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113 South Jefferson Street
P.O. Box 87
Minneota MN 56264

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Annual Report of 2020 Business

COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES (CON’T)

Board of Education Report

• Confirmation: Pastor Allan is meeting with the five 10th graders who will be confirmed in October on Wednesday nights at 7 pm after GLOW instead of on Sunday nights as previously discussed. 10th graders will then be invited/able to attend Teen Power on Wednesday nights during GLOW.
• Confirmation Sunday will be Sunday, October 31, 2021 at 10:00 am. Barb is going to order flowers from Hy-Vee and talk to Brian Jeremiason or DJ Prellwitz about taking Confirmation pictures.
• Statement of Faith night will be Thursday, October 28th at 6:30 pm. (This is moved from October 26th due to football playoffs on that night.) The meal will be lasagna, lettuce salad, breadsticks, and bars. Barb Knutson will get a count of the number of Confirmand families attending.
• The rest of the confirmation group (7 – 9th graders) will continue to meet Wednesdays during GLOW.
• GLOW: Kick off went very well, and there are 94 kids registered for K-12. Classroom instruction is starting off well, too. New curriculum was ordered and is being implemented. Enjoy seeing so many kids in church on Wednesdays and would like to encourage council members and parishioners to come to the GLOW meal. Thank you to the council for contributing bars for the kick-off.
• Teen Power: Liz Davis and Roberta Josephson are leading Teen Power. Teen Power will be doing Soles for Souls again this year. Shoes will be collected in the back of the church/narthex during the week and will be brought down to the old choir room on Wednesday nights to keep clutter down in the narthex.
• Minneota Area Mission Trip: Fundraising for the 2023 mission trip has begun.  We have had 3 Food at Football events and have 1 more coming up on October 20th.  They have been very successful, and we really appreciate all of the support from our community and church.
• Nancy Krog will be doing a Mary & Martha Fundraiser with 3 different Come & Go Events.
• November 3rd at Hope starting at 5:30 pm during GLOW.
• November 7th at Hope after church service.
• November 10th at Bethany-Elim in Ivanhoe from 5 to 7 pm
• Hoping to meet with all the kids interested in going on the 2023 Mission Trip to get a better idea of numbers. Date is currently not set. Looking at scheduling for Sunday, October 17th time TBD
• We will be planning the Roast Beef supper soon as well.
• YOH / ELCA Youth Gathering:
• Kathy Updahl has agreed to be the coordinator of the Youth of Hope.
• Plans are being made to attend the 2022 ELCA Youth Gathering in Minneapolis. Currently working on making hotel reservations – suggestions made to get rooms where other attending youth groups are staying. Hoping to have a YOH gathering in the near future for students currently in 7th – 12th grades to see how much interest there is in attending the ELCA Youth Gathering. More information will be coming. Barb Knutson is interested in helping Kathy. A suggestion was made to find a service project prior to the Youth Gathering.
• Bible presentation: This will be done on November 21st on the same day as New Member and Mission Sunday. Chris will order more Bibles as needed and will be sending letters out to the 3rd and 7th grade families.
• Other: Looking at coordinating a Day of Service Project in the community in early November with the Mission Trip, YOH and the Building & Grounds Committee.
• Motion made by Gayle Van Vooren to approve the Board of Education report.  Barry Gronke seconded the motion. Motion carried.

• Other Business
• Building and Grounds Committee: They did not have a chance to meet, but they will be in the next few weeks. They are looking at doing a day of service – painting, removing dividers in the chapel, etc. They are looking at early November with more details to come.
• Thanksgiving Service: Chris will follow up with Caryn Buysse at St. Edward’s about Thanksgiving service as we didn’t have one last year.
• Christmas services: With Christmas on Saturday this year, it was agreed that we would not have a Christmas Day service, but we would have service on Sunday, December 26th. There will be a Christmas Eve service at both Hope and St. Paul’s.
• Motion made by Barry Gronke to adjourn. Deb Belaen seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Next Executive Discussion on Agenda:  To be determined

Next Council Meeting – Wednesday, November 3, 2021, Trustees/Deacons 7:00 pm; Education-TBD; All together 7:30 pm

