April 14, 2008

Present: Skip Alfson, Paul Lekang, Kathy Hammer, Pastor Gary, Jeff Hage

Absent: Carrie Voightman,

Meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm. Jeff led the group in prayer and spiritual direction.

ENVELOPES: After some discussion regarding the offering envelopes it was decided to stay with the same for 2009 as we have done in the past. Future planning for a change should take place in fall as the order needs to be placed in April for the following year.

There were some suggestions regarding a different schedule such as sending out quarterly. Also discussed was inserting an envelope for the "Stewardship Emphasis" for the monthly emphasis that is planned to be in effect September 2008. The "Simply Giving" option will be promoted more. For 2010 envelopes the group will analyze the potential for a cost savings as well as try to be as effective as possible.

STEWARDHIP EMPHASIS: The monthly "Stewardship Emphasis" to begin in Sept. 08. Much time was spent discussing this issue. Jeff will bring this up at the next planning council meeting to get some suggestions on what projects should be promoted. It was decided that we would concentrate on 9 months versus 12 for the next year. Pastor Gary suggested we promote this as "9 in ‘09". The months would be September – May. Ideas included Bethel endowment, Synod Endowment, LSS, Food Pantry, Global Missions, Camperships, Habitat for Humanity, Open Borders, Mission trip-servant ventures, Kinship, National Gathering. The board was in agreement that there should be a blend of local causes as well as outreach beyond the local into national/world causes.

Pastor is concerned about the monthly emphasis communication. The promotion should not be only through Temple Talks. Paul suggested some sort of promotion during coffee hour such as power point running during the coffee hour without a formal presentation. Posters, photos, brochures, skits were other ideas for promotion. It would be the responsibility of the group that benefits to supply the promotional ideas and supplies.

REMINDER: All Board members and committees to attend follow up Vision 2008 planning process meeting Thursday April 17 at 5:30 for pizza meeting to begin at 6 pm .

Vision 2008 forums are scheduled for Sunday April 27 and May 4 at 10 am.

WORSHIP TIMES: Board of Lay Ministry is hoping for some feedback for summer worship schedule and the Fall worship schedule – 3 services?

Jeff would like to compare # of giving units year to date as compared to this time last year.

FALL CAMPAIGN: Pastor suggested we make some decisions at the next meeting regarding the fall stewardship campaign. A theme to be decided. Pastor has some suggested themes that he received via PDF files. We will consider those.

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm. Next meeting Monday, May 12, 2008 7 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Hammer

March 10, 2008

Present: Skip Alfson, Paul Lekang, Kathy Hammer, Carrie Voightman, Pastor Gary

Absent: Jeff Hage

Meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm. Kathy led group in prayer and spiritual direction.

Motion by Carrie, seconded by Skip to approve February minutes as presented. Motion carried.

Jeff e mailed to let us know he was unable to attend meeting. He noted that the agenda called for discussion of envelopes which need to be ordered by April. We were not able to discuss much as we did not have materials to review. A decision would need to be made at our next meeting.

The other agenda item under old business is the monthly "Stewardship Emphasis" to begin in Sept. 08. Much time was spent discussing this issue. The board was in agreement that a focus on local causes would be preferred. We could check with social services on some local needs. Also discussed was the likelihood of this becoming a 9 month program and not collect during summer. Some ideas discussed were not only giving monetarily but also through time and talents. Each month could have a "Spotlight on Stewardship". The group which is spotlighted that month could determine how they would most want to promote what they do. It may be a temple talk, skit, display booth during coffee etc. on the last Sunday of each month spotlighting for the following month. Also discussed was the need to promote better the projects we already do and how the recipients are benefiting. Examples are BLCW circles projects such as quilting, health kits, meals on wheels, scouting, Christmas kid’s projects, national gatherings, camperships, LSS, World Hunger etc. Kathy to visit with Muriel on Board of Outreach to coordinate such promotions. Lenten offerings to be more publicized.

Reminder: All Board members and committees to attend planning process meeting Saturday March 15 9:00 A.M. Each board to present a 5 year plan for their respective committee.

