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What's Up?

Each week we will highlight an activity of our ministry – maybe a meeting, Bible study, social event, mission event, etc. With this spot we hope to keep you better informed as to “what’s up” in our mission and ministry! Let us know how it’s working or if you have any ideas! 

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Highlights from last week

5/26/2015

 
+On Sunday we celebrated the graduation of our three kindergarteners! All of them look forward to returning in the fall for first grade!

+ On Thursday we celebrated the graduation of our pre-kindergarten preschoolers! Four of them are returning in the fall for kindergarten and we are hopeful for more who will register this summer!

+ Our kindergarten/1st grade class took a field trip to Spirit FM radio ministry and were interviewed for on-air spots! You will be hearing them in the coming weeks; Noah Brown has already been aired in response to questions concerning our outreach to the Napalese earthquake victims!

+ Praise the Lord for another year of blessing in which to serve the children and families of our community though our ECEC! Thank you, Maria, our Director, and our staff for the hard work, countless hours and enduring love of Jesus that you give to this ministry – enjoy a change in schedule with our summer shift – we give thanks for you!


Highlights from last week

5/18/2015

 
Our Site Development Team met on Monday evening:

They continued to gather information on Capital Campaign entities and are preparing to make a recommendation within the next few months…

+ They heard updates concerning the sewer and water lines being 
        installed; both are expected to be finished in the next few months…

+ They heard an update concerning the marketing of our building; a broker was
        shown our facility recently who has some prospective clients he was wanting to 
        present our property to…


Our Stewardship Ministry Team met on Tuesday afternoon:

+ Work was begun on our Mission & Ministry Plan for recommendation to the SLC

Our Servant Leadership Council met on Tuesday evening…


+ The SLC has decided that, upon the recommendation of the Site Development Team, 
        that we wait to hold a Capital Campaign until next January; this will 
        give us better preparation time.


+ The agenda for our June 14th Annual Voters Meeting was developed:
2:00 
        PM Bethany Sanctuary (please note the time)


    1. Mission, Ministry and Spending Plan - Approval vote required.

    2. Purchase of 3 acres immediately adjacent and north of Trinity Property -
            Approval vote requested allowing the Trinity Property Team and SLC to 
            negotiate a reasonable price. All funds will come from the Trinity Trust.


    3. Election of Officers; Current slate of candidates include:

            Vice President-Amy Draper
            Treasurer-Kathy Denney
            Member at Large-Todd Parks

      4. Update on our Financial Management Team: Treasurer, Bookkeeper, Financial 
            Secretary, Fund Steward Team


      5. Site Development Team Update

    6. ECEC Update


Highlights from last week

5/11/2015

 
+ another group was interviewed who may lead us in a Capital Campaign this fall

+ our Site Development Team will be making a recommendation to our Servant Leadership Council this coming week on who would provide the best service for our needs – please keep this in prayer!

+ on Thursday evening Pastor Tim met with Company 10 of August Fire and Rescue as their volunteer Chaplain

+ on Saturday we had several people walk in the “Stride For Life” fundraiser for ComfortCare Women’s Health ministry – thank you to all who sponsored Lori Sitzberger and Pastor Tim in their walk!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST WEEK

5/4/2015

 
+Last Sunday our LCEF congregational rep., Corinne Blasius, presented us with the latest information from Lutheran Church Extension Fund…an idea was presented that, if we were to start a $25 Steward Account for each of the 88 students of our ECEC we would be near the point of qualifying for the lowest possible interest rate for our building loan – already several families have said they would like to be a part of this ECEC student investment…any other takers? Contact our church office!

+ on Monday a new group, dedicated to establishing a business plan for our ECEC, met with great enthusiasm and interest – thanks for getting us moving in this direction!

+ our “Fund Steward Team” met on Tuesday with Ralph Simons (from the LCMS Foundation) to learn the investment strategy for the Bolick Endowment Fund, Karl & Ester Maier Scholarship Fund and Bethany Lutheran School Endowment Fund. Our top priority is to review the Bethany Lutheran School Endowment Fund and determine if the strategy requires revision to generate more income for the school. Thanks to this team for keeping us faithful in the stewarding of these resources!


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