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Our Servant Leadership Council has approved the following: Accepting the resignation of our faithful servant, Dean Stenzel, as our Treasurer, - thank you Dean, for your tireless labor in this critical area of service to our congregation! You have served with integrity and steadfastness for which we are grateful! Implementing a new structure to help the Treasurer fulfill their Constitutional duties – think of this new structure as a stool with a seat and three legs. The seat is the elected position of Treasurer who has the responsibilities of financial oversight and reporting – Kathy Denney has agreed to serve in this position in the interim until our annual voter’s meeting in June – by implementing the following changes we hope to shape this position into what it is meant to be: oversight of our finances and reporting to the congregation. One leg of the stool off of the seat is the income treasurer, or “Financial Secretary”, which is an appointed position – Sarah Schulz has agreed to serve in this capacity and will be keeping track of the income of our congregation and reporting to the Treasurer. Another leg of the stool coming off of the seat, which is a new position we are creating, is the expense treasurer, or “Bookkeeper” position – this is the area of work that has worn out many of our Treasurers because of the time it takes to manage our expenses – this will be a 10-15 hour a week paid position and Rick Sitzberger has been hired to be our “Bookkeeper” and reports to the Treasurer. The last leg coming off of the seat is also a new position which is called the “Fund Steward Team Manager” per our Constitution – this position leads a team of people to track and suggest management strategies concerning our endowment and trust funds – Dick Atkinson has agreed to lead this team and will report to the Treasurer. Thanks to the guidance of our Stewardship Ministry Team our Servant Leadership Council has been able to implement these needed changes for the good of our mission and ministry! Our ECEC has had quite a month! We praise the Lord for these ministry moments:
An art show is being held this last week for you to enjoy - many wonderful pieces of art from our students are on display...some great impressionistic art is on show....please enjoy the art in the Fellowship Hall! The Easter program will be celebrated this coming Thursday at 6:30 p.m. by our 3 year old classes...come and celebrate with them the joy of our Lord's death and resurrection! Registration for next year continues...we rejoice that we are on pace for another full-house next year...our elementary grades continue to gain traction as more and more families express an interest in this needed ministry! We had new faucets installed in the hallway bathrooms...the old faucets were leaking and the handles were cutting the kids hands due to corrosion! A new load of mulch for the playground was delivered on Friday...you are invited to help spread the mulch on Tuesday at 9 a.m....new mulch at a required depth is mandated by the Virginia Department of Social Services! Dick Atkinson is hard at work scraping and painting the kitchen...the health inspector last year noted this project needed attention and we are preparing the kitchen for his inspection later in April! Thank you for your continued support and prayers of this mission of our ministry! Our prayer team continues to lift up our relocation process, asking for the Holy Spirit to continue to shape our hearts to His leading, bringing a buyer for our property and keeping us unified in His mission
Our prayer team is hoping to include a “fasting and prayer time” during Holy Week; be on the lookout for more information It was reported that the property seller’s design of the extension of the water line to our property has been approved by the county; a contractor has been hired to start the blasting of rock formations as part of the initial efforts; It was noted that some of the streets for the proposed housing development will be completed as part of the water line efforts; access to our property will be part of this effort It was reported that the sewer line extension which was to be part of the Route 608 project has been released for bidding by Augusta County; the VDOT project is still expected to be completed July 2015; the sewer line extension is not expected to impact Route 608 project A meeting with John Kieschnick, a representative with Capital Funding Services, is tentatively scheduled for 6:30 PM, Tuesday, 14 April, 2015; the meeting will provide an overview of the services available through the LCEF Capital Funding campaign “Building God’s Way” will be contacted to request a presentation concerning the BGW Capital Funding Campaign program A representative from our realtor, CNL, paid us a visit this week to get a feel of our property as plans to actively market our property begins Many of us either are or have had the opportunity to serve in a volunteer role for
different agencies of our community. If you are looking for a way to be a “missionary” in the community here are some possibilities: + Join with our local “Meals on Wheels” ministry and bring a needed meal to our homebound neighbors – contact Anita Bryan if interested + Help serve lunch to the needy in our community through our “Disciple’s Kitchen” ministry – contact Shirley Chase if interested + We have several people who serve as volunteers for their community’s fire department, Pastor Tim included – see him or Don Bahrs if interested + Our Early Childhood Education Center is always looking for volunteers – ask Maria Renner if interested + There are many more opportunities for you, ask around, the person sitting next to you might be a volunteer at a place the Lord is preparing you for! We’ve had opportunities these last weeks to deal with severe weather which has impacted our ministry and here are some things to know about:…
+ Our snow removal service has done a great job clearing out parking lots and sidewalks + Please be careful in areas that do not get hit by direct sunlight as ice remains in these areas; we had someone take a bad fall last week on some ice they didn’t see,-even though they were transported by ambulance they were not badly hurt, thank the Lord! + Thanks to Amy Draper we have the ability to contact everyone who has email with announcements, like we experienced with the need to cancel worship the other Sunday; if you do not have email we will reach you by phone; please keep the office posted if your email address changes or would like to be added this list. + Maria, our ECEC director, has been using a new tool to reach our school families with notices of delays or closures; it is sent by text early in the morning; our families are reporting that they really appreciate being contacted this way. |
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