Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Governing Board Minutes

Approved

August 14, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Call to Order: President Ken Wunsch called the meeting to order at 6:30. In attendance were Lorrie Graaf, Kevin Kelley, Doug Pals, Mark Pierson, Laurie Peterson, Marvin Rohn, Scott Snyder, Shawn Woolman, and Pastor Ron Burcham.

Visitor Recognition: No visitors were present at the meeting.

Monitoring Affirmation

Senior Pastor Report: The Board reviewed and discussed the following items:

• Attendance Trends for Saturday & Sunday services
• Need for additional teachers for Grace Place
• Calling program led by Pastor Tim and a Ministry Action Team that will contact all members periodically throughout the year
• Plan for tinting cupola windows
• Brief update of the four Strategic Planning Ministry Action Teams including a timeline for additional communication with the congregation

Parish Paper: No Discussion

Consent Agenda: Minutes of the July 2007 meeting were approved. After a brief discussion the financial report was also approved.

Actions: The Board reviewed and approved the following items:

• Senior Pastor Reporting – after discussion the Board decided to continue this item until the September meeting.
• Congregation Voting Process and Establishment of a Listening Post – A task force of Marv Rohn and Mark Pierson reviewed the findings of their research of other voting systems utilized by nine other local churches. The Board discussed the merits of considering other voting options including voting booths or electronic voting.
• Policy Review – Laurie Peterson moved the Board accept the proposed changes to Section 2.0 to 2.5 of the Policy Manual as discussed at the June Meeting. Kevin Kelley seconded. The Board unanimously approved. The Board also discussed changes to Section 2.6 through 2.11. Kevin Kelley made a motion to approve these changes. Shawn Woolman seconded. The motion was unanimously approved.

Housekeeping: The Ministry Fair scheduled for September 8-9 was discussed.

Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 8:53 pm.