On behalf of the
Finance Committee, Marti Wayland
provided an overview of the roles and responsibilities for the Finance Team and Finance Committee. The Finance Team is composed of the Finance Chair, Financial Secretary, Accounts Payable Manager and Treasurer. The team is assisted by certified public accountants in the congregation who have volunteered to lend their expertise. This team is responsible for money coming in, money going out, monthly disbursements and reporting. The Finance Committee is a broader scope of individuals tasked with stewardship of the church’s financial resources, creating policies and procedures, providing for an annual audit and creating and approving a general budget.
On behalf of
Staff Parish, Penny Selman
updated Church Council on the open part-time Accountant position. At this time, Staff Parish is delaying hiring an Accountant for a 3- month period. This will allow time for the current financial team to work together to assess any potential gaps that the current financial team may have. If any gaps are identified at any point within the 3-month period, SPR has a plan to address the gaps.
On behalf of
Stewardship, Kirby Johnson
reported that the stewardship campaign resulted in pledges of $668,604.32 for 2020 – approximately $20,000 more than in 2019. Stewardship noticed no discernible negative impact to moving the 2020 campaign back to the traditional fall timeline.
On behalf of the
Vision team, Colin Johnson
reported that plans are underway to review the current vision and make any necessary adjustments. A group of individuals has been invited to an upcoming focus group to determine successes, gaps and where plans can be merged as we continually focus on ensuring the vision is on target to meet our objectives and in line with Signal Crest.
On behalf of
Trustees, Colin Johnson
reported that
Greg Cullum
was elected Chair of Trustees for 2020. Trustees met before Church Council and discussed existing physical needs of the church. Work days will be scheduled soon to take care of some of the needs. In addition,
Jeff Kelle
is forming a temporary Endowment Committee to review our current endowment and look at how Signal Crest can better promote and utilize planned giving.
On behalf of
Preschool, David Tonahill
reported that the state assessment is March 3 and the Preschool Board is working with Trustees to ensure an issue with the playground fence is addressed before the assessment.
Rev. Josh Kilbourne
provided an update regarding the upcoming General Conference for the United Methodist Church that will take place May 5-15. Josh is an alternate delegate and will be in attendance at General Conference. The United Methodist Church has recently been in the news due to a proposal to General Conference for a split of the denomination. No split has taken place yet and this proposal is just one of several being presented at General Conference. You can read more about that in an email from Pastor Josh and Bill to the congregation on January 3
here
and you can follow United Methodist Communications
here
to stay up to date.
In Partnership,
Mark A. Smith
Chair, Church Council
P.S. The next Church Council meeting will be February 23 at 6:30 pm in the Interpreter’s Room.
The approved minutes from the November 3 meeting may be found by clicking
here
.
