Gloria Dei Lutheran Church
Governing Board Minutes

Jason Hoffman offered the opening devotion and prayer.

Call to Order:  President Kevin Kelley called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
In attendance were Kevin Kelley, Jason Hoffman, Lorrie Graaf, Barb Miles, Casey Fluegge, Mark Kramer, Scott Snyder, Marv Rohn, and Pastor Burcham.

Not present: Pamela Henkel.

Visitor Recognition:  Executive Director Bill Jesse was present, as well as Laura Rath as recording secretary.

Monitoring Affirmation:
Parish Paper: The Board chose not to discuss the March Parish Paper.

Consent Agenda:

• The minutes from the February 8, 2011 meeting were accepted by consensus.
• After discussion, the financial report was accepted by consensus.

Church Unique – Auxano Proposal: The Board participated in a one-hour conference call with Bill Donahue and Will Mancini from Auxano. Will Mancini is the author of the book Church Unique. The Board agreed to go forward with using Auxano for the process to discover our DNA, pending references from other churches that have gone through the Auxano process.

Senior Pastor Report:

• Pastor Burcham reported briefly on the worship survey. Approximately 200 surveys were returned in the first weekend. The online survey will remain open until March 15. Worship Director Steve Kowbel will report back to the congregation in the near future with the results.

• Pastor Burcham noted that the Hospitality Ministry is now up and running and how pleased he is with the work Pastor Robarge has done with that ministry.
  
  
• On February 22 at the State of the Church, Pastor Burcham recommended a revision to the 2010/2011 Initiatives and presented the 2011/2012 Initiatives to the Governing Board.

  After discussion at the monthly Board meeting, Scott Snyder motioned to approve the revision of the 2010/2011 Initiatives, seconded by Marv Rohn. Motion carried.

  Mark Kramer motioned to approve the 2011/2012 Initiatives, seconded by Barb Miles. Motion carried.

• Pastor Burcham reminded the Board that four Ministry Action Teams are being formed to further investigate multi-site ministry and invited Board members to join one of the MATs.
  
  
• Pastor Burcham noted that he will be out of the office April 5-6 with Pastor Robarge for a 3D Ministries taster event at Thanksgiving Lutheran Church in Bellevue, NE. 3D Ministries is a discipleship process Gloria Dei is interested in.
  
  
• Pastor Burcham requested permission to overspend the budget in two areas: Media (due to a lightning strike last fall) and Youth Ministry (due to expenses for the July 2010 youth gathering being budgeted for the last fiscal year, but due in the current fiscal year). Mark Kramer made a motion to lump the two together and approve the overspending of the two areas. Casey Fluegge seconded the motion. Motion carried.

Current Action Items:
Officer Elections: Elected officers will take office July 2011.

• Kevin Kelley motioned to nominate Mark Kramer for the office of President of the 2011-2012 Governing Board. Jason Hoffman seconded the motion. Motion carried.
• Kevin Kelley motioned to nominate Jason Hoffman for the office of Vice President of the 2011-2012 Governing Board. Barb Miles seconded the motion. Motion carried.
• Lorrie Graaf motioned to nominate Barb Miles for the office of Secretary of the 2011-2012 Governing Board. Mark Kramer seconded the motion. Motion carried.
• Kevin Kelley motioned to nominate Marv Rohn (upon re-election to the Board) for the office of Treasurer of the 2011-2012 Governing Board. Mark Kramer seconded the motion. Motion carried.
• 2011-2012 Governing Board Officers:
• Mark Kramer – President
• Jason Hoffman – Vice President
• Barb Miles – Secretary
• Marv Rohn – Treasurer

Nominating Committee – Kevin Kelley is in the process of forming the committee.

Congregational Listening Post – Nothing to discuss.

Housekeeping:
            a.   Future Topic - Gloria Dei Foundation – existing Foundation Board will possibly meet on March 29

b. Future Meetings

i. March 22, 2011 Board Brainstorming Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

ii. April 12, 2011 Governing Board Meeting (Materials due Apr. 6)

Adjournment:  
After the Lord’s Prayer, the Board adjourned at 9:26 p.m..

Respectfully submitted by Laura Rath.