HANDBOOK FOR CHURCH COUNCIL MEMBERS
2012 Edition
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Council Structure And Responsibilities
Other Committees Of The Congregation And Of The Council
By-Laws
& Endowment Fund Documents
Welcome
On behalf of the Lord of
the Church and the members of the Mount Cross, thank you for your willingness
to serve as a leader of this congregation.
The first thing Jesus
did after his inaugural address (“The time is fulfilled, and the Kingdom of
God is at hand; repent and believe the Gospel.” Mark 1:15) was
to ask people to help him with the spread of this Kingdom and its Good News (“Follow
me, and I will make you fish for people.” Mark 1:17). The
Holy Spirit has called us to be a congregation of believers, faithful to the
commission Jesus has given us. As a Council member, your task is to
help us stay true to our calling and commission.
This handbook will
acquaint you with how Mount Cross is organized and to explain your
responsibilities as a Council member.
If the answer to one of
your questions is not contained in these pages, please ask it so that the
answer will appear in the next addition.
Getting
Oriented
To get acquainted with
why Mount Cross exists as a Christian congregation and how it has been organized,
the first thing you should probably do is read the Constitution (www.mountcross.com/constitution.htm)
and Bylaws (www.mountcross.com/bylaws.htm). Here
is a summary:
Chapter
II. Confession of Faith
This is a good summary
of the foundations of Scripture and tradition on which the Constitution is
based.
Chapter IV.
Statement of Purpose
This is the basic job description
of our congregation. As a Council member, one of your
responsibilities is to see that we remain true to our calling.
Chapter
XI. Officers
This chapter helps to
explain how the Council is organized.
Chapter
XII. Congregational Council
This chapter describes
in general the structure and responsibilities of the Council and its members.
Bylaws II. Congregational Council
The Constitution keeps
things basic. The By-Laws, which are easier to change, are where the
detail of the council structure is described.
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JESUS CHRIST,
Head of the Church “Christ is the
head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the first-born from the
dead, that in
everything he might be pre-eminent.” Colossians
1:18 ↓ |
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CONGREGATIONAL
MEETING (Constitution,
Chapter X) ↓ |
You may be
familiar with the word “hierarchy.” Power at the top. It is different
in the church. The Christian
faith is not live our inside the church building but out in the world. Christ gives you power
to use in the places where you do ministry in your everyday life:
home,
school,
and work. Here is one way
to understand the work of the church and its leaders: they provide
support to you in your daily ministry-in-life. |
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CONGREGATIONAL COMMITTEES (Constitution,
Chapter XIII) Nominating
Committee Mediation Board Call Committee → |
CHURCH COUNCIL (Constitution,
Chapter XII) AREAS OF COUNCIL
RESPONSIBILITY + Welcoming + Caring + Worship &
Music +
Fellowship + Property + Service &
Missions + Children’s
Ministry +
Stewardship + Endowment + Budget &
Finance + Personnel + Mutual Ministry ELECTED COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVES Youth & CDC
Board → |
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PASTORS (Constitution,
Chapters IX) → |
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COUNCIL COMMITTEES (Constitution, Chapter
XIII) Executive
Committee Audit Committee → |
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NON-CALLED STAFF (Constitution,
Chapter XII) Church
Secretary Organist Choir
directors Preschool
Director Preschool staff → |
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The general month-to-month
leadership of the congregation and the tasks not exclusively reserved for the
Congregational Meeting (see C5.03.) are the responsibility of the Church
Council.
Church Council meetings
are held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7:00 PM, usually
in the Parish Life Center.
The usual Council
meeting agenda includes;
Devotions (led by one of the members),
Approval of minutes,
Body of Christ report (see description below)*
Pastors’ reports
Treasurer’s report
Other reports as needed. All
committees and boards are expected to submit written reports to Council. If
there are special items that require reporting and/or action at the council
meeting, time will be given during for additional comment or action beyond what
the written report provides.
Action items.
Adjourn with the Lord’s Prayer.
Please try to submit
items for the Church Council meeting agenda to the President (in writing, by
phone or by e-mail) as early as possible.
