August 2009
Bethany Lutheran Church
Council Meeting
Room 210
August 25, 2009
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1. Opening Prayer {7:00} Pr. Ron
2. Walk With Jesus {7:02} Bill King
3. Meeting Call to Order and Approvals {7:12} Doug
a. July 21, 2009 Minutes
b. Agenda Additions
4. EC Report: Health and Wellness Director {7:16} Andy Gift (oral report)
5. Pastors Reports {7:30} Pastor Ron and Pastor Ruth Ann
6. Finance Report {7:45} Kevin & Joel
a. July, 2009 Results Treasurer report 082009
b. Bequest Spending Plan (see motion in minutes)
6. Worship and Music Report {7:55} Pr. Ron, Pr. Ruth Ann Worship_Music report (provided subsequently to Council)
7. President’s Items {8:10} Doug
a. Breakout Session All
“How are We Doing, Where are We Going?” – Thoughts and feedback
8. Closing Prayer {9:00} Pr. Ruth Ann
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Bethany Lutheran Church
Church Council Meeting Minutes
August 25, 2009
The regular monthly meeting of the Bethany Lutheran Church Council was held on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at 7:00 p.m., in Room 210, with Council President Doug Aldrich serving as the chair and Secretary Peggy Furgason, Treasurer Kevin Dempsey, Pastor Ron Glusenkamp, Pastor Ruth Ann Loughry, Intern Caitlin Trussell, Director of Finance and Administration Joel Halvorson, and Council members Karen Witt, Bill King, Sherri Koelbel, Andy Gift, Maren Diercks, Becky Godec, Kevin McAuliffe, Michelle Stone Kraus, Terry Pickett, Deb Bayles and Heather Kekstadt being present. The minutes of the July meeting were approved as written.
Reports: Pastor Ron (Report to August 2009 Council attached), Pastor Ruth Ann (Report to Council attached), Kevin Dempsey and Joel Halvorson (Treasurers Report attached). Oral reports were given by Sherri Koelbel, chair of the Communications Task Force, and Andy Gift, for the Nominating Committee. Andy also gave an oral report from the Executive Committee regarding the position of Health and Wellness Director.
Motions: A motion was made by Deb Bayles to use $71,000 of the $100,000 received from the bequest, as a September pre-payment for debt reduction with the remaining $29,000 placed in a reserve account. The motion was seconded by Sherri Koelbel. The motion was approved with one negative vote.
Recommendations: None
Action Items: None
Council members went into breakout sessions at 8:30 p.m.