Meeting adjourned at 8:10 pm. Next meeting Monday, April 7, 2008 7 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Hammer

February 11, 2008

Present: Jeff Hage, Paul Lekang, Kathy Hammer

Absent: Carrie Voightman, Skip Alfson

Meeting was called to order at 7:10 pm. Jeff led the group in prayer.

Kathy agreed to serve as secretary to fill the position previously held by Wayne Braaten. Wayne brought his stewardship materials to the meeting. He was thanked for his past service to the committee.

Motion by Kathy, seconded by Paul to approve December & January minutes as presented.

Jeff asked Paul to serve as the liason between the memorial committee and stewardship. He agreed and will contact a member of the memorial committee.

Jeff asked that we begin planning for a monthly "Stewardship Emphasis" to begin in Sept. 08. Each month would have a cause to collect extra funds for. We currently have November earmarked for World Hunger and December for Lutheran Social Services. Other suggestions might include the food pantry, global mission society, habitat for humanity, youth camps, youth mission trips, disaster relief etc.

Paul asked if it would make sense to ask our members if they would have any interest in getting more information about certain subjects, causes etc. They could then be somehow updated on their areas of interest periodically via e mail.

An FYI – The Synod Assembly will be held in Fargo April 5 & 6. All members are welcome to attend. Bethel qualifies to bring 5 voting members.

Installation of board members and officers will be held February 24 at each service. All members encouraged to attend.

The committee discussed in length the request by Bethel President Mike Bassingthwaite regarding long range vision. A preliminary planning process will begin Saturday, March 15 at 9:00 A.M. and all boards and committee members are requested to attend if possible.

Each board to present a 5 year plan for their respective committee.

Stewardship committee ideas (in no order of priority at this time):

Establish a monthly stewardship emphasis as noted above.

Find other areas for congregation support to keep members more informed with better forms of communications.

Promote "Simply Giving" and give testimonials by those using the system. Explain to congregation how it works.

Expand, embellish and grow the "Come As You Are" worship service.

Build a new chapel within the Bethel property. Purchase properties to the west either for parking or adding on to the church for a chapel.

Create a Director of Music Ministry position.

Establish ways of inviting inactive and previous members back to worship.

Create a "Visitation Pastor" position

Increase outreach and Christian ministry.

 

At next meeting: Fall campaign chairperson to be appointed and decisions regarding 2009 envelope options and costs.

Meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm. Next meeting Monday, March 10, 2008 7 PM

Respectfully submitted,

Kathy Hammer

JANUARY 3, 2008

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Skip Alfson, Wayne Braaten, Kathy Hammer

Members Absent: Bob Buck, Carrie Voightman, Pastor Gary

Old Business:

1. The purpose of this meeting was to review and approve the 2008 budget to be presented to the congregation at the annual meeting. Motion carried (Skip/Kathy) to approve the budget as amended.

2. Wayne and Bob will be going off the board. The board will select a new secretary at the February meeting.

Wayne Braaten, Secretary

DECEMBER 10, 2007

Members Present: Bob Buck, Skip Alfson, Wayne Braaten, Kathy Hammer, Pastor Gary

Members Absent: Jeff Hage, Carrie Voightman

Devotions: Pastor Gary

Old Business:

1. The board discussed some issues of the fall campaign. The board also discussed ideas for stewardship drives in the future.

2. The scope of the heating system fund drive campaign was also discussed.

3. Next meeting will be January 14, 2008.

Wayne Braaten, Secretary

NOVEMBER 12, 2007

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Carrie Voightman, Bob Buck, Skip Alfson, Kathy Hammer, Wayne Braaten, Pastor Gary

Minutes of the last meeting were approved (Skip/Kathy).

Old Business:

1. Jeff reviewed the fall campaign: 210 pledges, 111 will give, 14 can’t, 12 no response. Approximately $284,500 pledged.

2. The 2008 budget was discussed. Much of the discussion concerned line 48, Director of Worship. The board was wondering if this is the proper way to present this to the congregation. The board decided to leave the rest of the budget as is. The board did not feel confident that the congregation could fund this position at this time. Benevolences were increased to 9%.

New Business:

1. Jeff mentioned we are looking for people to serve on the committee to raise funds for the heating system upgrade. We would like to have someone from the board to serve on this committee as a liaison between the board and the committee.