All committee reports
are sent to the Church Council "Web Page" on the Internet. You can
find this by going to:www.mountcross.com, go to the HOW WE SERVE –
SERVICE IN OUR CHURCH tabs and then click on the Church Council link. Council
members can print their own copies of these reports as they need them. An
agenda for each meeting will be posted on the website. If you do not
have access to the Internet at home, you can make arrangements to use a
computer at church. If you prefer, printed copies can be prepared
for you and left in your folder in the blue Council box.
As soon as they are
ready, please e-mail or leave in the church office all reports and especially
action items for consideration at the next Council meeting. Minutes
and reports received by the church secretary on or before Noon of the Friday
before the next Council meeting will be posted as they are
received. Minutes and reports received after that date will be
posted as time allows.
Maintaining good
communication is always a challenge. Please e-mail or give a copy of all
minutes and reports for the church secretary so that a permanent record can be
kept. Please also make sure that subcommittees are kept up to date on
developments, especially the ones that affect them directly.
The Constitution and
Bylaws allow the Council great flexibility in how it organizes to meet needs.
Continuing Resolutions are the means by which the Council can define its
structure in an easy to change manner. A running collection of these structure
modifications will be maintained following the Constitution and
By-Laws. One aim of this flexibility is to be able to place as many
decisions in the Committees. The President will endeavor to keep off
the Council agenda any items that should be handled by one of the Committees.
One of the most
important functions of the Church Council is described in C12.07. of the
Constitution:
The duties of the Congregational Council shall include the
following:
a) to lead this congregation in stating its mission, to do
long-range planning to set goals and priorities,
and to evaluate its activities in light of its mission and goals;
b) to seek to involve all members of this congregation in worship,
learning,
witness, service and support;
c) to oversee and provide for the administration of this
congregation
to enable it to fulfill its functions and perform its mission.
* Body of Christ
Report.
Each month a different
Council member will be asked to give this report. Sometime during
the month before your turn, please intentionally interview at least one member
of Mount Cross and ask them these questions:
What do you need from
your church?
What do you have to
offer your church?
Feel free to choose
someone you know very well at Mount Cross, and thus make this job as easy as it
can be. Or choose someone you do
not know and make a new friend at the same time as we learn something important
about our church. We should also seek to
interview very new members, long time members, and those who attend each of the
three morning worship services for different perspectives.
Please explain to the person you interview that their candid
assessment of the life of our church will assist the Council in their
work. Also assure them of
confidentiality; their name will not be used in giving the ‘body of Christ
report.’
Council Structure And Responsibilities
A. 2012 Church Council
members:
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Randy Churchill |
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John Colby |
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Allison Easley |
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Scott Fajnor |
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Pat Gallagher |
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Herb Holler |
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Gayle Johnson |
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Stan Patscheck |
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Carol Paul |
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Susan Prosser |
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Denise Sobolik |
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John Stava |
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Bill Stoll |
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Carol Paul |
CDC |
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Matthew Sobolik |
Youth |
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B. 2012 Officers:
President:
Vice President:
Recorder:
C. 2012 Financial
Officers:
Treasurer: Vacant
Financial Secretary:
Jenny Christensen
D. Standing Committees.
· Budget & Finance Committee
1. Receive requests for
annual budget from staff and the leadership of the congregation.
2. Prepare congregation’s
annual budget, for presentation to the January Council meeting and final
approval at the Annual Meeting.
3. Monitor the budget
during the year and report to Council.
4. Prepare a budget report
for the congregation’s newsletter every-other-month (e.g. odd months).
5. Suggested budget
building timeline:
October 1 – Solicit budget requests from staff,
Council members, Committee chairs, etc.
October & November – Shape preliminary
budget
December Church Council meeting – present first
draft of next year’s budget
January Church Council meeting – present final
draft of budget to be recommended to the Annual Meeting for approval.
6. Advise the Treasurer on
the investing of church funds.
7. Advise the Treasurer on
policies and procedures for disbursement of church funds (purchase orders,
etc.).
8. Work with the Memorials
Committee in disbursing memorial funds.
· Caring Committee - Care and concern for the members of our church
and support in time of need.
1. Attendance records
2. Stephen Ministry
3. Sunshine Ministry
4. Support to families with special needs
5. Prayer
Ministry.
