We will also put a reminder in the bulletin for Dollars for Jesus each first Sunday of every month.

New Business

1. We discussed the possibility of hosting a representative of Firstchoice, an abstinence clinic, at a coffee hour talk on a Sunday before a Firstchoice program at NDSCS. The program isn’t until March. We decided to table the decision until the January meeting.

2. We decided to give $125 to Kids Against Hunger for their food packaging project in February. Ron will notify Pastor Jule’ who is planning to get some volunteers to work at the project.

3. Ron handed out the annual report and asked that we all proofread and give him suggestions before January 4. He will email the report to absent members so they can give their input as well.

4. Ron reported on the Planning Council meeting.

Ron has devotions for next meeting on January 9, 2007

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 PM

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

NOVEMBER 14, 2006

Members Present: Deb Anderson, Muriel Hedrick, Ron McBeth

Members Absent: Jean Hoerer, Lucinda Johnson, Lisa Otterson, Pastor Jule_ Ballinger

Guest: Rebecca Christiansen

Minutes of the October meeting were approved (Deb/Muriel).

Old Business:

1. Muriel put an article in the Beacon concerning the collection of milk money and also prepared the display for the collection of the money, which is in the lobby between services on Sunday. Thank you for all your work, Muriel.

2. Muriel contacted Thrivent concerning funding and reported that Thrivent only has money for matching funds.

New Business:

1. Rebecca Christiansen, Director of The Kinship Program in the Wahpeton-Breckenridge area spoke to the board. The Kinship Program is for adults mentoring youths who are between the ages of 5 and 17. There is currently a shortage of mentors, especially male mentors. The board invited Rebecca to speak at coffee hour between services on a Sunday in February. We are looking at February 11, 2007 as a possible date. Muriel will keep in contact with Rebecca.

2. Ron reported on the Planning Council meeting.

3. Next meeting will be Tuesday, December 12, 2006. Devotions will be led by Lucinda Johnson.

Respectfully submitted

Ron McBeth, Acting Secretary

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Members Present: Jean Hoerer, Deb Anderson, Muriel Hedrick, Ron McBeth, Lucinda Johnson, Lisa Otterson

Guest: Marcia Richman

I. Lisa moved and Deb seconded to approve the minutes of the meeting. The motion carried and the minutes were approved.

II. Old Business

A. Marcia Richman thanked the board for all we have been able to do to help needy school children. She reported that there is still a need for milk money as some families simply cannot pay the $5 per month per child. She also stressed the need for mentors and tutors for many children. After her report we discussed a couple of possibilities: Having Rebecca Christianson from the Kinship Program to speak at a coffee hour and to give a Temple Talk and sponsoring a kinship activity or event in our church. We decided to invite Rebecca to our next meeting. Muriel will contact her.

III. New Business

A. Ron reported that Thrivent has funds available. Muriel will contact Thrivent for details.

B. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting

C. We discussed making our projects visible to the congregation. Muriel will put an article in the Beacon each month about the activities of this board.

D. We approved the proposed budget for next year at $375.00 if we remain an independent board. If we are combined with Board of Outreach and Global Missions, the amount will be $2000.

E. We will bring ideas for reaching out to the community at Christmas to the next meeting.

F. For the month of November we will put out milk jugs to collect donations for milk money for school children. Muriel will put an article in the Beacon and in a Sunday bulletin or two.

IV. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM

A. Next meeting Tuesday, November 14, 2006

B. Devotions will be led by Deb Anderson

C. Lucinda Johnson will take minutes in Jean’s absence

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Members present: Ron McBeth, Jean Hoerer, Muriel Hedrick, and Lucinda Johnson

Members absent: Pastor Julé, Deb Anderson, and Lisa Otterson

I. The minutes were read and approved.

II. Old Business

A. Ron reported that the $60.00 donated for prescriptions was not needed because the intended recipient died.

B. We read thank you cards from Marcia Richman and the Zimmerman Elementary staff gratefully acknowledging the $50 donation for snacks and $50 donation for milk for elementary students.

C. We discussed the need that the elementary school has for sweatpants that could be used if a child had an accident at school that required a change of pants. Muriel will talk to Marcia Richman about exact needs, and we will seek monetary donations for this cause. Muriel will see that articles with more specific information get into the Beacon and the Sunday bulletin(s).

D. We discussed a corner in the bulletin on a regular basis, perhaps once a month or maybe more often as needed, that would update the congregation about the projects of the Board of Social Ministry. Muriel will talk to Sandy about it.

