Hope Lutheran Church seeks to strengthen our faith in Jesus Christ,
to proclaim the
gospel to others, and to strive for unity in Christ.
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Hope Lutheran Church
113 South Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 87
Minneota MN 56264
(507) 872-
(507) 872-
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Annual Report of 2020 Business
COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES (CON’T)
- Board of Education Report
- GLOW: Still looking for someone to prepare meals for GLOW on Wednesdays for upcoming year. Please contact Erin Roberts or Jessica Gronke if you or someone you know would be interested
- VBS: Green Lake Lutheran ministries will be here to do the program, and it will be
from August 1st – 4th. Barb Knutson will be the contact person for Hope. The registration
is posted on the Hope Lutheran GLOW Facebook page -
https://forms.gle/pzmqmrNGHuCTCKny8. - Mission Trip 2023: We are continuing to fundraise. We will be serving a meal at two of the Minneota Farmers’ Markets on Thursday, August 4th and September 1st. Brenda Swoboda is going to be organizing this. We will be working at the Food Stand at Polish Days on Saturday, August 13th. We will be serving from 10 am to 1 pm.
- Youth of Hope: The “mini” mission trip to Duluth, MN was cancelled due to low interest and the high cost of the trip.
- Motion made by Dave Dovre to approve the Board of Education report. Deb Belaen seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Other Business
- Video System: The tv needs to come down as it is half owned by the Bug committee, and they will be using it for Bug Days. Do we want to purchase a larger one now, so we don’t have to put this one back up again? The estimated cost for a 75” tv was approximately $1,000. We do have time to make a decision on this. Dave Dovre contacted Eric Buysse about running the ethernet cable from the router to the balcony, and he won’t have time for several months. Dave will get the equipment and will work on doing it himself.
- Motion made by Deb Belaen to close the meeting to discuss the Pastor’s contract which is up for renewal in November of 2022. Rose Van Uden seconded the motion. Motion carried.
- Motion made by Deb Belaen to open the meeting. Rose Van Uden seconded the motion. Motion carried.
- Motion to adjourn made by Deb Belaen. Emily Hennen seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Next Executive Discussion on Agenda: Week of July 25th via e-
Next Council Meeting – Wednesday, August 3, 2022, Boards at 6:45 pm; All together at 7:00 pm
Respectfully Submitted, Deb Belaen, Council Secretary
Church Council Notes -
Attendance:
Attending in Person: Terri Myhre, Deb Belaen, Rose Van Uden, Moriah Reiss, Emily
Hennen, Dave Dovre, Aimee Ascheman, Chris Pesch-
·Attending via Phone:
·Absent: Barry Gronke, Lizzy Davis, Barb Knutson, Jen Anderson, Gayle Van Vooren
Pastor’s Report
- 2 home visits, 5 nursing home visits, 3 committee meetings, and 4 days of vacation.
Treasurer’s Report
- Bills – Bills for the month of July were presented by Terri Myhre. Total General Fund bills are estimated at $14,988.99. We will wait to transfer money back to the Cornerstone Fund until next month.
- Motion made by Rose Van Uden to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Moriah Reiss seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Board of Trustees Report
- Bills – The bills included the bill for $3,000 from Jeremiason Photo for the directories. Even though it took less time than expected, the bill for the elevator repair from MEI stayed the same as quoted. The remainder on the bill is $21,944.44. This will be paid by the Building and Property Endowment fund.
- Organ Repair – The organ was repaired, and that bill was $573.80.
- 150th Anniversary: Thank you to everyone who helped with the 150th anniversary. There are still some bills being finalized, but it looks like our income should exceed the bills for this event.
- Church & Parsonage Repair – We have received a check from insurance for partial repairs on the church and parsonage. In the parsonage, the carpet pad was replaced, and the carpet was reinstalled. We haven’t received the bill from Mike’s Flooring, yet. For the parsonage roof, Jason will check if we can get matching shingles. We will contact Tony Opdahl, Josh Brewers, Bruce Laleman, and Cory Buysse to see who is available to do the shingles. Barry was going to check with the company that did the shingles on the church about the roof caps.
- Motion made by Aimee Ascheman to approve the Board of Trustees’ report. Moriah Reiss seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Board of Deacons Report
- Walk Around Offerings: 4th Sunday of the month
- July 24 – ELCA World Hunger
- August 28 – Bible Camps
- September 25 -
VBS
- Communion servers: The deacons are looking for ideas to get people to help with serving communion. One suggestion was to get the youth more involved, and one idea was to have the acolytes also serve communion. Please reach out to the deacons or other council members if you are willing to help out with this.
- Backpack blessing: School starts August 22nd. Do we want to do the backpack blessing the Sunday before that or do it during Bug Days? Nothing was decided, but it is something to consider.
- SMSU / Lutheran Campus Ministry: We received a letter from SMSU / Lutheran Campus Ministry offering to provide assistance with temple talks, etc. They are also looking for people who are interested in serving on the board. We will put that information in the bulletin.
- Motion made by Deb Belaen to approve the Board of Deacons’ report. Rose Van Uden seconded the motion. Motion carried.