6. Communion to home bound or hospitalized
7. Meals for new moms, those just home from the hospital, etc.
8. Card ministry
9. Telecare ministry
10. Rides to church
11. Child care
12. Home care for the elderly or those
convalescing
13. Phone Prayer Chain
14. E-mail Prayer Chain
15. Deliver Sunday Flowers to homebound or
hospitalized
16. Helping Hands - serve at funerals & receptions
17. Good Grief Group
18. Prayer Shawl Ministry
· Child Development Center (CDC)
1. Represent the ministry
of the Child Development Center
2. Bring to the Council and
back to the CDC Board items of concern, information, action, etc.
· Endowment Committee
1. Guide the congregation
in the creation and maintenance of an endowment fund according to motion passed
at the January 19, 2003 Annual Meeting and the by-law passed at the April 27,
2003 Congregational Meeting.
2. Help to provide
education for the congregation on the matter of charitable giving, wills and
estates, etc.
3. Advise the congregation
regarding the sound investment of its own resources.
4. The documents relative
to the formation of the Endowment Fund and Committee are found on the Council’s
web page: www.mountcross.com/endow.htm
· Welcome Team
1. Letting people know
about the Good News and about Mount Cross:
Advertising (newspaper, yellow pages, direct
mail, World Wide Web)
Canvassing the neighborhood
Intentional welcoming presence at CDC events:
Back-To-School Night, Christmas program, Spring Sing, etc.
2. Other ways to extend
“compassionate outreach.”
3. Attention to visitors to
our church
4. While they are here for
the first time – The ministry of Greeters
5. Follow-up after their
first visit – Sunday Visitation/Contacts
6. Helping the transition from visitor to confirmed
member, including:
Working with the pastors to arrange orientation
visits
Letters of transfer from other Lutheran churches
New member applications and identification of
sponsors
Bring names to the Council for approval as
confirmed members
New member reception
Guide sponsors in assisting new confirmed
members to become rooted in the life of the church
Reports to Council – new member follow-up
· Fellowship Committee
The recreational and
social life of the congregation including, but not limited to:
1. Annual Meeting (helping
with the meal portion of the program)
2. Regular all-church
fellowship events (for example: Fourth of July Fellowship
3. Classical Concerts
4. Retreats
5. Sports
6. Bread Breakers
7. Crossbeams
8. Adult Fellowship
· House Missions (Small Group Ministries)
1. Provide support for
small group Bible study and fellowship groups
2. Create new groups,
including women’s study/fellowship groups formerly guided by WELCA
3. Assist new confirmed
members in identifying a small group to join or creating new ones
· Learning & Youth Committee
1. Oversee the learning
& youth ministries of the congregation including:
2. Maintaining the church
library
3. Sunday School
4. Fun With Faith
5. Vacation Bible School
6. Adult Education (Sunday
mornings, Bible studies, other learning opportunities)
7. Teacher training
8. Safeguarding God’s
Children
9. Ministry to middle
school and senior high age youths.
10. Ministry to College age young people
· Mutual Ministry Committee
1. More than just support
to the pastors, this committee looks at the mutuality of the ministry of
pastors and congregation.
2. On behalf of the
congregation and in conversation with the pastors, help them to shape their
“Statement” for the coming year. The Statement outlines the areas where the pastor will give
special emphasis or attention in the coming year. This Statement is supposed to be an agenda item at
the Annual Meeting.
3. Help the pastors develop
their Continuing Education Covenant to be sent to the Synod Bishop.
4. Provide the pastors a
confidential sounding board for issues of personal or professional concern.
5. Provide a forum where,
on behalf of the congregation, the committee members might share concerns of
the congregation about the congregation’s or the pastor’s ministry.
6. Development of a
sabbatical policy for pastors
7. Assist pastors in
creating their sabbatical plan and help the pastor and congregation carry it
out.
· Personnel Committee
1. Develop and maintain job
descriptions for all non-called church staff (including Nursery).
2. Develop and administer a
program for staff performance review and evaluation.
3. Make salary
recommendations to the Budget Committee.
· Property Committee
1. Oversee the physical
property of the church and the maintenance of the physical plant and, in
general, the contents.
2. For background, see CONTINUING RESOLUTION 97.1, Property Committee
Mission Statement and Job Description, http://www.mountcross.com/continuing.htm
3. Periodic review of
church holdings and their value for insurance purposes
4. Oversee janitorial
service contract
5. Oversee operation and
maintenance of church van
· Service & Missions Committee
Service
1. Help members participate
and serve directly through programs Mount Cross develops and
implements
2. Help members participate
and serve indirectly by linking Mount Cross people with existing
programs through other agencies.
