Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Governing Board Minutes

Kevin Kelley offered the opening devotion and prayer.

Call to Order:  President Kevin Kelley called the meeting to order at 6:29 p.m.
In attendance were Marv Rohn, Jason Hoffman, Scott Snyder, Barb Miles, Kevin Kelley, Casey Fluegge, Mark Kramer, Pamela Henkel and Pastor Burcham.

Lorrie Graaf was not present.

Visitor Recognition:  Laura Rath was present as recording secretary.

Monitoring Affirmation:
Parish Paper: The Board discussed the October topic: Why Are Worship Visitors Important?

Policy Review – Section 2, Board Self-Governance: The Board will review and discuss at the November meeting.

Consent Agenda:

• The minutes from the September 14, 2010 meeting were accepted by consensus.
• After discussion, the financial report was accepted by consensus.

Elder Appointment Policy: The Board discussed the Elder appointment policy in detail. Scott Snyder motioned to accept the amendment to the Gloria Dei Policy Manual. Pamela Henkel seconded. Motion carried. Casey Fluegge motioned to appoint Rod Serbus to a one-year term, Ken Meythaler and Devin Wren each to a two-year term, and Tom Westby to a three-year term. Pamela Henkel seconded. Motion carried. Each term will retro-start August 1, 2010.

Senior Pastor Report:

• The Board reviewed and briefly discussed the 3rd quarter (July-Sept. 2010) membership report. Barb Miles made a motion to approve, seconded by Marv Rohn. The motion carried.
• Pastor Burcham commented that he felt the Governing Board Retreat on October 1-2, 2010 was a productive and successful time together.
• Pastor Burcham noted that he will be in St. Louis October 31-November 2 for the PLI Board of Directors meeting, and in Dallas November 14-17 for the PLI Missional Summit.
• Pastor Burcham reported that the 2010 convention of the LCMS adopted changes to the LCMS constitution. In order for them to take effect, the congregations of Synod need to approve the changes. A two-thirds majority of the voting congregations is necessary for approval.
• Constitutional Amendment A – (Amends Articles X and XI to change the name “Vice-President-Finance-Treasurer” to “Chief Financial Officer,” the position to be filled by appointment by the Board of Directors of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod)
• Constitutional Amendment B – (Adds a new Article XIV to the Constitution to clarify the relationship between the Bylaws and the Constitution of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod)

Marv Rohn made a motion to approve both changes. Mark Kramer seconded the motion. The motion carried.

Current Action Items:
Gloria Dei Foundation: Scott Snyder and Marv Rohn will report at the December Board meeting.

Congregational Listening Post – Board members did not hear anything to report.

The Board discussed adding a section to the Policy Manual addressing what types of communication should be brought to the Board. Mark Kramer will work on including this section and report at the November Board meeting. The Board also discussed structured times for Board members to be available to the congregation.

Housekeeping:

a. Future Meetings

i. October 17, 2010 - Discovery 201

Attendees – Mark Kramer, Jason Hoffman,

ii. October 26, 2010 SPI MAT Meeting

iii. November 9, 2010 Governing Board Meeting (Materials due Nov. 3)

Adjournment:  
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m., after which the Board said the Lord’s Prayer.

Respectfully submitted by Laura Rath.