Council Minutes

Memorial United Church of Christ Council Meeting September 11, 2018 Present:  Janine Bessemer, Jacy Boldebuck, Rita Elver, Ryan Estrella, Sarah Fritz, Kris Gorton, Kelly Jetzer, Jan Klawitter, Rebecca Malke, John Van Overbeke and Sue Webb Absent: None Kris opened with a prayer. Janine made a motion to modify and approve the August minutes. Sarah seconded. Passed. Financial Report John indicates $500 was provided for back to school backpacks. The second of two grants for Solar for Good has been received. Trustees Report John reports endowment giving for Drea...
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Memorial United Church of Christ Council Meeting August 14, 2018 Present:  Janine Bessemer, Jacy Boldebuck, Sarah Fritz, Kris Gorton, Kelly Jetzer, Jan Klawitter, Rebecca Malke and Sue Webb Absent:  Ryan Estrella, Rita Elver and Jon Van Overbeke Guest:  Gary Johnson Jacy opened with a prayer. Jan made a motion to approve the June minutes. Sue seconded. Passed. Trustees Report Gary indicates that the solar project has received $41,300 in pledges and recommends any surplus be transferred to the Major Maintenance Fund. Vanguard investments have realized a $3,400 return thus fa...
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Memorial United Church of Christ Council Meeting June 12, 2018 Present:  Janine Bessemer, Rita Elver, Sarah Fritz, Kris Gorton, Jan Klawitter, Rebecca Malke, John Van Overbeke, and Sue Webb Absent:  Jacy Boldebuck, Ryan Estrella and Kelly Jetzer Pastor Kris opened with a meditation and a prayer for Mike Hay and his family. Jan made a motion to approve the May minutes. Sue seconded. Passed. Trustees Report John indicates that the Richard Tauburt estate from December 2015 has been settled adding $10,000 to endowment funds. The solar project has received $15,300 in pledges plus $...
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MUCC COUNCIL MEETING May 8, 2018   Present: Janine Bessemer, Jacy Boldebuck, Ryan Estrella, Sarah Fritz, Pastor Kris Gorton, Kelly Jetzer, Jan Klawitter Rebecca Malke, John Van Overbeke, and Sue Webb Absent: Rita Elver Jacy opened the meeting with a prayer. The Minutes for the April, 2018, meeting were moved for approval by Jan (after she pointed out a minor correction), which was seconded by Sue and passed. Old Business: An update about the solar system proposal was presented by Dean Baumgardner, who informed council that the application for a $10,000 “Solar for Good” gran...
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Memorial United Church of Christ Council Meeting April 10, 2018 Present: Jacy Boldebuck, Ryan Estrella, Sara Fritz, Kris Gorton, Kelly Jetzer, Rebecca Malke, John Van Overbeke, and Sue Webb Absent: Janine Bessemer, Rita Elver and Jan Klawitter Guests: John Rosch and Dean Baumgardner Pastor Kris opened with a prayer. Sarah made a motion to approve the March minutes. Kelly seconded. Passed. Solar Energy Grant Dean, for the Buildings & Grounds Committee, reports on a solar energy project for MUCC’s roof. The roof is strong enough to hold the equipment and is an excellent alternative...
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Memorial United Church of Christ Council Meeting March 13, 2018   Present:  Janine Bessemer, Jacy Boldebuck, Rita Elver, Ryan Estrella, Sara Fritz, Kris Gorton, Kelly Jetzer, Jan Klawitter, John Van Overbeke, and Sue Webb Absent:  Rebecca Malke Pastor Kris opened with a prayer. Jan made a motion to approve the January minutes and February minutes as adjusted. Sue seconded. Passed. Financial Report John indicates loose plate and non-pledge amounts have been lower than budgeted. Nevertheless, expenses have also been slightly under budget. Jan moved and Kelly seconded to ...
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Memorial United Church of Christ Council Meeting February 13, 2018 Present:  Janine Bessemer, Jacy Boldebuck, Sara Fritz, Kelly Jetzer, Jan Klawitter, Rebecca Malke, John Van Overbeke, and Sue Webb Guest:  Tony Young Absent:  Rita Elver and Ryan Etrella Pastor Kris opened with a prayer. Welcomes Kelly Jetzer as a Council Member. Trustees Report Motion to approve a change in usage of $1,000. Instead of a new interviewing skill course, Council approved $1,000 for Open Doors for beds. $50,000 has been moved from Vanguard to MUCC. $10,000 of this will be invest now with the rem...
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Memorial United Church of Christ Council Meeting January 9, 2018 January minutes have been reconstructed using sources other than notes taken during the meeting. Present:  Janine Bessemer, Jacy Boldebuck, Ryan Estrella, Sara Fritz, Orion Jetzer, Jan Klawitter, Rebecca Malke, John Van Overbeke, and Sue Webb Guest:  Gary Johnson Absent:  Rita Elver Pastor Kris opened with a prayer. Approved the revised minutes of December 12, 2017. Trustees Report Council approved $1,000 of Endowment Funds for Bright Stars of Bethlehem. This will be added to the $2,600 raised by the Cookie...
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Present:  Janine Bessemer, Jacy Boldebuck, Ryan Estrella, Sara Fritz, Rita Elver, Cathy Halpin, Orion Jetzer, Jan Klawitter, Rebecca Malke, John Van Overbeke, and Sue Webb Absent:  None Pastor Kris opened with a reflection on Advent and discussed creating a place to discuss emotional subjects occurring in the United States. Kris also made selected readings from The Boston Declarations: A prophetic appeal to Christians of the United States. Motion to approve the revised minutes of November 14, 2017 offered by Janine, seconded by Sarah, approved. Financial Report None. Trustees...
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Present: Janine Bessemer, Jacy Boldebuck, Sarah Fritz, Rita Elver, Orion Jetzer, Phil Haslanger, Sue Webb, Jan Klawitter and John Van Overbeke Absent: Ryan Estrella, Rebecca Malke Pastor Phil opened with a prayer. Minutes of March 14, 2017: Motion to approve March minutes by Janine, seconded by Sarah, passed. Financial Report: John reports income is a bit above and expenses are a bit below budget. Jan moved and Sue seconded motion to approve report, passed. Trustees Report: John reports Trustees approved expenditure of $500 given to an adult child of member for child care. Th...
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