Elder Minutes For 14 November 2011

PRESENT: Doug Joseph, George Cope, George Joseph, Jim Norman, Dave Tinker, Jack Norman,

ABSENT: Frank St. John, Wray Petry

Pastor Rick Moore, Pastor John Krall, Pastor Jack Cain, Pastor Steve Sienkiewicz, Pastor David Evans, and Debbie Carey joined the Elders to pray for the needs of the church.

Debbie Carey provided the administrator’s report:

>  Offering was $28,500

>  719 people in the main service

>  The Force Main relocation has been successfully completed.

Debbie exited the meeting at 4:50PM.

There was a motion made by Jim Norman and seconded by George Joseph to pass the 11/07/2011 minutes. It passed unanimously.

Rebecca Darling came in and presented a proposal for a comprehensive marketing strategy of the facility. The elders encouraged Rebecca to pursue this avenue.

There were discussions concerning the budget and where we are heading in 2012.

Pastor Cope gave an update on the Dino situation.

Pastor Cope gave an update on a local pastor and church in response to a meeting that the Elders had with the pastor last week.

With no further items, the meeting was adjourned at 7:55PM.

  

Submitted by Doug Joseph

Elder Minutes For 7 November 2011

PRESENT: Doug Joseph, Jack Norman, George Cope, Wray Petry, Frank St. John, George Joseph, Jim Norman, Dave Tinker

ABSENT:

Pastor Rick Moore, Pastor John Krall, Pastor Jack Cain, J Johnston, Debbie Carey joined the Elders to pray for the needs of the church.

Debbie Carey provided the administrator’s report:

>  Offering was $39,386

>  720 people in the main service

>  The Force Main relocation should be completed this week.

>  Some of the signage ideas for the campus were discussed in the meeting.

Though David Tinker was encouraged by the support of the elders in promoting his vision, he further explained that he was not looking for any monetary help with his new ministry. That participants would pay to cover the expense of the insurance. He asked Debbie Carrie to do some investigation for the best way to pursue this. 

Debbie exited the meeting at this point (at 4:50PM).

There was a motion made by Frank St. John and seconded by Jack Norman to approve the 10/31/2011 minutes, which was passed unanimously by the remainder of the Elders.

There were discussions concerning the budget and where we are heading in 2012.

Frank St. John made a motion that Rita Murray work with the Finance Council to determine a more realistic way of presenting Calvary’s weekly budget report to the congregation.  This was seconded by Wray Petry and passed unanimously.

Pastor Cope shared some discussions he has with several staff members concerning marketing.

George Joseph’s response to a letter addressed to the Elders was approved. Because of the clarity of its presentation, it was determined that George’s letter will be placed on the Elder’s Blog with the names removed.

Pastor Cope shared a potential ministry opportunity presented by a member of the Finance Council.

At 5:30, Robert Frye joined the meeting to provide an opportunity for the Elders to get to know him better as a potential candidate for the Finance Council. Following the conversation, the Elders prayed with Rob and he exited at 5:55.

At 6:00, a local pastor and his family joined the Elders for a time of sharing their vision and several requests concerning ministry needs. The elders listened and closed with prayer.

There were some discussions concerning the pastor’s requests.  It was determined that additional information/clarification is needed before any decisions can be made. Pastor Cope was tasked with obtaining much of this information.


November 27, 2011 has been designated as Pastor Appreciation Day.

With no further items, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:25PM.

  

Submitted by Doug Joseph

Elder Minutes For 31 October 2011

PRESENT: Doug Joseph, Jack Norman, George Cope, Wray Petry, Frank St. John, George Joseph, Jim Norman

ABSENT: Dave Tinker

Pastor Jack Cain and Debbie Carey joined the Elders to pray for the needs of the church.

Debbie Carey provided the administrator’s report:

    >  Offering was $53,810

    >  First Steps enrollment is now up to 69, which is very encouraging!  

    >  Energy savings for the month of October were approximately $4,000 due to the new A/C units.

    > ~2600 paid tickets were sold for the Amy Grant/Michael W. Smith concert.

Debbie exited the meeting at 4:45PM.

A motion was made by Jack Norman and seconded by Frank St. John to pass the minutes of the October 17^th meeting.

There were discussions concerning the 2012 budget.

David Tinker’s vision for a mission/outreach opportunity was discussed, along with funding.  Jack Norman made a motion to approve, which was seconded by Jim Norman. The motion passed unanimously.

A request was made by a pastor to utilize Calvary’s facilities for ministering to Haitian people in our community.  Pastor Cope recommended that the pastor be invited to an Elders meeting so that we can personally meet him and “hear his heart” with regards to the ministry’s goals and desires.  

The placement of the video news first in the Sunday service was discussed, with a positive consensus. It was suggested that monitors be placed in the Foyer with a continual loop of the announcements playing before and after the service.

Leadership for Life Groups was discussed at length.

A letter sent from several members of the congregation was discussed. George Joseph is gathering details and preparing a response.

With no further items, the meeting was adjourned at 5:55PM.

 Submitted by Doug Joseph