ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL
MEETING MINUTES
September 21, 2006
PRESENT: Sherrie Cottrell, Rich Hill, John Machonis,
Pastor Bill, Marshall Nystrom, Nona Schlinker, JoAnne Gregorash, Nona
Schlinker, Bev Wilkes, Mike Wojtal, Bruce Bedingfield, and Cathy Mottar.
OPENING Prayer and
Devotions:
á Opening Prayer given by Sherrie Cottrell
á Devotions: Marshall Nystrom gave the devotion about how a gentleman
that he knew turned his life around.
Jesus was knocking and his friend opened the door and let Jesus into his
life. He referenced John BurkeŐs
book No Perfect People Allowed and Christian SchwartzŐs book Paradigm
Shift in the Church. JoAnne
will do devotions next month.
ADMINISTRATION: Introductions and Approval of August 17,
2006 minutes. Bruce made the
motion and Nona seconded to approve the minutes with the change of the date of
the prior minutes.
HUDDLE (Business
of the Church)
3rd
Church Service: No Update.
Natural Church
Development (NCD): Pastor
Bill reported that they have been working a lot with Jim Zimmerman. The minimum factor was Needs Based
Evangelism and a few items that surfaced were the following: (1) Youth of our community to feel
welcome and safe and purpose and meaning, (2) Need for fellowship, (3) Fear and
understanding during our times, (4) Families – dual career with over
commitment, marital to work with those in our community. More focused on 3 & 4 and how we
can approach these needs in the community. Rich asked if we canvassed the community to find out the
direct need. Rich suggested that
we may want to get a marketing study and said that maybe Ian Rogenski could
help and he would approach him on this.
Review of Committee
Goals: Ad Council Goals
will be put together by Rich, Sherrie and Pastor Bill. We will need our 2007 Goals ready for
the October Meeting. Next Charge
Conference is on November 9th.
Web Page &
Calendar Review: Sherrie reported that the calendar updates
are due. Sherrie reminded the
group that anything they are to the newsletter could be added to the web page. Marshall reported that the audio from
the sermon will be put on the web later this year.
Newsletter
deadline is today.
New Business
- Steve Miller – Ideas/Projects
from WTTF - Held over to next
monthŐs meeting.
- Pastor Bill - Faith & Finance Class
– Sept 25th
Different members
of our church will discuss 3 basic financial topics over the next few
weeks. He wanted to encourage
everyone to go. The classes to be
held on 9/25, 10/2 and 10/16. We
are hoping that this will help members with their stewardship.
SHARING:
PastorŐs
report: No report.
Committee
reports:
Narthex:
á Sherrie reported the committee will be
meeting in October. They do have
some ideas that will be presented at Ad Council.
FINANCE:
á John reported that giving is down 10% (See
report). Now that summer and
vacation time is over, the committee is hoping that members will catch up on
their giving. They will include
the information concerning giving in the Newsletter.
á Committee heads should have received their
budget forms for 2007 from Fred Utne.
They are due October 10th.
STAFF PARISH:
Pastor Bill reported that they have completed the process to hire the
Director of Discipleship for October who is Carolyn Meneely. She will be part of the message on
October 1st.
MICAH MINISTRIES:
Bruce says the next meeting is September 26. They will be supporting Crop Walk and Church World
Service. They are looking to Fair
Exchange. Bread for the World will
be supported through a letter writing campaign. They will put together a garden for the church to provide
food for the community. They will
be working on these, focusing on one idea.
STEWARDSHIP:
Pastor BillŐs reported that October 29th is the Celebration
Dinner. If people want to pay for
the dinner then they can, this is a celebration for the church. October 19th there will be a
Stewardship Leadership Dinner (pizza) at 6p.m. and then follow it up with Ad
Board. Families are invited to the
dinner and you need to let the church know if you will be there. He asked that everyone make an effort
to be here for both events. See
more details in the newsletter.
TRUSTEES: Bev Wilkes reported:
á Center ceiling fan is still having
issues.
á All faucets have been fixed.
á Parsonage tree is being taken care of, as
well as a sink hole.
á Saturday, April 28th, will be a
clean up day around the church both inside and outside. Everyone is welcome.
á There are still leaks around the church
that are being worked on.