3. Participate and/or
sponsor programs to inform and educate members and the community regarding
social needs or issues
4. Work with the Caring
Committee and new member sponsors to assist new members in finding a place to
“serve all people following the example of our Lord Jesus.”
5. Serve the congregation
in soliciting requests for the distribution of funds raised by the annual Make It/Bake It auction (a task formerly performed by the WELCA
Board).
World Missions
1. Develop a wider sense of
the Church's mission to the world, including: missionary sponsorship,
educational events, support activities, prayer concerns
· Stewardship Committee
1. Develop year-round
stewardship program and communicate this program to the congregation:
Newsletters, Worship Folders/Bulletins,
Displays, Speakers, Media, Letter to be included in quarterly financial
statements, Offering envelopes (Financial Secretary usually orders annually),
Simply Giving Program, Communicate and encourage each committee and ministry
area to contact the volunteers from the Time and Talent sheets.
2. Prepare the
congregation’s annual pledge campaign. Suggested target dates:
a. August – set dates for special events: launch of pledge campaign,
dinner, receiving of pledges, mailings, newsletter articles, etc.
b. September – solicit
changes in the Time & Talent Report from staff and leadership of the church
Time and Talent Volunteer Sheet, Planned Giving
Card, Brochures, Resource Handbook, Giving Charts, Route or Mailer Items such
as: Pony Express had saddle bags, garden theme had baskets, Directions for
using materials, have as much on the web as possible as well as paper copies,
Membership list, Routes, Route Leaders, Other Volunteers, Map out homes if
necessary
3. Revise stewardship
materials and submit to church secretary in timely manner for printing and
distribution
4. Follow-up with those who
did not respond to the pledge campaign, Thank you Letters to those involved in
Stewardship Program, Thank congregation for participating
5. Work with Financial
Secretary on reports
6. Incorporate a regular
(monthly) form of Stewardship education and/or emphasis (newsletters, worship
folders, etc.)
7. Prepare
every-other-monthly stewardship reports for the congregation’s newsletter (e.g.
even months)
8. Work with the Caring
Committee and new member sponsors to assist new members in finding a place to
put their talents to work in the church and identify the gifts they may have
that are not yet being put to use.
9. Other ideas to work on: Include children and youth, Coordinate with
Budget and Finance Committee, Coordinate with other special giving concerns of
the church.
· Worship And Music Committee
1. Oversee the planning of
all three Sunday morning services plus other special services
2. Oversee the music
ministries of our church, including (but not limited to):
3. Sanctuary Choir
4. Bell choir
5. Contemporary Worship
Team
6. Organist
7. Children’s choir
8. Oversee the maintenance
and possible enhancement/expansion of the instruments: organ, pianos, bells,
etc.
9. Special concerts
(Christmas, etc.)
10. Altar Guild
11. Training of worship assistants
12. Guide the congregation in using Evangelical Lutheran Worship
· Core Values, Mission Statement & Ministry
Branches – The work that has been
done by the Strategic Planning Committee is intended to help the congregation
focus its efforts. We cannot be all things
to all people. As much as possible use our
core values, mission statement and ministry branches as a guide for deciding
whether to initiate a new program or ministry (or continue one). If it does not
o Core Values:
§ Intimacy with God
§ Inspiring Worship
§ Nurturing the Next Generation
§ Compassionate Outreach
§ Caring Community
o Mission Statement:
§ To know God through care, compassion and
creative worship.
o Ministry Branches:
§ Worship & Music Committee
§ Learning & Youth Committee
§ Service & Missions Committee
§ Caring committee
· Identity Statements - As we work we will keep our Identity Statements
in mind:
1. Jesus is Lord!
2. Everyone is welcome.
3. Love changes people.
4. Everyone has something to offer.
5. The world needs what we have.
· Recruiting
1. As often as possible have people serve on only
one committee. Spread the leadership around.
2. As often as possible, Council members and
committee chairpersons should consult with each other when looking for new
people to serve on their committees, so the same person is not recruited for
multiple committees.
3. When looking for people to serve on your
committee, please contact the church secretary for listings from the
latest Time & Talent Reports that pertain to your area of
ministry. If there are names on the list that have not served
before, please make an effort to enlist the help of those newest to the
congregation first.
