Vestry Meeting Minutes St. Francis Episcopal Church April 8, 2008

The April 8, 2008 Vestry Meeting was held at St. Francis’ Parish Hall and called to order at 7:00pm with Fr. Kelsey Hogue providing the opening prayer.
Present were Sr. Warden: Brad Bode, presiding, Jr. Warden: Don Eigenberg, Terry Haney, Greg Suhr, Al Williams, Darcy Haslam, Sheryl Spath, Joyce Walsh, guests: co-treasurers Don Kepler & Kathy Yates, Pastor Karen Anderson, Pastor Bob Manasek, and Jane Sayre as secretary.
Absent: Pati McLellan, Julie Fancher, Gina Shedd.

The meeting was prefaced with a presentation from Darcy Haslam, Karen Anderson, Clark Wisniewski, Jane Sayre, and Father Kelsey, sharing from the Start Up Start Over conference in Vancouver BC. Darcy showed a DVD that she put together with photos, text, and music from the conference material. Each shared their impressions, activities, and sense of purpose found through the conference. After discussion and questions, a group was formed to gather ideas for the next meeting, with Brad, Sheryl, and Bob Manasek agreeing to participate, and form a direction for the future of St. Francis Church. All attendees agreed that the first priority is to develop a Mission Statement for St. Francis Parish, who we are now, and where we want to go.

• Motion to approve the March 11, 2008 minutes was made by Terry, seconded by Greg, approved.
• Treasurer’s Report was given by Don Kepler, showing good financial stability, aside from a slight increase in utilities. Don presented a request for outreach funds to be given to the United Thank Offering coming up. After discussion, motion to allocate $500 to the UTO was made by Greg, seconded by Sheryl, and approved. Motion to allocate $500 to the Alleluja Fund was made by Darcy, seconded by Joyce, and approved. After a short discussion regarding the M. Numon estate closing, income from Safeway, and the Foundation’s role in overseeing property and assets, the financial report was approved.
• Jr. Warden’s Report was given by Don Eigenberg, reporting that the material is being acquired for the making the leaves for the memorial tree that Ken will engrave. Judi Widmaier volunteered to do the paint touch up. Don expressed need for someone to take charge of getting the past Rector’s photographs finished, framed, and re-mounted.
• Building and land concerns were addressed. Don reporting that the roof repair service was present this week, fixed the scuppers, did a general going over, and discussed the down spouts & need for heating tapes to be installed before next winter. In addition, the janitor requested a new vacuum be purchased, the current one is over-heating. After discussion motion to purchase a new vacuum for $375 from Platte Valley Vac & Sew, was made and approved.
Greg checked on the well, power, and signage issues in regards to the vacant land property. It will cost approximately $1000 - $2000 to have everything installed. The matter will be discussed further at a later time. Greg also spoke to Ferguson Sign, and he could not guess at a price until it is decided what type of sign is needed.
• Clean up day will be Saturday, April 19th, weather permitting. Volunteers will meet at 9 a.m., with burgers to follow at noon.
• Graduation gifts and reception were discussed. The high school graduates will each be given a Book of Common Prayer gift from the congregation. Darcy volunteered to coordinate the coffee hour reception in their honor.

With no further business, meeting was closed with the Lord’s Prayer, at 9:15 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Jane Sayre
Secretary to the Vestry
 

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