á Insurance is being looked at. Anyone who wants to use the building
has been spoken with about updating the insurance liability releases from outside
groups.
NOMINATIONS:
No report.
UMW:
Sherrie Cottrel reported that they had 18 people at their first meeting
with the program on RUSSIA. Next
meeting October 21st and they will be doing a service project.
UMM: Marshall Nystrom reported:
á Mark Higgins and Marshall Nystrom attended
the Spirital Conference in September.
á MenŐs Retreat Oct 27 – 28 also at
Conference Point
á Pizzas in November.
á Habitat for Humanity is November 18th.
WTTF: Marshall Nystrom reported they need to meet.
EVANGELISM:
Pastor Bill reported that there are about 5 -6 families joining the
church.
EDUCATION:
Amy Johnson reported:
á She needs a co-chair for the
committee. Nominations will set
this up as a priority.
á This Sunday is Bible Sunday for 3rd
graders.
á They are looking for a co-teacher for the 3rd
grade.
á The next meeting is in October.
MUSIC:
Sherrie read Karen MooreŐs report.
á The music committee sponsored the Choir
Workshop on Saturday, Sept. 16th which was well attended and
appreciated by those in attendance.
We are currently planning for the adult choirs Advent Service during
worship on December 10th.
The childrenŐs program will be on December 17th during the
morning worship.
WORSHIP: No report.
YOUTH: Cathy read MarianneŐs report.
á
The youth
programs are back in full swing--confirmation started on September 10 with many
in attendance, last Sunday 17 freshmen were confirmed at the second service,
and we have had 12-13 at the sr. high meetings the last two weeks (up from 2-3
last year)
á
The trustees
have just approved the purchase of foosball and ping-pong tables which will be
used for youth events and fellowship time. They will be purchased in the
next couple of weeks. They will stay in Wesley Hall with the Foosball
table covered and the ping-pong table folded up--all balls and paddles will be
kept in Marianne's office to avoid them being used when they shouldn't
be. Marianne will make sure that the cleaning people know to place
chalkboards in front of them so they are not a distraction for the preschool
children or our Sunday school classes. This is very exciting for youth
council!
á
Open Mic is
coming on November 10 at 7pm. This is a wonderful night for the whole
church family and we hope to see many of you there--we will have a sign up for
acts in a week or so.
LAY LEADER:
JoAnne Gregorash reported that there are only 3 committees left to
introduce themselves. (Finance,
Trustees and Stewardship still need to present)
She is looking for
liturgists as well.
MEMORIAL
COMMITTEE: No report
CARING
MINISTRIES: Bruce reported that they have a meeting
coming up. New Caring
Ministries are continuing to come up.
During the next meeting they will discuss the narthex project. They are supporting the prayer shawl
ministry. When it is presented a
prayer will be given with each shawl.
Mary Knoppel is leading this ministry.
FAMILY
MINISTRY: Amy Johnson reported:
á Planning to go apple picking October 7th
at Royal Oaks farm in Hebron (about an hour away), but everyone will meet
at the church and caravan to the site.
á November – Emphasize families attend
Open Mic night.
CHRISTIAN
CORNER: Mike Wojtal reported that they have 22
students, which is their highest enrollment for the year. They have hired a new full time
assistant. They have been having some
staff turnover issues.
Goals for
Christian Corner ChildrenŐs Center:
1. Renew licenses from DCFS and the Health
Department in 2007.
2. Increase the number of students enrolled at
CCCC.
3. Expand our Christian and Pre-K curriculum
4. Replace old playground toys and equipment.
5. Purchase 5 new bikes for the large motor
room.
6. Schedule more in-service hours for teachers
and assistant teachers.
7. Host more conferences at our center. Increase from 1 – 2 per year.
8. Increase the time of our physical fitness
program with a separate program.
Pastor Bill
provided that Our Saviors down the street would like to work with us to have a
service around Thanksgiving.
Move November
meeting to November 9th, the 2nd Thursday of the month,
so it can include the Charge Conference.
Next
Ad Council/Stewardship Meeting Oct. 19th 6:30 p.m.
Pizza will be served
The meeting was
adjourned at 8:29 p.m. with a prayer by Pastor Bill.