Ministry Council
February 6, 2006

Present: Dave Cupp, Randy Dunn, Jerry McLeland, Roy Palmer, Jenita Rhodes, David Fornoff, Ken Fong, Martha Boon, Jim Wolff

Finance Report
Dave Cupp distributed documentation for year-to-date Income & Expenses and 2005 Cash Flow Worksheet.

He also gave us a Pledge Campaign Update:
As of Dec. 18, we were short of our budget by $141,290
As of Jan. 27, amount raised since Dec. 18 130,202
Still short $ 11,188

However, some of this amount raised represents families that gave over $1000 last year, but did not pledge in 2005. Therefore taking this into account, the estimate of actual shortfall is:
$33,863

We are in a much better situation than we were in December, The next steps were identified as follows:
1. Publicize results of the “second” Pledge Campaign
2. Continue with plans for additional Fund Raising

Dave also reported that most of the processes are now written for Depositing and recording Income. He is now working on getting all these in place with the volunteers.

SPRC Report
Randy Dunn reported that they are finalizing the job descriptions for the custodial position. They are also considering making all Nursery Care Givers employees for liability reasons. SPRC is also electing a new chairperson.

Operations Report
Ken Fong reported that the Matthew classroom downstairs is now the Brides Room and Class C, upstairs is now the Groom’s room. We also have a new Chronicle Editor- Sharon Oliver

Education
Youth- Confirmation Retreat is coming up. There are 25 in Confirmation Class.
Youth Sunday is Feb. 26
Children- SLY Junior Lock In was last week-end
Later this month is Movie Night.
CPR training will be offered Feb. 25
VBS plans are in the works

Missions Report
Dave Fornof reported that they are working on plans for the Guatamaula trip

Fellowship & Support
New groups- Cancer Support and Social Concerns

Martha addressed the many openings we have in leadership positions- Advocates and Small Group leaders. She will get a list from Lynda of the openings and get feedback from Ministry Council for individuals who might be good as leaders in these areas. This feedback will then be passed onto the Lay Leadership Team.

Appreciative Inquiry
Jerry reported that the next step will be the dreaming phase.

Future meetings:
Ministry Council
March 14th 7:00 PM
April 25th 7:00 PM
Starting with April, we will meet the 4th Tuesday of the month for the remainder of the year.

Executive Board
April 25 6:30 PM

Respectfully submitted,
Martha Boon