| BOG Minutes (The Board of Governance will meet on the 2nd & 4th Thurs. 0f each month at 10am) BOARD OF GOVERNANCE October 26, 2011 Present: Barbara Adams, Jeff Jensen, Lee Strom, Darlene Goldhammer. Barbara Adams opened with a devotion based on John 17:18. "As you sent Me into the world, I am sending them into the world." This was Jesus prayer for us. We have much to do as a church, and may all that we do be to His glory. This was followed by prayer by all. The purpose of this special meeting was to discuss the need to establish committees to accomplish the many things we hope to do at Calvary. We talked about the qualities we would like committee members to possess; however, we agreed that individual committees would write their own set of guidelines. BOG decided that our most pressing needs are for a Youth Guidance Committee and a Hospitality/Entertainment Committee. Principal Fred Brauer has been delegated to set up a School Committee. The Property Committee has continued to function as we've made the governing switch to a Board of Governance. Members of all committees need to be regular attendees at Church and involved in some type of Bible study. Meetings will be held only when there is a purpose It will be the chairman's job to select and maintain contact with his/her committee members. The YOUTH GUIDANCE COMMITTEE must make certain that two adults are present at all times there is any type of activity in the Youth Room, including "open house." Regularly scheduled times for "open house" will be posted. It will be the committee's responsibility to put guidelines in writing and to establish a statement of Acceptable Behavior to pass out to all attendees. The committee should have 4-6 members. The (Fellowship) HOSPITALITY/ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE will continue to be a great place for new members and previously uninvolved members to get involved. The committee should have a chairman and an assistant, 1-2 regular members and volunteers as needed to help with various events. The goal would be to have each of the regular members take charge of one event rather than the chairman carrying all the responsibility. BOG then discussed future possibilities for committees on a long or short-term basis as needed. These included: Worship, Strategic Spiritual Committee, Marketing School and Church and a Care Committee. BOG members were asked to come to the next meeting with ideas on what the two committees to be established should do. Jeff announced that the parsonage was now available for rent and the ad would be first in our Sunday bulletin. Jeff closed in prayer. Respectfully submitted Darlene Goldhammer BOG Secretary ****************************************************************************************
BOARD OF GOVERNANCE October 27, 2011 Present: Barbara Adams, Jeff Jensen, Lee Strom, Darlene Goldhammer Pastor Mohr Pastor opened with prayer and devotion based on Revelations 19. The church is to be the "light of the world," so it is only natural that we will experience some stress. The churches are called to be lampstands. They hold the light and we are to pass that light on to others. God told the church at Ephesus that they were hanging on. They had committed workers, orthodox doctrine, endured hardship. They hated the Nicolatians who followed worldly practices but claimed to be Christians. He also told them that they had lost their first love and needed to turn around, go the other way and repent. If they did not do that, He would remove their lampstand. Pastor Gary's question to us was: What can Calvary do to renew our first love? Minutes from the October 13 meeting were approved with the following addition: On Sunday nights we have around 30 senior high youths; on Friday nights when the junior highers, meet we have another 20 plus, giving us the possibility of reaching out to 50 youth, mostly from outside our church. Pastor Gary and Principal Fred Brauer will conduct a one-day teacher workshop on November 21, since the teachers will not be attending the teachers' conference. Pastor will also confirm with Dave Schultz whether he will be our delegate to the CNH District Conference. UNFINISHED BUSINESS We finalized our list of contributions for Direct Missions as follows: Stephen Oliver - Lutheran Ministry in Taiwan $1,200.00 Spanish ministry at Good Shepherd 1,000.00 FESCO 1,000.00 Pregnancy Choices 1,000.00 VBS Calvary 3,000.00 American Bible Society 1,000.00 Pastor's Benevolent Fund 1,300.00 Youth Training 500.00 Lee Strom reported that work at the parsonage was finishing up. Originally, the Property Committee believed that a large work party would be necessary, but volunteers kept "dropping by" and the work was completed. The announcement will go in our Sunday bulletin in case members know of anyone interested in renting, and then it will be made available to others. The request for $2029 funding for the visiting WASC team was returned to the school, since it was an unbudgeted item. We continued our previous discussion of the need for committees to be established. At present we will work to set up a Youth Guidance Committee and a Hostess/Entertainment Committee. For the Hostess/Entertainment Committee, we talked about having a leader and 3-4 members who would take turns being in charge of specific events. Once team leaders are selected, they will be asked to recruit their members and groups will be asked to write their own guidelines for their teams. NEW BUSINESS We discussed memorial plaques and how to handle those requests when someone gives the church a memorial gift. We talked about the pros and cons of having plaques and not having them. Jeff closed with prayer. Our next scheduled meeting is November 10 at 10am. Respectfully submitted Darlene Goldhammer, BOG Secretary ***********************************************************************************
BOARD OF GOVERNANCE November 17, 2011 Present: Barbara Adams, Lee Strom, Jeff Jensen, Darlene Goldhammer Barbara Adams opened with a devotion from II Thess. 1:3. Weeds grow rampantly without any special help. Imagine a child raised with no love or supervision and you can easily picture the results. This is true of our spiritual lives as well; without prayer and regular Bible study we will wither away or turn into an ugly weed, useful only as stubble for a fire. It is imperative that we grow as spiritually healthy people to glorify God. Prayer by all present followed. Minutes from October 27 were confirmed by email. PASTOR'S REPORT Pastor Gary Mohr's emailed report challenged BOG to review our plans to move ahead at Calvary. We discussed steps to bring more school families to our Soup Suppers/Advent services and various Christmas services. Barbara Adams will check with Principal Brauer on what plans the school has made for publicity. We determined that a schedule of services needed to be printed with an invitation and distributed to all, including school families. These schedules can also be passed out at the school Christmas Program. Jeff Jensen will arrange for the invitation/schedules. Prayer for God's blessing on these efforts will be included in the regular Sunday prayers by Pastor. Pastor's report encouraged us to "dream" about what we are offering and how to get the word out to people. This would include a more extensive ministry to Wittenberg, including more pastoral time spent in that ministry. UNFINISHED BUSINESS BOG will contact two additional potential BOG candidates. Dave Schultz will be unable to attend the CNH District Conference in Burlingame, CA, on April 27-29 so another delegate will need to be asked. Maren Giannini has agreed to chair the Hostess/Entertainment Committee with a six month-commitment. She will recruit additional members and they will construct their own guidelines. Jeff Jensen is working with her as she begins. The Youth Guidance Committee, which is the second committee we agreed to establish, will be set up in the near future. NEW BUSINESS LINC--Lutherans Intercity (or Interchurch) Network Coalition is a group designed to reach the hundreds of language groups in our area. Pastor Gary attended an earlier meeting, and recommended that BOG attend the next meeting on January 14 at Prince of Peace in Fremont. We will all plan to be there. Though Pastor Gary was not present, he had previously asked us what our goals for him were during his time at Calvary. What is our vision for our church and school, remembering that our budget is our mission plan? With those thoughts in mind, we discussed the need for parenting classes and other topics of interest to a wide range of people. We fully agree with Pastor's assessment that we need a long range-planning calendar. The need for greeters to encourage visitors to sign our Guest Register in the narthex was again stressed along with the necessity of follow-up contact with visitors. Lee Strom reported that the inside work on the parsonage was complete with a final clean up on November 26. The outside is 90% done and trash has been removed. Many volunteers made the work possible. Watkins Realty will handle the property rental. Darlene Goldhammer closed in prayer. Respectfully submitted, Darlene Goldhammer BOG Secretary
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