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Lord of the Lakes Council Meeting Notes<\/strong> \u2013 January 17, 2017<\/p>\n

Members Present- Pastor Kevin Heffernan, Geoff Hendren, Gail Gardner, Kerry Arent, Terry Korus, Joe Groholski, Drew Jaeger<\/p>\n

Opening Devotion- Pastor Kevin<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Team Reports-<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Pastor\u2019s Report- <\/strong>Last month challenging with loss Gary Gardner and busy season of Christmas. Great development of large middle school youth group presence balanced by need for more adult leaders.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Buildings and Grounds- <\/strong>HVAC system seems to be working ok, hoping to see some energy cost saving in coming months compared to previous years. Suggestion offered to find out from B& G committee how well current maintenance functions working without designated staff member, evaluate need for presence including recommended hours if necessary.<\/p>\n

Worship<\/strong>– Meeting schedule for Jan 24th<\/sup>. Lent and Easter plans to be finalized. Possible addition of some highlighted themes for portions of the year to be discussed.<\/p>\n

Youth- <\/strong>8 youth currently signed up for July summer mission trip to Kansas City. Adult male leader\/chaperone still needed. High School youth now removed from regular schedule, will be contacted by youth leader directly for periodic events.\u00a0 Large number of middle school youth, expect that high school will return to regular schedule next yea.<\/p>\n

Finances- <\/strong>Amazing finish to end of calendar year for our church giving!<\/p>\n

Gail to meet with business management committee in next couple of weeks.<\/p>\n

The Operating Budget Total Net Profit YTD<\/strong> as of December 2016-17 FYE \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $23, 847<\/p>\n

The Operating Budget Total Net Profit for Month<\/strong> of December 2016-17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $23,310<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>We did budget for a ($14,768) Loss YTD and our Actual Profit YTD is ($23,847).<\/p>\n

Recommendation from council to list thrift store proceeds as separate item in future reporting.<\/p>\n

Stewardship- <\/strong>Terry and Joe to examine possible options for electronic giving methods to include website options, church kiosk, smart phone or card readers. All alternate methods have some costs, whether initial or recurring.\u00a0 Plan is to return to council with researched options.<\/p>\n

Old Business<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Compensation Documentation- <\/strong>Letter outlining vacation accrual policy given to youth leader, other staff members to follow. Council to research past practice of employee raise timing. Goal to develop best practice moving forward so that raise recommendations vetted through council prior to annual meeting.\u00a0 Recommendation from council that we must be aware of employment law pertaining to contracted personnel vice church employees.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Mortgage Update- <\/strong>Mortgage refinance completed. Also secured was a 1 year line of credit for $10,000 at 4.75% in case of emergencies.\u00a0 Old mortgage and line of credit with Choice Bank closed.\u00a0 Closing costs of $3,800 were rolled into the loan balance<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>New loan is for $1,002,309 at 3.75%. New monthly payment is 5,943.26.\u00a0 Terms of loan require that we maintain a escrow savings account with a minimum $25,000 balance.\u00a0 If our balance is below that amount we are obligated to make deposits of $1,325\/month to the escrow savings account.\u00a0 We can draw on the savings account for capital improvements and repairs.\u00a0 Our combined monthly payment to both mortgage and savings is $7,268.26 which is less than our old mortgage payment of $7,300<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>New Business<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Credit card reader for scrip? <\/strong>Will be evaluated as part of stewardship research<\/p>\n

Sunday school \u2013<\/strong> Ideas for significant changes to be presented in the next couple months, would not take effect until fall if selected.<\/p>\n

Council Members needed- <\/strong>Terms for Jeff and Terry to end this year, interested members encouraged to contact one of them to discuss.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Outreach to local nursing homes-<\/strong>Visits to local elderly housing communities planned to discuss potential outreach opportunities.<\/p>\n

Next Meeting: February 21, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

Devotion for February by Ken<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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