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Business Meeting Minutes
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February 25, 2004
SAGE Meeting 2/25/04
Present: Pat Alice, Kathryn Collins, Eric Pearson, Donna Mass, Cheryl Colvin, and Sue Wilkins.
Opened with a group prayer.
Donna talked about the Youth Church. She recycled some cans with the intent of the money going toward the Youth program so we now have $3.00 toward that cause. She will oversee the first Youth Church program this Sunday. The kids will join the adults at the beginning for a story, which is being led by Steve Elliott. Then they will leave the room and Kahlil and Nadja will teach a lesson to the other kids about Prosperity.
Sunday's collection was $575. The bank account is $1,214.59. We spent $11.00 to replace the Ponderosa's cue ball, which was lost during the service. Speaker fees for Sunday were $200.00. Pat stated that there was a $100 application fee to UCRS and asked that the money be authorized. She also asked for a roll of stamps to be purchased to use for mailings. It was decided to use Cancer Survivor stamps and Kathryn donated the additional $3.00 to pay the difference in price. Sue asked for $17.00 to purchase a deposit stamp so she did not have to write the deposit information on all of the checks. All of these requests were moved by Donna Mass and seconded by Kathryn Collins. All were approved.
Community Outreach for the month of February will be $150.00 to Kid's Repair in Victorville. It was discussed and decided that on the first of each month, a tithe of $150 or 10% (whichever is higher) will be made to a community organization.
We want to start putting the financial information on the weekly program so everyone can see the current financial state. Everything should be out in the open-no "privileged information."
Discussion about what will happen to the programs and energy if Rev. David accepts another position. We all want the best for Rev. David and feel comfortable that the force will continue regardless of what he does.
Speakers need to be as dynamic as possible, whenever possible.
Reviewed, discussed, and edited the Letter of Understanding that is to go out to the HDCRS and the Hesperia church. It was decided that the letters would be mailed out on March 4, 2004, and that no other contact with the boards regarding the letters was necessary unless there is a problem securing letters from those churches.
Pat described the difficulties she is having obtaining reliable information from UCRS regarding applying as a "New Works." She suggested we go ahead and submit a "package" of our own with as much information as possible and then let the home office tell us what we need. The only information that we have been told about is for a study group so we will use that information for now. We need to gather: demographic information about the region, a Letter of Understanding from the other churches, and explore what other New Thought activities are in the area.
Eric knows someone at VVC who does demographics so Eric will solicit help from this acquaintance. We already have the letter to the other churches set to go so all that is left to do is explore other New Thought activities. More discussion on that issue at the next meeting. Pat and Eric brought up the idea that we want to keep our options open in case UCRS is not available to us. There are many other organizations available that still maintain our principles.
We discussed the need to establish a "membership commitment" so we can officially form an organization. Decided to ask the congregation on Sunday what type of form or process they would prefer.
Closed with a group prayer, 8:15 PM
Submitted by Cheryl Colvin
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