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Church Council Minutes, September 17, 2018

August 6, 2018 Written by office

Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church
Church Council Minutes – September 17, 2018

Attending: Isaac Collins, Debbie Miller, Todd Shelton, David Sandridge, Maury Early, Sue Lewis, Andrea Zimmerman, Fred O’Bryant, Jim Lambert

  1. Opening remarks with prayer
  2. Review July Council meeting and Charge Conference minutes a. Debbie moved to approve minutes; Maury seconded. All others approved.
  3. Committee Reports
    1. Treasure/Finance
      1. Mold in Mollie Michie. The rest of cost will come from the education and sanctuary budget.
      2. MCW gave $300 toward Pride Festival. Other donations should cover most of the costs associated with booth.
      3. Banner paid out of marketing/communications and hospitality (approximately only $70 from hospitality)
      4. Paid singers initiative is receiving donations
      5. New sign approval for front of the church. Need first half of payment upfront. Will come out of endowment fund
      6. 2015 Capital Campaign funds-can they be repurposed?
  1. IMPACT
    1. House Meeting 9/14/18.
  2. Hospitality
    1. Fall festival with details to come.
  3. UMW
    1. Aldersgate Circle resumed meeting in September
    2. Maury will attend a district UMW meeting in a few weeks.
  4. MCW
    1. Could use help with gleaning on Saturday
    2. Fall Festival instead of BBQ on October 26 6:30-8:30 pm. Mollie Michie will co-sponsor. Students at the Wesley Foundation will be asked to help. It will be a community outreach event to get new people at the church. It will be a fun time for families with a focus on the children. Admission fee will be charged. Cause for raised funds: Congregate Cville.
  5. Staff-Parish
    1. Nothing new to report
  6. Trustees
    1. Mold is fixed in the S and SW walls in the Mollie Michie room. Mollie Michie has purchased a dehumidifier to prevent other issues. Huge amounts of effort by Buck, Gina, Jim, and others to mitigate the damage to the walls.
    2. Starnes basement flooded. Will be a replacement of a sump pump and dryer.
  7. Pastor Isaac
    1. We have identified questions for the congregation and will have a day (September 30th) when congregants can write answers. Information will also be used in November for the stewardship to say, “When you said X was going well at Wesley, your contributions can make this even more…”
    2. Book discussion about millennials and reaching out to others, including building trust
  8. Next meeting, October 16 at 7:30 pm.
Church Council Minutes