May Council Minutes

Genesee Lutheran Parish Council Minutes

May 10, 2016

 

Jennifer Parkins, Linda Chilson, Alice Bevans, John Marone, Dave Troy, Pastor David Deckard

Meeting called to order at 7:10

Jennifer gave devotional

 Approval of minutes from the April 12^th meeting moved by Jennifer and seconded by Alice, motion carried

 New business:

Lawn care-Need to spray for dandelions at both the Parsonage and Church

                Dave Troy has a tank and sprayer he would donate, Jennifer has an ATV to pull it, Pastor Dave

will talk to Doug about doing it and that we will pay him. If not Pastor, will check with Wilkes for getting it done.

We need to write a letter of thanks to Doug for the new mower.

The furnace at the Valley needs to be checked, it did not want to come on.

Summer worships are all planned and ready to go.

 Financial report:

Patrick was not able to attend but sent out a report on the finance report by email to all the council members; we operated in the black for the first quarter.

 Pastors Report:

Kayce is working on children activities and would like to have some money to help with costs.

Jennifer moved that we allocate a $200 discretionary budget for this

Dave Troy seconded.  Motion carried

Thrivent would like to bring in a representative to talk about what Thrivent is and how people can join.

 Synod Report:

Jennifer said they got a lot of information and would like to present it at a meeting to be set on a later date.

 By-laws:

Jennifer presented two copies of the constitution and reported that there were changes to the by-laws during the reconstruction that need to be changed to fit within the perimeters of the constitution.

Currently we have nothing on record with the Synod. We have by-laws for one parish with dual membership. She would like to set-up a subcommittee to go over the changes that need to be made and come back to the council with a report after they meet.

 

Adjourned at 8:25