Mike Brady, Dan Leahy
Next Meeting:
Saturday, January 9, 8:00 AM
Purpose of Administration Meeting:
Developing leaders that can follow through with excellence in all of the five fold ministries as we coordinate body wide activities and serve each other as unto the Lord
- Discipleship
- Evangelism
- Worship
- Service
- Fellowship
Specific Topics discussed this month:
Discipleship
Mike and Dan passed out a preliminary draft of the By-Laws that they will be presenting in the near future. There are no significant changes since the last time that this was refreshed, but it is good practice to publish these By-Laws to each other so that we can all discuss our creed and culture using the same language. This is especially useful for newer members of the body as they seek to understand how we operate. The elders will also be documenting a few policies that were formerly administered in a more intensive custom manner by the members of the administration team.
Worship
The topic of the Lord's supper was discussed as we replaced communion with a baptism this past week and extended a streak of various reasons for not taking communion together with a priority. The worship service on November 1st will re-establish communion as a priority for our body
Finances
First proposal of 2010 budget was reviewed with the elders in September and the owners of each budget category have reviewed the proposal and have provided feedback supporting the proposal. Elders are continuing to pray about the giving category as it is growing fast and is likely that area that needs some adjustment.
Dan reported that he has made contact with Cornerstone and Travis and expects to see regular payments now. It seems that all parties involved understand the intentionally simple arrangement of $500 per month mailed to Travis.
Although James was not at the meeting, we discussed his proposal that we consider dropping internet and phone service at the building at some point this summer. After informing Dan and Mike that our internet and phone had not been functioning for the last 6 weeks and that we have been unable to find time to meet repairmen at the church to resolve the issue, that cancelling the non-functional internet would seem prudent until a compelling need arises in the future. This will result in a savings of $50 per month. We will keep the phone for now since we believe the phone book is still used by many members of our community.
Building and Grounds:
Josh made great progress on several projects over the summer and we are looking to wrap up a few more yet this year. Many of the work items that were posted in April are already complete, so this list needs to be refreshed for the fall and winter months.
The topic of clutter is again surfacing. The first year without high traffic in the building allowed us to enter the building without being confronted with accumulation of lost and found and repair items, but we have now settled into our new found space are accumulating Tatesbrook clutter instead of LCF clutter. We need to resolve this before it gets worse. Clutter tends to attract more clutter.
The city has sent us information that our share of the Water Quality Management Fee will be $4.32 per month. We are being charged for the shed surface area but I believe that is negligible. The only significant change that we can make would be to replace the asphalt parking lot and drive way with gravel. I think that would save us $3 a month when they do the next survey.
Evangelism:
No Evangelism topics discussed this month.
Church Calendar
October--
23-25 - Women's retreat at Agape Wilderness Retreat
November--
1 - Lord's Supper
December--
6 - Lord's Supper
13 - Christmas Caroling
January--
3 - Lord's Supper
9 - Administration Team Meeting
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