III. New Business

A. We discussed some vision and planning ideas and goals for 2007. Some things we would like to explore further are a grief and loss support group, a support group for families of narcotic addicts, and ministry to prisoners.

We will discuss each of these further and in more depth in the next months.

B. Ron reported that the Board of Stewardship is looking for volunteers for football captains for the drive again this year. If we are willing to be captains, we should contact Jeff Hage or Wayne Braaten.

C. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting

IV. Meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM

A. Next meeting October 10, 2006 at 7:00 PM

B. Devotions to be led by Muriel Hedrick

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

August 15, 2006

Members present: Pastor Juleٰ Ballinger, Ron McBeth, Jean Hoerer, Muriel Hedrick,Lucinda Johnson, and Lisa Otterson

Members absent: Deb Anderson

I. The minutes were read and approved.

II. Old Business

A. Muriel reported that person helped by the prescription money we donated is still extremely ill. He needs $60.00 to get a three month supply of his medicine. Lisa moved and Lucinda seconded that we donate that amount so that the medicine could be obtained through RX Outreach. The motion carried.

B. We reviewed the goals we talked about in June.

1. Lisa will talk with Marcia Richman about the needs of the school children. We know that milk money is needed, and we would like to help in some other way as well. Some considerations we discussed were snacks, sweat pants, and another winter clothing drive.

2. We explained our goal of sponsoring a grief support group for Bethel and the community to Pastor Juleٰ. She will look into getting a group started. The entire board agreed to help her and to do some of the footwork for her.

III. New Business

A. Ron reported on the Planning Council.

B. Muriel noted that we need to do still more with the Vision and Planning part of our agenda. We agreed to bring more ideas for next time.

IV. Meeting adjourned at 8:25 PM

A. Next meeting September 12 at 7:00 PM

B. Devotions to be led by Deb Anderson

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

July 11, 2006

Members present: Ron McBeth, Jean Hoerer, Deb Anderson, and Lucinda Johnson

Members absent: Muriel Hedrick and Lisa Otterson

I. The minutes of last meeting were read and approved.

II. Old Business

A. Money in the amount of $44.44 was given to Muriel’s client, a displaced person, for medications. This business was transacted via email as the need arose suddenly after our last meeting.

III. New Business

A. The meeting began jointly with the Board of Outreach and representatives from the By-Law Revision Committee, Jeff Hage and Carl Likness. They explained how the proposed by-laws apply to the structure of our board and the Board of Outreach. They answered questions that members from each board had.

B. Ron presented a letter from Grant Richardson of Bethany Homes. The letter asked us to consider having Bethany give a presentation on aging as a future program for our congregation. It was decided to look at this possibility later as the church calendar is very full for the coming months.

C. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting

IV. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM

A. Next meeting, August 15 at 7:00 PM

B. Devotions to be led by Lucinda

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

June 13, 2006

Members present: Ron McBeth, Lisa Otterson, Deb Anderson, Jean Hoerer

Members absent: Muriel Hedrick and Lucinda Johnson

I. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

II. Old Business - none

III. New Business

A. Ron handed out copies of the proposed new by-laws. We read and discussed the ramifications of the new combined boards. Ron reported that the by-laws committee wants to meet with us and the boards of Outreach and Global Missions to review the changes proposed by the new by-laws.

B. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting

C. We discussed the topics that we have considered so far as part of our visions and goals. These areas were identified as possibilities. Some of them are things we already contribute to and some are ideas for additional visions.

1. Ministry to prisoners

2. Grief support

3. Milk money for elementary school children

4. Winter clothing for elementary school children

5. Support for recovering drug especially meth addiction families

6. Food Pantry

7. Habitat for Humanity

IV. Meeting adjourned at 7:50 PM

A. Next meeting July 11 at 7:00 PM

B. Devotions led by Ron

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

May 9, 2006

Members present: Ron McBeth, Deb Anderson, Lucinda Johnson, Jean Hoerer, Muriel Hedrick, and Lisa Otterson

I. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.

II. Old Business

A. Ron reported on the Lutheran Social Services presentation at coffee hour on Sunday, May 7.

1. Over twenty people attended

2. It was a big success

III. New Business

A. Ron reported on the Planning Council Meeting

B. Vision, Goals and Objectives

1. Several ideas to achieve the goals for the next six months were discussed.

a. Supply some snacks for the teachers to give to those students who can’t bring any during the school year

b. Continue and expand the milk money project

c. Support group for the families of those with chemical abuse problems

d. Rides for summer school children

e. Red light, green light books

2. It was decided that we would come with specific ideas to consider at

the next meeting. It could be the ones discussed at this meeting or others.

