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
- Youth of Hope: No new updates. The ELCA National Youth Gathering is scheduled for
July 24-
28, 2022 in Minneapolis. We should plan to begin organizing in September. On June 22, 2021, Getting Ready materials for the youth gathering will be released or sent out. - Area Mission Trip: There is one last fundraising event on June 5th; they will be serving burgers and hotdogs at Heritage Event Center. Trip plans have been set; flights are booked, but flight times may change between now and our trip. 25 students and 9 adults will be attending the Mission Trip from June 20 thru the 25th. There is a meeting on June 13 at 6 pm for the chaperones and 7 pm for the students and parents. Projects on the mission trip will include a roofing project and deck project on two houses. For evening events, they will be going to Beale Street in Memphis, the Big River Crossing, and there is one night still to plan for.
- Bible Camp Requests: Scholarships are still available; there have been no new requests.
- VBS plans: VBS will be the week of August 1-
6 with a program by Green Lake Lutheran Ministries. VBS will be Monday thru Thursday from 8:30 am to 2:30 pm. The cost is $90 per camper; this will covered by the church so there will be no cost to the students. It will be for 4 year olds (preK) to those entering 6 th grade. We are planning to have a parent program at 6 pm on Thursday night. The kids will need to bring their own lunches. They are planning to bring 4 camp counselors for 30+ kids. We will get registration set up once we have more information, and we will also open it up to the community. We will have more information in the July newsletter. The walk around offerings in June and July will be for VBS, and we will request that the endowment match 2 to 1 for these walk arounds. - Motion made by Clark Corbin to approve the Board of Education report. Deb Belaen seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Other Business
- Building/Grounds Committee: Discussed earlier.
- Video Equipment: The laptop is in, and there has been an anonymous donation of Pro Presentation software that has been loaded on it. Getting the analog camera to connect to the laptop has been a challenge. Dave is working on finding an adapter for this. The bid to take out the 2 pews in the balcony is $8,300.
- Motion made by Clark Corbin to adjourn. Deb Belaen seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Next Executive Discussion on Agenda: To be determined
Next Council Meeting – Wednesday, July 7, 2021, Trustees/Deacons 6:45 pm; Education-
Respectfully Submitted,
Deb Belaen, Council Secretary
Church Council Notes -
Attendance:
Attending in Person: Terri Myhre, Deb Belaen, Rose Van Uden, Shane Bordewyk, Emily Hennen, Barb Knutson, Dave Dovre, Gayle Van Vooren, Clark Corbin, Moriah Reiss, Pastor Allen Campbell
Attending via Phone: Chris Pesch-
Absent: Lori Dyce, Bryce Denney, Barry Gronke
Pastor’s Report
- 1 nursing home visit, 1 pre-
wedding meeting, 1 funeral planning session, 1 Prairie Conference Leader’s Meeting, 3 home visits, 1 office visit, 1 synod assembly pre- session, led prayers at community Memorial Day observance, plus regularly scheduled worship services. - Pastor would like to return to our twice monthly communion schedule, as well as returning
to our pre-
pandemic communion practices, beginning in June. We will return to twice a month communion plus festivals on the 1 st and 3rd Sundays. We will do one week at the railing and the other week as a walk around. - We will hold off on sharing the peace for right now.
- Pastor will be on the Mission Trip on June 20th; Scott Josephson will lead the service, and Pastor will record a sermon.
- Pastor will be taking vacation July 3-
6 and July 11- th, Barb Knutson will check to see if Green Lake Bible Camp can provide someone for that service. That is scheduled to be an outdoor service, also.15. Pulpit fill will be needed for those 2 worship services. For July 11
Board of Trustees Report
- Bills: Bills for the month of May were presented by Shane Bordewyk. Council reviewed. Total General Fund bills are estimated at $10,667.83.
- MIDCO / MVTV / Internet: MVTV has been cancelled, and we are using just Midco for the internet. Everything has been working well; the Marco printer is working wirelessly.:
- Water softener: Pastor is fine with having the water softener removed as it isn’t hooked up right now. Chris will call Culligan and ask about costs if it would be removed and later reinstalled.
- Piano / Organ: The piano will need to be tuned. The issue with the organ seems to have corrected itself; Shane will check with Val Buysse before contacting the organ company.
- Permanent Care Fund: Shane has to follow up with Barry about the Permanent Care fund.
- PPE Loan: We were approved for the 2nd round of PPE loans; we haven’t received the check, yet, but it will be about $10k.
- Parking lot: The parking lot paving is done. It would be nice to have it striped. Dave will get a name for Shane, and another name provided was Warren Buckles.
- Building & Ground Committee: This committee will be meeting next week. The two bushes in front of church need to be cut off and the stumps ground down.
- Motion made by Gayle Van Vooren to approve the Board of Trustees’ report. Barb Knutson seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Board of Deacons Report
- Summer planning / outside worship: Outside worships will be the 2nd Sundays in June (June 13), July (July 11), and August (August 8) weather permitting. There will be no acolytes on those days. Gayle will follow up with Lori Dyce to make sure there is someone to set up the sound system for the June 13th service.
- Walk Around Offerings:
- June 20 – VBS
- July 18 – VBS
- August 22 -
TBD
- Baptisms and Weddings: Baptisms and weddings are now listed in the bulletin.
- Bulk mailing: In order to get the bulk mailing rate, we need to send out 200 newsletters. In order to make sure we are meeting that amount, it was agreed that we should send out newsletters to the older college students.
- Pulpit fill: On Sunday, June 20th Scott Josephson will lead the service, and pastor will record a sermon as pastor will be on the Mission Trip that day.
Motion made by Dave Dovre to approve the Board of Deacons’ report. Deb Belaen seconded the motion. Motion carried.
