Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Governing Board Minutes

March 13, 2007 Meeting Minutes

Pastor Burcham opened the meeting with prayer.

Call to Order 

President Kesse called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Those in attendance were Shawn Woolman, Doug Pals, Kevin Kelley, Scott Snyder, Lorrie Graaf, Deb Kesse, Laurie Peterson, and Marvin Rohn.

Visitor Recognition  

No visitors were present at the meeting.

Monitoring Affirmation 

Senior Pastor Reports

February

• Due to inclement weather, the February Governing Board meeting was cancelled. The Pastor’s report for February was briefly reviewed.

March

• The Wednesday night simulcast of the sermon into the Family Life is going well. Given the number of attendees, it appears the congregation has embraced both the contemporary and traditional styles of Lenten worship. Pastor Burcham has received very positive comments about the simulcast.
• As a point of information, the Easter worship service schedule that has been passed by the Elders was shared with the Board.
• The staffing MAT has been meeting weekly and has written job descriptions for the Executive Director and Senior Pastor. The group is currently working on other personnel issues related to the positions.
• The Board initiated a discussion regarding the budget for 2007/2008. The proposed budget will be presented during the May Governing Board meeting.
• Pastor Burcham will attend the second installment of the APLI GET training April 9 –12, so will not be attending the April Governing Board meeting.

Parish Paper

The Board briefly discussed the latest issue of the Parish Paper which focused on the length of time it takes newcomers to actually become members of a congregation.

Nominating Committee – Members of the committee are Ann Readinger, Steve Kammeyer, Ken Wunsch, Kevin Kelley, and Lorrie Graaf. Deb Kesse and Pastor Burcham will serve as ex officio members.

Consent Agenda

Following a request for minor editing, the minutes of the January 9, 2007 were approved by consensus.

Following a brief discussion, the financial report was approved by consensus.

Actions

Ends Statements - To assure adequate time is devoted to the continuing development of ends statements, a special Governing Board meeting will be scheduled within the next month.

Policies related to Strategic Planning and Reporting – The Board reviewed and discussed, at length, the policies drafted during the January meeting. Kevin Kelley will rewrite and renumber the policies and present to the Board for final approval. In addition, the Board discussed details related to updating and approving the policy manual

Budget Policies - After discussion, the Board decided to revise the policy related to budget expenditures. Kevin Kelley will rewrite the current policy and present to the Board.

Budget for 2007/2008 – In preparation for Ron and the staff to allocate monies to the ministries for the 2007-2008 budget year, we had an extensive discussion of the overall increases in pledging, giving and members.

Adjournment

Following the recitation of the Lord’s Prayer, the meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.