Grace Community Church
Council Meeting Minutes
5/10/11
Attending: Susie Futrell, Chuck Baker (Elder rep.), Blain Harris, Tim Howard, Pastor Dave Bertolini (Staff rep), Pastor Guy Basso, Daniel Porter, Angela Stockdall, James Futrell (special guest).
Guy opened in prayer.
First order of business was to allow James to present his project request. To become an Eagle Scout he needs to organize a significant community project. His proposal is to paint the Youth Center. As part of the project his is responsible to raise the funds and manage the project. It is estimated to take two weeks in July to complete. We approved for him to move ahead with this, painting it the same color as the main church building, and we plan to replace the dilapidated gutters at the same time at our expense.
Pastor’s Update:
Pastor Guy:
We had a very action packed month of April with some powerful services and events. We had 15 baptized on Palm Sunday, followed by a very dynamic Jews for Jesus presentation about the Passover meal that evening. On Good Friday we had an awesome worship and testimony time in the Fellowship Hall. On Saturday the annual Easter Egg hunt, which filled our sanctuary to capacity and beyond and then two great services on Easter Sunday celebrating our risen Savior. In addition we had arguably the best Women’s Retreat to date.
Guy wants to thank all the volunteers that put their time and energy into help making these events so successful.
Next year the Grace Christian Preschool and Kindergarten will be adding an afternoon Kindergarten class due to strong demand. Melanie McCarley will be teaching this class.
The pastors of GCC will be having an offsite prayer and planning summit on May 23rd-25th.
Pastor Dave:
He is initiating employee reviews to aid in employee development and aligning staff with the vision and direction of the church. In conjunction with this he is working on updating the church employee policy manual.
The "Amazon Associates Program", which we began in March for purchases made on Amazon.com through our web portal has yielded $107.25 thus far.
We approved a request by Charisa that we complete our own background checks for children’s workers rather than have Village Missions do them for us. It will save money in the long run and be more secure.
Fowler has donated a lock box to be placed in the foyer for payments relating to activities outside of what is given in the offering. This will create a place to temporarily house monies for activities until it can be transferred into the safe.
Church Improvements:
Construction:
Scott Champion from CD Redding met with Chuck and proposed an alternative to remodeling the outside to allow easier and safer access to the Fellowship Hall. His proposal is to convert a portion of the east stairwell leading into the Fellowship Hall with a lift. He is currently researching the cost of this alternative and will provide a bid. We are awaiting bids on the interior work as well.
Angela is working with a graphic designer to complete drawings of the completed interior design for the congregation to view what the Fellowship Hall will look like when updated.
General Maintenance:
The collapsed sewer line on the northwest side of the church has been successfully repaired.
Saturday, May 28th will be an all church work day to freshen up the outside and complete some inside maintenance projects.
Church Budget:
Giving for the youth and building funds has been encouraging. Our general fund balance is currently down about $1000 but we are ahead of the budget forecast for this year by about 5%.
Budget time is right around the corner. Ministry leaders will be asked to submit budget request in June, the budget committee will meet throughout July, with the Congregational Budget Meeting to be held in August.
Susie closed in prayer.
The next meeting is June 14th, 2011 from 6:30 – 8:30 pm in the Conference Room.
