St. Mark’s Church Council Minutes
Meeting called to order at 7:00 P.M. by President Bob Lechner,
Members present Bob Lechner, Pastor Alicia Saenz, Diane Wages, Skip Knudsen, Pastor Karin Boye, and Sherri Coughlin.
Absent: Raidel Cubero
(Gabby Gutierrez is temporarily excused from Council meetings while serving on the Transition Team)
Opening Prayer
Prayer was led by Pastor Karin.
Action Items
February Council meeting Minutes were distributed and reviewed.
Motion was made (Skip K.) and seconded (Diane F.) to accept the Minutes of the February 19, 2019 Council Meeting and unanimously approved.
- Treasurer, Diane Wages, distributed and presented the Financial Report for February. She included a corrected Financial Statement from the Memorial Endowment Fund. She also advised that she is putting together an Audit team for 2019.
Motion was made (Sherri C.) and seconded (Skip K.) to accept the February Financial report, and unanimously approved.
Pastor’s Reports
- Pastor Karin –
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- Discussed ground improvements; Tree trimming, Tenting. She said that neighbors had commented positively on the improvements, and that it reflected on the Leadership of the Church.
- She said that Jason will be replacing Margaret and Dan for now .
- On Sunday, March 17th, the Legacy Planning workshop was held by Lisa Higgenbottom. Attendance was poor and disappointing.
- The volume of visits by our Visitation Pastor, Pastor Kate, continues to increase.
- She reported that she and Esmerelda have been working on updating the Church Roster (hard copy).
- She distributed copies of the section pertaining to Council Duties under C12.04 of St. Mark’s Constitution and reviewed with Council. She asked Council members to list what they believed were their top three duties as members of Council
- (a) Long range planning – “how are we doing?” Evaluate in light of mission and goals.
- (d) Maintain support of staff.
- (g.) Discussed how to arrange Pastoral Service during absences.
- Discussion was held on “Where are we in the larger picture?). She suggested that we form “Action teams” to set goals.
- Pastor Alicia
- She advised Council that Melissa still needs help with Sunday school. Volunteers are needed.
- Annual Easter egg hunt is scheduled for Saturday, April 20th from Noon to 2:00. Would like to request donations of plastic eggs (filled).
Other Reports/Items
- Confirmed who the members of the Personnel Committee are: Bob, Raidel, Diane and Sherri.
- Signatories have been changed on our checking account at Union Bank. They are now Diane, Skip, and Sherri.
- Council agreed with Pastor Karin that Barb A’s council position would remain open for now.
- We are waiting on bids to fix the plumbing issues in the Men’s room by J. Hall.
- Pastor Alicia reported that we are still in the process of ordering chairs and tables for J. Hall. Council is waiting for Esmerelda to email Council Members with recommendations on where to order, upon review.
- Pastor Karin discussed who would be attending the Synod Assembly on May 10-11. Council to recommend two members of the Congregation.
- Discussion was held on the 65th Anniversary celebration which was held on Sunday, March 3rd. It was agreed that the event was not well organized. Better communication is needed to organize future events.
- Pastor Karin shared a flyer she had received from a Solar company (green.com/CoolSolutions) for our consideration. Council members agreed that this would be a good item for a Facility Action Team to look into.
Pastor Alicia closed the meeting with the Lord’s Prayer.
Meeting adjourned at 9:20 P.M.
Submitted by S. Coughlin, Secretary