IV. Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM

A. Next meeting June 13 at 8:00 PM

B. Lucinda will lead the devotions

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

April 11, 2006

Members present: Ron McBeth, Muriel Hedrick, Deb Anderson, and Jean Hoerer

Members absent: Lisa Otterson and Lucinda Johnson

I. Deb moved and Muriel seconded to approve the minutes of the last meeting. The motion carried.

II. Old Business

A. The Lutheran Social Services Forum was changed from April 23 to May 7

1. Discussion was held concerning serving the coffee hour that day.

2. It was decided that we would each bring 2 batches of cookies

3. Ron and Jean serve and find someone else to help them.

III. New Business

A. Ron reported that there was a request for a ride to church on Easter Sunday

1. Ron will contact the Men’s Bible Study Group that was interested in helping with this service.

B. Ron reported on the Planning Council meeting.

C. Muriel spoke about making the congregation aware of the opportunities to reach into the community through the Kinship program. We will look at this possibility more at a later date.

IV. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM

A. Next meeting May 9 at 7:00 PM

B. Jean will lead the devotions.

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

March 14, 2006

Members Present: Ron McBeth, Deb Anderson, Muriel Hedrick, Jean Hoerer, Lucinda Johnson, and Lisa Otterson

Lucinda moved and Deb seconded to approve the minutes of the last meeting. The motion carried.

Old Business

A. Muriel reported that her program on Medicare Part D was quite successful.

1. A dozen or more attended

2. During the presentation those in attendance generated questions

3. Many contacted her to help get these questions answered

B. Muriel reported on the Least of These project

1. We need to dispose of the donations that were not useable by the elementary children.

2. Muriel will take them to the Ark in Fargo.

3. There were a few more donations to be taken to Marcia Richman. Lucinda will do this.

III. New Business

The uncashed check to the Ministerial Association

1. The check was given by the Board of Social Ministry for the pizza for the group meetings with the youth. No meetings have been held since the check was issued. The question is what should be done about it?

2. After some discussion, we decided to ask the Ministerial Association to cash the check and use the money for whatever needs they may have.

Lutheran Social Services

3. Ron contacted and they sent us brochures about the services and forums available through them.

4. Lisa proposed that we hold a forum about the services LSS provides. It would be held between services on April 23 if possible.

5. Ron will contact Pastor Gary and Sandy about the date, any articles needed for the Beacon or the bulletin. We will discuss this more at our April meeting.

Ron reported on the Planning Council meeting

IV. Meeting adjourned at 8:05 PM

V. Next meeting: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 at 7:00 PM

Devotions: Muriel Hedrick

February 13, 2006

Members present: Ron McBeth, Deb Anderson, Lucinda Johnson, Jean Hoerer and Lisa Otterson

Members absent: Muriel Hedrick

The minutes were read and approved.

Old Business:

Ron reported on the annual meeting.

Lisa reported on Unto the Least of These Project.

The following items were donated to the project: 24 coats, 36 hats, 26 pairs of gloves, 11 scarves, 2 pairs of snow boots, 3 pairs of snow pants and some miscellaneous adult items which are not usable for the children’s project so will be donated to some other needy cause. The project was very successful, and the recipients were very grateful.

Lisa also reported that the school children’s need for milk money is ongoing as is the need for sweatpants for small children. We discussed the possibility of doing some more projects to help fulfill these needs.

New Business

Muriel will be speaking on Medicare Part D on February 19. She will contact the church office about what she needs to set up.

Ron reported on the Planning Council meeting

We discussed the need to change our regular meeting date as Monday doesn’t work well for some of the members of our committee. We decided we will meet the second Tuesday of each month.

We evaluated how our board has attempted to contribute to the goals set by the Visions teams and discussed things we could do in the future to help the congregation reach those goals. One thing that was considered was more forums such as Muriel’s and Jean Smith’s.

Ron brought a brochure from Lutheran Social Services that talked about speakers coming to our congregation. He will contact LSS and explore the programs available.

Ron reported that the Synod meeting is April 30, 2006 in Grand Forks. The congregation will pay for five members to go. If anyone is interested, contact Larry Gast.

Next meeting: March 14 at 7:00 PM. Deb will lead devotions.

The meeting adjourned at 8:05 PM

Respectfully submitted by

Jean Hoerer, Secretary

January 9, 2006