Respectfully Submitted,
Deb Belaen, Council Secretary

Church Council Notes - October 6, 2021

Attendance:  

• Attending in Person:  Terri Myhre, Deb Belaen, Rose Van Uden, Barb Knutson, Emily Hennen, Dave Dovre, Moriah Reiss, Gayle Van Vooren, Barry Gronke, Lori Dyce, Clark Corbin, Pastor Allen Campbell
• Attending via Phone:  Chris Pesch-Church Secretary
• Absent: Shane Bordewyk, Bryce Denney

Pastor’s Report

• 1 council meeting, 1 pre-wedding meeting, 1 wedding and rehearsal, 1 worship service at Minneota Manor (cancelled due to sickness), 1 funeral, 2 Pastors’ meetings (continuing ed), 1 Pastoral Counseling meeting, 1 Pastoral Care Call, 3 Confirmation classes, and preached at Box Elder Bug Days community worship service.

Board of Trustees Report

• Bills: Bills for the month of October were provided. Total General Fund bills are estimated at $10,667.83 with no bills for the building fund. The insurance for the quarter was paid, and the cost of this has gone up quite a bit from last year. We are with HUB currently, and we will be getting price quotes from other options including Hope Mutual, Northstar and Ram. Terri will also call our current insurance agent about why the price increase.
• Microphone: The wires were accidentally pulled out of one of the wireless microphones. Scott Josephson thought we might be able to get a part to fix the microphone, and Terri will follow up on that. Shane had found a microphone from Note Gallery, and the cost is $694. We agreed that we need a back up microphone, and we agreed to hold on buying a new one until we can determine if the current one can be fixed.
• Electronic Payment Options: We had discussed electronic payment options previously, but nothing had been finalized. We do think that having an electronic payment option could help with giving as it provides flexibility and alternatives to everyone. The ELCA website has Tithe.ly as one option listed as a preferred vendor to do electronic payment options. The full package cost was $50/month. Bank of the West had also contacted Chris approximately 6 months ago about this. Chris will follow up with both the bank and the ELCA on options.
• Permanent Care Fund: Currently, John Flickinger from Bank of the West is managing our scholarship funds, and we have been getting about a 20% return. Barry will follow up with him about the Cemetery Permanent Care funds and bring back more information for the next meeting.
• Video Equipment Update: The update has been moving along nicely, and Dave Dovre has been training people on how to use the new system. Having the words to the hymns and liturgy on the screen is a great addition. Chris will provide Dave the list of the songs being planned, so he can put the templates together. Dave did state that we should start thinking about a new digital sound board and new cameras for next year for the system. The plan for our video program is to record the service and then have it posted to social media immediately following the service.
• PPE 2nd Loan: Chris did receive notification that our 2nd PPE loan was forgiven in total, including the interest.
• Motion made by Barb Knutson to approve the Board of Trustees’ report. Clark Corbin seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Board of Deacons Report

• Walk Around Offerings:
• October 24 - GLOW
• November 28 – Church Directory
• December 19 – Hope Christmas Program
• Church directory: The deacons will be asking Roberta Josephson to do a temple talk about the church directory. We are planning to start taking pictures in early January for this directory, and the walk around offering in November will be used to help cover some of the expense for the directory.

• Usage Fees for Weddings: The form for usage fees for weddings was reviewed, and it will be reviewed further at our next meeting. We are going to contact two other churches in Canby to get their information to potentially update our form. This will be added to next month’s agenda, as we haven’t received responses from the other churches, yet.
• New Member Sunday/Mission Sunday/Bibles: November 21st will be New Member Sunday, Mission Sunday, and Bibles will be given to the 3rd graders and 7th graders. There will be cupcakes served after church service as we didn’t feel comfortable doing a meal with COVID currently. Chris will order more Bibles as needed and will be sending letters out to the 3rd and 7th grade families.
• Active List: Gayle has been working on updating the active list, and she will be following up with Chris on this information, so the work groups can be updated.

• Motion made by Deb Belaen to approve the Board of Deacons’ report. Barry Gronke seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Assignments Pastor Notes Prayers Scholarships Reports Confirmation