2. Wayne offered a closing prayer for the meeting.

Wayne Braaten, Secretary

OCTOBER 8, 2007

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Carrie Voightman, Bob Buck, Kathy Hammer, Wayne Braaten,

Pastor Gary

Members Absent: Skip Alfson

Pastor Gary discussed the service for October 14th. Team leaders will be commissioned and packets will be handed out to team leaders after services. Board members will start packets for team leaders unable to attend worship.

Our campaign for next year was discussed for budget purposes. We decided to budget for a congregational meal.

Benevolences were discussed. Kathy moved and Carrie seconded to raise benevolences by 1% to 8% for next year. Motion passed.

After the meeting, packets were assembled. The board thanks Kari Krause’s confirmation group for helping.

The board plans to have a special meeting in October to discuss the budget further.

Wayne Braaten, Secretary

SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Carrie Voightman, Bob Buck, Skip Alfson, Kathy Hammer, Wayne Braaten, Paul Lekang

Members Absent: Pastor Gary

Our board decided on a theme for the fall campaign of Deuteronomy 16:17 "Each of you shall bring a gift in proportion to the way the Lord your God has blessed you."

Carrie will design a page of art work for the packets. Jeff’s Sunday school class will color.

A congregational mailing will be mailed on October 5, 2007.

We tentatively plan to have temple talks September 30 and October 7.

There will be a special Board of Stewardship meeting September 25 at 5:00 p.m.

Wayne Braaten, Secretary

AUGUST 13, 2007

Members Present: Wayne Braaten, Jeff Hage, Kathy Hammer, Skip Alfson, Pastor Gary

Members Absent: Bob Buck, Carrie Voightman

Old Business:

1. The fall campaign was discussed. The campaign will start October 14 with commitment Sunday October 29. Board members were asked to help think of a theme or verse for this year’s campaign. This may be done through e-mail using the reply all setting. Jeff volunteered to be in charge of communications.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

JULY 10, 2007

Members Present: Wayne Braaten, Jeff Hage, Kathy Hammer

Members Absent: Bob Buck, Carrie Voightman, Skip Alfson

Old Business:

1. The fall campaign was discussed. It was decided to pass the packets again this year. Kathy volunteered to chair the fall campaign. Jeff will talk to Thrivent about getting Simply giving brochures for the fall campaign.

2. Jeff will write a financial update for the Beacon.

3. Jeff and Larry Gast will do an evaluation of Clare and the financial secretary position.

New Business:

1. Wayne updated the board on the Global Mission Society. He stated the board wants to inform the congregation of all mission opportunities. The members of the Global Mission Society feel that our financial focus should remain on the Central African Republic.

2. At our next meeting the board will discuss board member status, the fall campaign and our budget for 2008. We need some ideas of what type of campaign the board would run for the budget.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

JUNE 11, 2007

Members Present: Jeff Hae, Carrie Voightman, Kathy Hammer, Skip Alfson, Bob Buck, Wayne Braaten

Devotions: Kathy Hammer

Minutes of the last meeting were approved (Kathy/Skip).

Old Business:

1. Jeff will meet with Clare to discuss the financial secretary job description.

New Business:

1. The possibility of a capital campaign was discussed. The heating system is in need of major repairs. The Fall Campaign will be discussed at our next meeting.

Wayne Braaten, Secretary

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2007

Members Present: Wayne Braaten, Skip Alfson, Jeff Hage, Carrie Voightman, Kathy Hammer, Pastor Gary

Members Absent: Bob Buck

Guests: Larry Gast, Pastor Jule_ , Charles Lane

Pastor Gary lead devotions based on I Timothy

Charles Lane, author of the book "Ask, Thank and Tell" led a discussion on the book.

APRIL 9, 2007

Members present: Jeff Hage, Pastor Gary, Kathy Hammer, Skip Alfson, Wayne Braaten

Members Absent: Carrie Voightman

Kathy moved to accept the secretary’s report. Bob seconded motion carried.

Offering envelopes. It was decided to go with the same company. This will be discussed at future meetings.

The budget was discussed. In March income exceeded expenses. Because of February’s deficit the congregation is still behind where we should be.

