August 18, 2022 - Deacon Meeting Minutes
Attendance: John Reagan, James Martin, Kristi Lambert, Vince Maro, Paul Weinke, Kathy Sahlhoff, Chuck Falch, Gail Graese
Absent: John Genskow, Anne Hartman, Bruce Winkler
Ex officio: David Forke, Mark Schulz
Recording Secretary: Dean Gumz
John called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
1) Opening Devotion and Prayer: Paul
2) Consent Agenda
a. July Meeting
b. Pastoral Report
c. Policy Review Motion made by Chuck to approve the consent agenda as presented. Seconded by Vince. Motion approved.
3) Virtual Ministry Alternatives - Pastor Mark | Mark posed the question about how Peace should invest energy in virtual ministry. The average in-person attendance is ~250 per week. There are ~700 family units contributing to Peace on a regular basis. He assumes that approximately 25% of our members are worshipping in-person/virtual on a regular basis. The optics are that people aren’t worshipping because we don’t see them in church. Discussion followed with the consensus being that the Board members felt that we should encourage in-person worship as a priority and that for most other activities, virtual is not a priority.
4) Staffing Update - Pastor Mark
Part-time admin filled – Starting on Aug 22 Children Ministry – A person who was being considered withdrew her name from consideration.
Pastor David has expanded the search and they are back to reviewing potential applications. Hoping to get to the point of online interviews in Sept.
Bookkeeper – Kathy Foster has rescinded her retirement and will be at Peace for the foreseeable future
Dir of Worship – The pool of candidates is limited. One potential candidate was brought forward. Mark and others will explore the viability of this in coming weeks. If this falls through, we would essentially be back at square one and would need to re-energize the search. BOD Meeting Aug 18, 2022
5) Bryan W. – David | Peace is looking to contract with Bryan to lead an adult group about Jesus Fit this fall with a potential second group in the winter for parents.
6) Launch Sunday – Mark / David | Launch Sunday is Sept 11. It was proposed to have something special for launch Sunday. The idea garnered general support but lacked anyone who wanted to coordinate the effort. Several people are going to look at options, like a potluck.
7) Financials – John R. | Net income was 43,000 and total cash available was a decrease of $117,000. The decline was specifically related to three capital expenses- fixing the roof, replacing the boilers, and the upgrade of the security system Motion to approve the financial statements by Kristi L.. Seconded by Chuck F.. Motion passed.
8) Understanding the Financials - John gave a short presentation of the various components of our financial statements. He discussed the Balance Sheet, Fund Balance, Functional Expenses, Income Statement, and Cash Flow Statement.
9) Follow-up Items Motion to adjourn by Paul. Seconded by Vince. Motion passed. Meeting adjourned at 9:20