4. We will work with each other to identify names
of those who would be well suited for service in a particular area of ministry.
5. When looking for people to serve on a committee,
do not be limited to the names in the Time & Talent
Report. Many people use it to indicate areas where they
are already serving. Take your church directory and
prayerfully walk through the names, asking if a person might have the gifts and
interest for serving in your area. Then make a personal
contact. Many people do not volunteer, but will say yes if asked.
6. When you ask someone to serve, let them know
they are making a commitment for one year. At the end of the year
they will have the opportunity to sign on for another year.
· Meetings
1. Standing committees will meet as needed to
accomplish their tasks.
2. Standing committees will meet at another time
than the 2nd Tuesday of the month and will try to avoid Sunday
mornings as a meeting time.
3. As soon as possible after each meeting of the
committee, minutes of that meeting should be sent to the church secretary for
posting on the Council website.
4. The report for the September meeting of the
committee should report on the committee's basic goals for the coming program
year.
5. The report of the January meeting should report
on the committee's progress and any mid-course adjustments.
6. The report of the June meeting should give a
brief evaluation of accomplishments and an outline of possible goals for the
next year.
7. As soon as possible after each meeting, any
items that need action by the Church Council should be sent to the President of
the Congregation for inclusion on the next Council meeting’s agenda.
8. Committees are encouraged to set 90 minutes as a
goal for their maximum meeting length.
9. All committee chairpersons, if they are not
already members of the Church Council, are always welcome to attend Church
Council meetings; 2nd Tuesday of each month.
· End Of The Year Matters
1. Provide those who serve a gracious way of
completing their time of service without feeling guilty. We don’t
want to work those who are currently serving on a committee so long and so hard
that they burn out.
2. By the start of every Council year (February 1),
the chair or liaison should contact the members the committee and:
3. Thank them for their faithful service over the
past year.
4. Review with them the things accomplished over
the past year.
5. Outline the goals of the committee for this
coming year.
6. Allow them an opportunity to graciously complete
their term of service or to stay on for another year.
7. Prepare a report for the congregation’s Annual
report outlining the Board’s goals and objectives achieved in present year and
goals for the next year.
· Other Responsibilities of Committee Chair or
Liaison:
1. Keep a current list of those who serve on the
committee.
2. Monitor the work of any sub-committees or task
forces.
3. Make sure that the committee meets.
4. Make sure the committees meeting minutes are
taken and sent to the church secretary
· Other Matters
1. If a person serves on the Budget
& Finance Committee, that is the only committee on which they can
serve. Additionally, no paid staff shall serve on the Budget
Committee.
2. No paid staff shall serve on the Personnel
Committee or the Mutual Ministry Committee.
· How The Pastors Share Leadership At Mount
Cross. The pastors adjust the
following list of responsibilities from time to time as needed.
1. Pastor John is generally the lead or resource
pastor for Budget & Finance Committee, Personnel Committee,
Stewardship Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Worship & Music
Committee, Church staff, Music staff, Traditional worship services,
Safeguarding God’s Children, Church Council matters (looking after the
“machinery” of the organization, Council terms and nominations, leadership
retreat), and care of inactive households.
2. Pastor Erik is generally the lead or resource pastor for
Endowment Committee, Learning & Youth Committee, Service & Missions
Committee, Contemporary worship services, visitation of new member
prospects.
3. Both pastors share about equally as lead or resource pastors to
Caring Committee, Child Development Center, Evangelism Committee, Fellowship
Committee, House Missions (small groups ministries), Property Committee.
4. Pastoral Care. Pastor John generally takes the lead role for
baptisms, weddings and funerals. Pastor Erik will take the lead role
if Pastor John is or has been gone or there is a special connection with the
couple (wedding) or family.
5. Visitation. Hospital Visits – Pastor John takes the lead role and
Pastor Erik may supplement visits on Pastor John’s day-off, unless Pastor Erik
has had first contact or has established relationship with the individual in
which case Pastor Erik may take the lead. The pastors try to visit
two times a week if someone is in the hospital. Communion visits -
generally 50/50.