The job description for the financial secretary was tabled. Jeff will meet with Clare to discuss with her.

Charles Lane will be at our May 14th meeting. Other boards are encouraged to attend this meeting. We will discuss the Ask Thank and Tell book. We will also look for suggestions for the Fall campaign.

Kathy moved to adjourn.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

MARCH 22, 2007

Members Present: Wayne Braaten, Bob Buck, Jeff Hage, Kathy Hammer, Carrie Voightman, Pastor Gary

Members Absent: Skip Alfson

Old Business:

1. Lenten offerings were discussed. The board will look into the possibility of making offerings available to special causes.

2. Motion carried (Wayne/Kathy) that the Maunday Thursday offering go to the Global Mission Society.

New Business:

1. Jeff made the board aware of nine objectives for the congregation. Two that concern our board are long term building maintenance and documenting the budget process. Jeff Hage and Mike Bassingthwaite will work on documenting the budget process. Our board will work with the Board of Property on long term funding of building maintenance.

2. Fall Campaign options were discussed. This discussion will continue.

3. Four items our board needs to accomplish this year are: document the budget process, job description for the financial secretary, fall campaign, and 2008 budget.

4. Our next meeting will be April 9 at 7:00.

Pastor Gary led us in prayer to close the meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

FEBRUARY 12, 2007

Members Present: Skip Alfson, Bob Buck, Jeff Hage, Wayne Braaten, Pastor Gary

Members Absent: Carrie Voightman, Kathy Hammer

Pastor Gary led a discussion about "Ask, Thank and Tell".

Old Business:

1. The board discussed a draft of the financial secretary’s job description. It was decided to ask Clare to attend the March meeting to discuss this further.

New Business:

1. Pastor Gary discussed the possibility of asking Charles Lane to attend our meeting in April. He would provide more insight on the book "Ask, Thank and Tell".

2. Jeff mentioned he would like to step down from being temporary chair. This discussion will continue.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

JANUARY 8, 2007

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Bob Buck, Paul Langseth, Carrie Voightman, Wayne Braaten, Skip Alfson

Guest: Larry Gast

Minutes of the previous meeting were approved (Jeff/Bob).

Old Business:

1. 2007 Budget - motion carried to present the 2007 budget to the congregation (Wayne/Bob).

2. Wayne will write a draft of a job description for the financial secretary.

3. Paul volunteered to update the time and talent booklet.

New Business:

1. Planning Council Update - in December all benevolences were paid in full for the year 2006. The board is thankful for the tremendous response of the congregation in December.

2. Our board will document the budget process in an effort to make future preparation easier.

3. Paul Langseth has moved and will resign from the board. The board is thankful for his service on the board.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten, Secretary

DECEMBER 18, 2006

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Bob Buck, Carrie Voightman, Skip Alfson, Wayne Braaten, Pastor Gary

Members Absent: Paul Langseth

The budget for the 2007 year was discussed. A deficit budget will be submitted to the congregation at the annual meeting. The board does not want to decrease our programming. A way to fund major repair projects needs to be found. It was decided to lower benevolences to 8%. The board would like to see contributions increase so all programs may be fully funded.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

NOVEMBER 13, 2006

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Bob Buck, Skip Alfson, Wayne Braaten, Pastor Gary

Members Absent: Paul Langseth, Carrie Voightman

Guest: Larry Gast

Old Business:

1. Fall Campaign: so far 194 pledged, 112 will give, 320 cards received. Six packets have not been returned. Wayne will contact Clare to find out which ones are out. Bob and Skip will call the team captains. Jeff will write an article for the Beacon.

2. Budget - our board will put together the budget. We will have a special meeting Monday, November 27th @ 6:00 p.m. to discuss this.

New Business:

1. Pastor Gary requested that our board come up with a job description for the Financial Secretary position.

2. At our December meeting we will discuss the first two chapters of "Ask, Thank, Tell" for spiritual direction.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

OCTOBER 9, 2006

Members present: Jeff Hage Skip Alfson, Bob Buck, Wayne Braaten, Pastor Gary

Members absent: Paul Langseth, Carrie Voightman

Wayne led spiritual direction.

