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Council notes from Oct 7, 2005 

1. A good number of people have signed up for the service ministry teams. The Council Contact persons will now try to add others to the groups who have not signed up for a ministry team and then sometime in October call a meeting for their team to talk about goals for their group and scheduling. We hope to replace the old schedule by November.

2. Council had a discussion about Sunday School attendance and some possible ways to re-configure Sunday School and Children's Church to better serve the needs of our members and visitors. An ad hoc committee was formed with Paul Vander Klay, Mike Bouman, Carole Brooks, Dottie Harrington, and Kristi Dornbush to study the situation, consult with parents and bring recommendations to council.

3. Council received a letter asking it to reconsider the fingerprinting stage of implementing the Abuse Prevention Policy. Even though the Council recognized some of the objections council voted to continue with the fingerprinting plan. The issue of how to pay for it was raised. Council decided to ask all those who will be finger printed to make a donation to the church to cover the cost of their finger printing. If someone does not wish to make this donation or cannot afford to, the church will cover the cost itself.

4. The Living Stones Center communicated with the Council some information about their situation:
a. Because of difficulties with the state in getting their final licensing they were unable to open before the school year delaying initial enrollment and reducing the number of students it has started with.
b. The Center had higher costs than expected, most notably the need to put air conditioning in the south education building, resulting in reduced capital to cover initial salaries and benefits.
c. The Center has also experienced a cash flow problem because Child Action only pays for the clients it refers to the center a month behind. This has caused a cash flow problem.

Because of these issues the center is doing the following:
a. Increasing their efforts at enrollment through advertising.
b. Asking for financial donations from churches and individuals. (They are an incorporated non-profit and able to write tax receipts.)
c. The center has reduced staffing and made other reductions to save on costs.
d. Made three requests to council:

i. That council give permission to sell hand soaps and lotions on the premises for the support of the center.
ii. That council give permission to collect spent ink and toner cartridges for recycling and the proceeds of this go to the center.
iii. That the council cover utilities for October through December to help alleviate the financial crisis of the center. These monies will be repaid when the finances turn around.

The council made the following decisions:
i. The center may place a small notice in the bulletin that these toiletries are available for sale by the center for the benefit of the center. All transactions should be done from the center office, not the church sanctuary.
ii. The center has permission to put a notice in the bulletin informing of the service to collect and recycle these used cartridges. Collection and storage of these should take place someplace other than the sanctuary.
iii. Council agrees to use the building fund line in the budget to cover the costs of utilities from October to December. Council will deal with repayment of this in July of 2006.

5. Holiday Service Schedule: Because both Christmas and New Years fall on Sundays this year these holidays will be observed Christmas Day and New Year's Day respectively. In other words there will be no Christmas Eve Service nor a New Year's Eve service this year.

6. The council received a financial report from Bonnie De Wit. She has been struggling to get the reports in order. The Council is grateful for her service.

7. Our next meeting is Thursday Nov 10.

 

Council Notes from 9/8/05

1. We welcomed our new deacons Corinne Meeks and Carol Brooks and our new elders Karl Cunigan and Roger Dornbush. The new office bearers will be installed on Sunday Sept. 18 at the 11:00 service.
   
2. We spent a long time discussing a new Service Ministry Structure. The council voted to approve it's implementation. The proposal and the beginnings of the structure are on the Wiki. We hope to have this replace our volunteer lists in the next couple of months. This change will also make implementation of the Abuse Prevention Policy more practical. More information to follow to the congregation.
3. The Elders have been working on a draft articulating expectations and structure of the church's leadership. This was distributed to council for further input.
4. Classis (the regional governing body of the CRC in Central California) will meet on September 20 in Escalon, CA. Karl Cunigan and Paul  VanderKlay will be our delegates.
   
5. Properties: The two education building now have new roofs on them.
6. We reviewed the Yearbook information requested by the denomination.
   

Council notes from 8/11/05

1. Council was able to finalize the slate for the upcoming election of Elders and Deacons.

We will elect 2 new elders. Edie Dornbush has completed her term. The three candidates are Karl Cunigan, Roger Dornbush, Joe De Vries.

We will elect 2 new deacons: Jackie Tafoya has completed her term. The three candidates are Carol Brooks, Cecil Carthen, Corinne Meeks.

2. As some had noticed we had originally wanted to hold a congregational meeting on August 14 but we could not solidify our elder and deacon slates until now. Therefore we will NOT have a congregational meeting on August 14, but will instead have in on September 4 after the 11:00 worship service. The deacons will shortly be distributing the budget which will also be on the agenda for that meeting.

3. The council approved an Abuse Prevention Policy. Copies of the policy are available from council members and will appear on the Wiki soon. There will be more information about the policy given at the September 4 congregational meeting along with time for questions.

4. The Child Development Center is installing air conditioning in the south education building. It should be completed by August 15. The child development center is also paying for the painting and flooring replacement of the bathrooms in the Sanctuary building.

Council Notes from a special meeting on June 26

1. Council approved the use of the land sale monies to paint the exterior of the church buildings and to re-roof the two educational buildings.
2. Council approved the purchase of a laptop computer to be used by the new treasurer. This will insure that the church’s financial records are easily transferable when the position changes hands.
3. Council has received a bid on putting a gate on the parking lot to prevent illegal dumping but decided to hold off on that until a new treasurer is found and until we get some of these other projects completed.

Council Notes from July 7, 2005

1. Council approved the slate of nominations for new elders and deacons. We will try to elect 2 elders and 2 deacons this year. Elders and deacons will contact prospective candidates. Elections will be held for the offices at the congregational meeting set for August 14 after the 11:00 Worship Service.
2. Council approved a budget to be placed before the congregation at the August 14 Congregational Meeting
3. Council approved a request from Pilgim Church (formerly named Sacramento Korean CRC) to transfer to classis Pacific Hanmi, the Korean speaking classis.
4. Council decided to suspend the Leadership Development classes until fall and to start them up with more promotion not only to current leaders but also prospective leaders.
5. Council accepted the resignation of Mike De Wit from the office of deacon.

Supplemental notes:

• Bonnie De Wit has agreed to serve as interim treasurer until a more permanent replacement can be found.