2018 November Stewards Minutes

SEEKERS CHURCH
Stewards Minutes
November 4, 2018

 Present: Marjory Bankson (recorder), Peter Bankson, Ken Burton, Joan Dodge (worship), Michele Frome (angel), Elizabeth Gelfeld (angel), Judy Lantz, Sandra Miller, Trish Nemore, Brenda Seat, Keith Seat, Margreta Silverstone, Deborah Sokolove (moderator), Glen Yakushiji.

Absent: Cynthia Dahlin, David Lloyd, Vincent Shepherd, Jacqie Wallen.

Visitor: Liz Gould-Leger.

Worship: Joan read “The Future is Possible” by Sonya Dyer.

Housekeeping: Stewards will next meet on Sunday, December 2, 5:00pm at the church.

Moderator: Joan                      Worship: Sandra

Recorder: Peter                       Angels: Elizabeth & Judy

Announcements:

1) Rosa Campos & Larry Rawlings have volunteered to coordinate Thanksgiving Dinner at Seekers. Trish is willing to help them and Sandra offered to oversee the buffet.

2) Stewards Christmas Party will be hosted by Cynthia. Michele is willing to help. Stay tuned for directions.

3) Brenda got positive feedback for her suggestion that we have “Friendship Dinners” hosted by different Seekers (beginning with Stewards) in their homes. Add this to the January agenda.

4) Stewards agenda calendar for 2019 was passed out by Brenda. She urged people to bring it each time to track major issues. Year-end financial report will be moved from Jan 6 to Feb meeting.

Draft 2019 budget presented: Marjory for FOG

No changes were suggested.

Note: in order to balance the operating budget, Building Ops was lower than requested by $2,000 and Art Gallery lower than requested by $200. FOG urged Time & Space to use the reserve fund for major items if needed. Final vote will be in December.

Circle Time /Gathering Time Discussion: Michele for Celebration Circle

Michele described the timeline for this experiment (focus sharing on seasonal theme, no announcements or clipboards, 2-minute call stories twice/month), which began in June. She invited all non-CC Stewards to speak about their experience with the changes:

Dave (from a recent letter): noted worship is getting longer which makes it difficult for adults in Sunday School; signups for School for Christian Growth have been more difficult (leaving a clipboard on the side table doesn’t attract enough attention).

Liz: would like more space between thematic sharings.

Glen: no opinion because I am usually not at circle time.

Marjory: misses announcements as a sign of community activity and personal sharing (it gets me beyond the silo of my mission group).

Margreta: as an introvert, I rarely have anything to say; rhythm of connecting sharing question with liturgy helps; appreciates CC efforts to shepherd the discussion; P&J candle has been longer than expected.

Judy: likes the theme as a threshold to worship; is usually with the children and wonders if they should/could be in circle time?

Trish: likes the thematic sharing and 2-minute call stories; wonders if P&J candle could be more prayer and less sermon – maybe pick people to model this for a couple of months?

Joan: likes the thematic sharing (“it helps to center me”); does like to hear announcements and critical personal sharing (like Mary Carol’s fall); hopes Friendship Dinners will strengthen community links.

Sandra: notes that 2-min call stories are usually longer; values short announcements and chance to describe things like Thanksgiving Basket project.

Keith: likes deeper sharing generated by theme; appreciates 2-min call stories; likes some announcements and occasional clipboard signups.

Someone in CC said that they would continue to make adjustments regarding announcements. Michele said that their intention was not to eliminate personal sharing and CC would report back on the experiment, probably in January.

Pastoral concerns – no notes.

One Steward to share: Sandra shared her recent love for making paper and other aspects of her life.

Meeting ended with Soul talk.

Submitted by Marjory Bankson, Nov 10, 2018

 BUDGET PLANNING DOCUMENT (Nov 4, 2018)

INCOME 2017
FINAL		 2018
Budget		 77% yr
(40/52)		 2019 Budget % of budget
One-time gifts 9,030
Building Use/Min of Place 39,741 40,000 31,475 44,000 16%
Contributions 227,976 230,000 163,263 230,000 83%
Interest 4,905 3,000 3,228 3,500 1%
TOTAL Unrestricted INCOME 281,652 273,000 197,966 277,500 100%
EXPENSE
Ministry of Place (T&S)

Building Ops

Capital Reserve

 54,449

48,449

6,000

 55,000

50,000

5,000

 37,796

37,796

0

 58,000

53,000

5,000

 21%

 

 
Community Life

Administration

Mission Groups*

Staff (6)

Youth Activities

Art Gallery

 72,366

1,520

4,025

64,688

2,000

133

 80,000

2,282

6,900

67,318

3,000

500

 57,549

1,441

3,191

50,511

1,926

480

 79,000

1,989

5,500

69,011

2,000

500

 28%

 

 

 

 

 
Outreach

…Domestic missions

…International

…Partnerships

Ch of the Saviour

-Callings

Covenant: Tksgivng                     Dayspring Church

NGOs helping Skrs

Rolling Ridge

Stillpoint @ RRidge

…Seekers Ministries

Bokamoso Workshop

Carroll Café

Down the Road

Growing Edge (MSG)

Holy Spirit Fund**

 143,232

60,000

50,000

 

6,000

1,000

5,000

5,000

250

200

1,600

 

486

0/loan

 

2,425

11,271

 143,000

60,000

50,000

 

3,000

1,000

5,000

5,000

500

200

800

 

500

0/loan

 

2,000

15,000

 120,091

57,500

45,000

 

3,000

1,000

0

0

0

0

0

 

364

0/loan

 

1,615

11,612

 140,500

60,000

50,000

 

3,000

1,000

5,000

5,000

500

200

800

 

500

0/loan

500

2,000

12,000

 51%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
TOTAL Expenses 270,047 278,000 215,436 277,500 100%
NET Result 11,605 **(5,000) (17,470) 0  

 

 * Mission Groups 2017 ‘18 Bud ’18 spent 2019
B&B 280 400 442 xx
CC 622 2,100 1,158 2,100
Is2C 1,498 1,000 200 1,000
L&T 560 1,000 491 1,000
LW 525 600 600 600
OMG 540 1,800 300 800
Total: 4,025 6,900 3,191 5,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

             

 

**$5k added to HSFund July 1, 2018                                         Cap Reserve (Nov, 2018): $54,485