Trinity Lutheran Church Minutes
December 10, 2024
6:00pm
Shalom Room
I. Call to Order/Attendance: Terri, Janel, Mike, Laurie, Kristy, Elaine (Treasurer)
II. Devotion and prayer: Terri shared a devotion out of the Advent Devotion booklet
from Luke 21. When flooded with bad news we need to ‘stay alert’ for the good
news.
III. Administration
A. Approve Minutes: Kristy moved to accept the November minutes and Laurie 2 nd .
Motion approved
B. Treasurer’s Report – Elaine: Laurie moved to accept the Treasurer’s report and
Janel 2 nd . Motion approved.
IV. Previous Business (compilation of issues from the past six months):
We will come back to these items, time permitting
A. Snow Removal
Grasshopper preliminary contract
Terri advised Dan Kessler we will no longer be using their services.
Bid from Kuehl brothers (Kyle & Curtis)– still awaiting their bid
B. Annual Meeting Preparation
Sunday February 16 t after church service
Terri Presiding
Kendra – taking notes.
Laurie -Counting voting members present to ensure quorum (15% of voting members
needed for a quorum)
Notification of meeting to congregation
o Currently in bulletin
o Meeting Notification Requirements:
o Give notice of meeting during worship services on 2/2/25 and 2/9/25
o And/or by mail by 2/5/25 to all voting members.
We will be including notice of the annual meeting in the Trinity Tidbits which would
be either e-mailed or mailed to our members.
Council Member Changes
Terms Expiring:
o Remaining on Council for an additional term: Kendra
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o Leaving Council: Mike and Kristy
o Possible new council members
Up to 3 spots available
Kristy’s replacement: Kim Chapman has agreed to step in
Committee reports to Caitlin no later than 1/15.
o Report to be printed and ready by 2/2.
o Touch base with all committees and groups and ensure an author for the
reports
V. New Business:
A. SAM Updates – Laurie: Charline will be stepping back and only preaching when
there are 5 Sundays in the month. Charline would still like to be on rotation for
Cedar Manor services. Cedar Manor is creating a schedule so there will be better
organization and communication. The SAMS schedule for Trinity is updated
through April. Dinner church at 5pm during Lent, Ash Wednesday service, Maundy
Thursday service, and Easter Service are planned.
B. Vision to Action Update – Terri: Another meeting is planned to finalize the
Covenant for Shared Ministry with UCC in Lowden. When that is completed the
next step will be for the congregation to vote on it. Assuming it is approved, then
our Ministry Profile will be updated and refined.
C. Proposed 2025 Budget
Discussion: The SAMs’ piece of the budget will have the same total but need to be
redistributed to reflect Charline stepping back and Laurie and Deb taking more services.
Discussion: discussion and approval of hourly pay increases
Discussion: Need to clarify how much would be available for pastor salary at annual meeting.
Motion: Laurie motioned with Terri 2 nd to approve the proposed budget with the
redistribution levels to SAMs as discussed. Motion approved.
E. Committee Updates
a. Education Kristy: asked council for ideas to recruit more help on Wednesdays
b. Worship & Tech Kristy
c. Property Mike: Mike is making plans for making improvements to the
existing doors.
d. Stewardship Kendra
e. Evangelism Kendra
f. Human Resources Terri
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g. Hospitality Janel
h. Finance Laurie
Working Groups
a. GRACE Janel: The GRACE committee will be up and running on new
organization on January 1 st . Janel will be point person and Brenda will be backup.
b. Backpack Buddies Janel
c. Memorial Laurie
d. Trinity’s Promise Terri
e. Vision to Action Terri
H. Other
Mike motioned to add $3000 (less than 5% of budgeted) to the 2024 contribution to
Mission Support. Laurie 2 nd . Motion approved.
VI. Closing Prayer
VII. Adjournment : Laurie motioned and Terri 2 nd -motion approved.