Old Business:

1. A team captain meeting was held October 5th. The board held special meetings September 25th and October 2nd to discuss the fall campaign. Thursday, October 12th the stewardship packets will be assembled. Board members and Tim Schulte’s confirmation group will do this. All the teams have captains.

2. Jeff drafted a letter to go out with the pledge cards and time and talent sheets that will be mailed.

3. Sunday October 15th Steve Ross, a lay person, will deliver a stewardship message at both services.

New Business:

1. The 2007 budget for our board was discussed. We will probably need a similar amount as last year.

2. Pastor Gary introduced the board members to a book titled "Ask Thank and Tell." This book is a resource for the Board of Stewardship. It is also available to others in the congregation wishing to read it.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

Members present: Jeff Hage, Paul Langseth, Bob Buck, Wayne Braaten

Members absent: Skip Alfson, Carrie Voightman

Spiritual Direction: Wayne Braaten

Old Business:

1. Fall Campaign

Bob has the rural list completed. Team captains have been assigned

Packets: 7 needed for rural, 2 needed for Breckenridge, 36 needed for in town Wahpeton.

The board discussed what should go into the packets. A decision will be made at a special meeting to be held in two weeks.

Wayne will give a temple talk on commissioning Sunday.

Jeff will write an article for the October Beacon

Wayne, Braaten, Secretary

JULY 10, 2006

Members Present: Bob Buck, Skip Alfson, Carrie Voightman, Jeff Hage, Wayne Braaten

Members Absent: Paul Langseth

Old Business:

1. Fall Campaign: Wayne volunteered to chair. Carrie agreed to help Wayne update routes. Skip will work on routes for rural members where possible. Jeff agreed to be the communications coordinator. An article asking for prayerful support and members from the congregation to volunteer to be route leaders will be in the August Beacon. Jeff will also ask at Planning Council for the other boards to volunteer to be route leaders. At our next meeting we will discuss what goes into the packets. Wayne found out from Sandy that the packets from last year were available. We will ask the other boards if there is anything that needs to be added to the time and talent survey.

Wayne Braaten, Secretary

JUNE 12, 2006

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Carrie Voightman, Bob Buck, Wayne Braaten

Members Absent: Skip Alfson, Paul Langseth

Old Business:

1. The Fall campaign was discussed. Our board decided to have a relay campaign this fall. Tentative start October 15th and end October 29th. All of the members present don’t have experience on this board. Wayne talked about his experience being a team captain last fall. Wayne will contact past board members to get information about lists. Our board is also looking into including members of our congregation that live in the rural areas in the relay. We discussed what materials to include in the packet. We are looking for a board member to chair the fall campaign.

New Business:

1. Copies of the proposed by-law changes were passed out to board members. Board members are encouraged to review these to discuss at the next meeting.

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

MAY 8, 2006

Members Present: Jeff Hage, Bob Buck, Wayne Braaten, Skip Alfson, Carrie Voightman

Members Absent: Paul Langseth

Minutes of the April meeting were approved (Skip/Bob). Jeff noted the minutes should include members absent.

Old Business:

1. Fiscal Year Taskforce: Skip reported a forum for members of the congregation to discuss their concerns regarding change to fiscal year will be held June 8th at 5:30 p.m. This was originally scheduled for May but was postponed because forum was not publicized.

 

2. An open forum to discuss the congregation's financial position was to be held May 21st. This was canceled because the congregation's financial contributions were up considerably in April. Wayne volunteered to do a temple talk to thank the congregation for their good stewardship and to remind them to prayerfully consider Bethel Church as summer approaches.

 

3. Congregational charitable giving was discussed. Bob mentioned he attended the forum Lutheran Social Services presented to thank Bethel Church for their support. He mentioned that LSS provides a variety of services statewide. Carrie will get information on what St. Catherine's uses financial gifts for.

 

4. Planning Council Update: Jeff reported on Planning Council meeting and noted that Larry Gast reported on the synod assembly.

 

New Business:

1. Fall Campaign: We tentatively decided to have a congregational relay again. We will discuss this further at the next meeting.