Other Committees Of The Congregation And
Of The Council
I. COMMITTEES OF THE CONGREGATION
A. NOMINATING COMMITTEE
· Members elected at the
2012 Annual Meeting: Bob Brundage, Geordan
Goebel, Gayle Johnson, Patti Stouch, Bob Cole
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Beginning in November of
each year, prepare a slate of nominees for the next Annual
Meeting. The goal is to have the ballot set in time for it to be
included in the congregation’s Annual Report (December 31). The proposed ballot
will include nominees for the following positions:
v Church Council. At the November
Council meeting, members whose terms are expiring should be polled as to
whether they will agree to serve another term, if eligible. When the number of vacancies
is determined, the Nominating Committee can begin to seek candidates to fill
the vacant seats, up to a maximum of 13 members on Council.
v Mediation Board.
v Voting members to the annual Synod Assembly
(total of three, two men and one woman or two women and one man; the pastors
are automatic voting members).
v Nominating Committee.
v Endowment Committee. Elected at the 2012 Annual Meeting: Geri
Bradley & Bob Brundage.
v Audit Committee.
B. MEDIATION BOARD
Members elected at the
2012 Annual Meeting: Scott Ingram, Nils Rueckert, Karen
Thomton. Elected by the congregation at the annual
meeting, this board is on stand-by until a dispute arises which will need their
help. See By-Laws, Section IV.
C. CALL COMMITTEE
Elected
by the Congregation as needed to guide the process of calling a pastor.
II. COMMITTEES OF THE COUNCIL
A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The
Constitution indicates the membership of this committee to be the President, Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer and pastors. This committee serves on behalf of
the Council as needed.
B. AUDIT COMMITTEE
Current members: Ris Anderson, Mary Goodenough, Gordon
Henry (elected at the 2012 Annual Meeting).
Using the guidelines provided by the Synod, the audit must be completed
by the end of March each year.
III. Voting Members to the Synod Assembly
Members elected at the 2012 Annual Meeting: Barbara
Meyer
JANUARY
Committee reports should
include update on how goals for the current program year are being achieved
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
Confirm annual meeting agenda
Approve final budget recommendation to be
brought to Annual Meeting
Last Sunday of the
Month: Annual Meeting. Agenda to include: election of council members,
mediation board members, voting members to Synod Assembly, Nominating
Committee, Audit Committee, and Endowment Committee, presentation of budget.
Last Saturday of January
or First Saturday of February: Leadership Retreat; Visioning for the
future, orientation to the coming year and election of council officers.
FEBRUARY
First Sunday - Install
Council members at all services
2nd Tuesday
– no Council meeting today; the Council Retreat was our meeting for this month.
MARCH
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
An audit of the congregation’s finances to be
completed by March 31
APRIL
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
An audit of the congregation’s finances should
be done by now
MAY
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
JUNE
Thursday-Saturday - June
3-5 – Synod Assembly
Committee reports should
include summary of how plans for the program year were achieved and suggestions
for the next year
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
JULY
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
AUGUST
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
SEPTEMBER
Committee reports should
include outline of plans for the coming program year
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
2nd Sunday
– Rally Day
OCTOBER
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
Budget building process begins - solicit budget
requests
Stewardship: Launch Pledge Drive
Begin working on Annual Reports; review of
present year, goals for next
NOVEMBER
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
Make sure Nominating Committee begins work
securing candidates for January Annual Meeting (Council, Mediation Board, Synod
Assembly, Nominating Committee, etc.)
Council to start
planning Annual Meeting; work with Fellowship Committee for the food
arrangements
DECEMBER
2nd Tuesday,
7:00 PM - Council meeting
Budget Committee: First draft of next year’s
budget for Council review
Receive report from Nominating Committee for
inclusion in the Annual Report
As appropriate, renew or conclude “sunset
clauses” with various committee leaders and members. When people are appointed
to lead or asked to serve on a committee, the basic goals for the coming year
will be outlined and they will be asked to serve for one calendar year, ending
December 31. At the end of that year, they may choose to “retire,” having
fulfilled their commitment, or they may opt to serve for another year.
Submit reports to be included in the
congregation’s Annual Report (by 12/31).
Revised January 31, 2012
Mount Cross Lutheran
Church
102 Camino Esplendido
Camarillo, CA 93010-1717
Phone: 805-482-3847
Fax: 805-482-9555
E-mail: office@mountcross.com
Web: www.mountcross.com