2013 November Stewards Minutes

Stewards Present: Peter Bankson, Marjory Bankson, Ken Burton (notes), Pat Conover, Dave Lloyd (moderator), Sandra Miller, Trish Nemore, Brenda Seat, Keith Seat, Margreta Silverstone, Deborah Sokolove (worship)

Stewards Absent:Cynthia Dahlin, Jacqie Wallen

Time and Space Mission Group

  • Remind the wider community of the white board on which to note building repairs needed.

  • Remind wider Seekers community of currently available parking options (including many spaces on Maple Avenue next to CVS).

  • Consider more parking strategies in the future, when building across the street is up and metro area starts being developed.

  • Remind building users not to let into the building people they do not know. (They have been told this, but at least one user has done so.)

Stewards Meetings in 2014

The February Stewards meeting will be on 2/9/14. The June Stewards meeting will be on the second Sunday in that month. Brenda distributed a draft calendar for the 2014 meetings. She noted that we will return to the practice of having regular reports from mission groups. Mission Support Group will report at the January meeting on 1/5/14. Time and Space will report in February.

2014 Seekers Budget

Marjory distributed a draft of the 2014 budget for discussion. She noted that it included a $10,000 increase in giving. $35,000 was budgeted for the Holy Spirit Fund with the caveat that this amount is at best a guess and that we are prepared to increase that amount during the course of the year should that action be necessary. The projected net of income over expense for 2014 is $13,650. The only change recommended by Stewards was to increase the budgeted amount for the Covenant Thanksgiving basket project to $5,000

There were three action items arising from the budget discussion.

  • Giving final approval to the 2014 budget, which we anticipate doing at the December meeting.

  • Discouraging the solicitation of funds during circle or during the announcement period for any purpose for which Seekers makes a corporate contribution.

  • Exploring further the meaning of the partnership relationship as it appears in the budget. We need to examine the implications of investing heavily in projects which we do not “own”.

Marjory and Sandra shared their journeys with us.

The meeting concluded with soul talk and prayer.

(Recorder’s Note: My appreciation goes to Trish, who shared with me her notes from the beginning of the meeting, before my late arrival. kb)