 

2. Thank offering for Lutheran Campus Ministry: We will discuss how or if we want to do this at the next meeting.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

APRIL 10, 2006

Members Present: Carrie Voightman, Paul Langseth, Skip Alfson, Bob Buck, Wayne Braaten, Jeff Hage

Guests: Chelsea Wiese (confirmation student), Jean Bjore (mentor)

Minutes of the March meeting were approved (Skip/Paul).

Old Business:

1. Jeff presented the Planning Council update; congregation is $345.00 behind.

 

2. Fiscal Year Task Force: Skip will lead the first meeting. Hope to get going in the next two weeks. Monica will update the Planning Council.

 

3. Audit Committee: We need to have this in place by December. Arden Anderson will serve again. We are looking for people with a knowledge of accounting.

 

New Business:

1. Open Forum: An open forum will be held between services May 21 to update the congregation on how we are doing financially and discuss options.

 

2. Fall Campaign: At our next meeting we will start to discuss options for the Fall campaign. Board members are encouraged to review the Ventures material. We will also discuss if we want to have a guest pastor to present a stewardship message.

 

3. Our board discussed congregational charitable giving. This discussion will continue at future meetings.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

Members present: Jeff Hage, Paul Langseth, Wayne Braaten, Bob Buck

Members absent: Skip Alfson, Carrie Voightman

Guests: Clare Byron, Monica Zentgraf

Spiritual direction: Wayne Braaten

Old Business:

1. Fiscal year task force: We decided to have five members. Monica Zentgraf, Todd Good, Velma Bjorgum, and one person yet to be determined will serve on the task force. The task force will make a recommendation to the congregation concerning a change to a fiscal year. The task force's work is to be completed by the time the congregation votes on the new by-laws.

 

2. Offering envelopes The envelopes remaining haven't been mailed out yet. Jeff will talk to Sandy to decide how to handle this. We can't change envelope format for 2007 as the envelopes will be ordered in April. Next year the amount of envelopes ordered will be less. The board discussed other concerns Clare had.

 

3. Minutes from the past meeting were approved; Paul moved, Bob seconded.

 

4. Wayne moved to table discussion on the audit committee; Bob seconded. Passed.

 

 

New Business:

1. Board financial responsibility: With income lagging behind, boards were urged to be prudent in their expenditures.

2. Charitable giving: Pastor Gary and members of the board are to look at the places the congregation gives and the reasoning for the giving.

 

Bob Buck will serve as liaison to the Memorial Committee .

Respectfully submitted,

Wayne Braaten

Members present: Mike Bassingthwaite, Paul Langseth, Barry Hendrickson, Patti Gregor, Skip Alfson, Jeff Hage, Wayne Braaten

Members absent: Carrie Voightman, Tim Schulte, Fran Werre

Paul Langseth led spiritual direction.

Old Business:

1. Planning council update - the budget was discussed. The walk of faith proceeds were discussed. The Planning council is looking for volunteers for the call committee. A stretch budget will be included in the annual report.

2. Paul Langseth moved that the board send a letter to people from whom we haven=t received a pledge card that pledged last year. Jeff Hage seconded. Motion carried.

3. Paul Langseth compiled a binder with lists of volunteers from the time and talents survey.

New Business:

1. Barry Hendrickson has volunteers lined up for money counters for Jan, Feb, and Mar. Paul Langseth will find volunteers after that.

2. The Ventures stewardship program was handed over to the new board.

3. The board is looking for a board member to serve as liaison to the Global Mission Society.

4. The board reorganized. Jeff Hage volunteered to be temporary chair. Wayne Braaten will serve as secretary. Meeting time was discussed. The board will meet at 7:00 P.M. Monday Feb. 13, 2006.

Members Present: Mike Bassingthwaite, Tim Schulte, Paul Langseth

Barry Hendrickson, Patti Gregor

Members Absent: Fran Werre

Others Attending: Pastor Gary and Wayne Braaten

Devotions: Paul provided the Spiritual Direction

Mike Bassingthwaite called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. The Board was asked to review the minutes from the previous meetings and we would approve all of them at our January meeting.

Old Business

Mike provided a summary of the Fall campaign:

a. 335 pledge cards returned.

b. 212 pledges.

c. Approximately $260,000 pledged. An increase of about 4% from last year.

Mike reported on the progress of the 2006 budget. They are having difficulty balancing the budget with the more realistic revenue numbers for next year. The Faith Income line item has been eliminated. The Stewardship Board budget was set at $2,500.

Paul is working on the time and talent survey returned during the fall campaign. He is attempting to put together a matrix that would generate lists for the various volunteer activities.

New Business

Annual meeting has been set for January 29th. All members are encouraged to attend.

Annual report is due January 11th.

Visioning, Planning, Setting Directions:

Mike reminded the board members that would be leaving the board after the January meeting to bring their Ventures material for the new Board Members. Meeting adjourned at 6:30 PM. The next meeting will be January 9, 2006 at 5:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted, Tim G. Schulte

January Devotions: Tim Schulte

Members Present: Mike Bassingthwaite, Tim Schulte, Paul Langseth

Barry Hendrickson

Members Absent: Patti Gregor, Fran Werre

Others Attending: Pastor Paul

Devotions: Tim provided the Spiritual Direction

Mike Bassingthwaite called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.

Motion to approve the May and June minutes made by Tim seconded by Paul: Motion carried.

Mike provided the planning council update:

a. Maintenance man has resigned.

b. Chastity has also resigned.

Global Mission Update:

c. Barry provided a brief GMS update.

Fall Ventures Campaign.

a. Paul made a motion to use the football theme for the relay method, Tim provided the second.

b. Mike will try to get the various Board members from other boards to be the captains for each relay team.

c. Barry will start looking at the geographical locations of the members and start planning routes for each team.

d. Paul will write the first news letter and provide a draft for our next meeting.

e.

Meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM. The next meeting will be August 8th at 5:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted, Tim G. Schulte

Members Present: Patti Gregor, Mike Bassingthwaite, Paul Langseth

- Chasity will be invited for our next meeting to provide input as lots of volunteers will be needed.

- It was decided to use the ventures material for the congregational relay.

- Planning will begin in earnest at the next meeting.

Members Present: Fran Werre, Mike Bassingthwaite, Paul Langseth

- Announce our status so it goes on the radio.

- Maybe send mid-summer letter w/ envelope.

April 13, 2005

Members Present: Fran Werre, Mike Bassingthwaite, Barry Hendrickson,

Members Absent: Paul Langseth, Patti Gregor, Tim Schulte

Others Attending: Pastor Jim

Devotions: Barry provided the Spiritual Direction

Mike Bassingthwaite called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. No minutes for March were available.

Old Business 
1. April cornerstone (awareness) - Ivy did an excellent job with the children's sermon 
2. Mike provided an update on the planning council supplemented by Pastor Jim 
3. The window fund raising was discussed & noted that fund raising was going well 
4. Mike noted that the call committee is working hard and optimistic 
5. Barry provided a brief update on the efforts of the Global Mission society " They meet tonight to follow up on the lent challenge " Linda Miller is the new chair 
6. March cornerstone (giftedness) - It was decided to publish the list that was received in a Sunday bulletin. It will also include Chastity's name to appeal for volunteers.

New Business 
1. A faith income appeal letter will be sent with statements by Clare at the end of the month 
2. 5:30 on Monday will continue to be our meeting time until requested otherwise 
3. May cornerstone (faith) was discussed. No decision was made. Ideas include a confirmant or senior to do a faith story. 
4. The fall campaign was discussed. Extensive planning will start in May.

Visioning, Planning, Setting Directions:

Meeting adjourned by 7:00 PM. The next meeting will be May 9th at 5:30 pm. Respectfully submitted, Mike Bassingthwaite

May Devotions: Patti

                                   February 14, 2005  

Members Present: Fran Werre, Mike Bassingthwaite, Tim Schulte, Paul Langseth Barry Hendrickson 

Members Absent: Patti Gregor  

Others Attending: Pastor Jim  

Devotions: Fran provided the Spiritual Direction  

Mike Bassingthwaite called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. 

Motion to approve the January 10th minutes with the following corrections made by Tim seconded by Paul: Barry was absent and Paul was present at the January 10th meeting. Motion carried.