Building Relationships
with People in Christ
April 10, 2017 - Finance Committee Meeting (H)
Items to be included
in Session's consent agenda -None
Items to be voted
upon or needing discussion by Session - None
Items for
information only -See below
Members present: Ed Ingram, Sandy Moore, Linda Schumacher, Don Young, and Paul Luce (via
speaker phone)
Members absent: Barry Holmes, Bill Melewski, & Don Pine
Ed opened with prayer
v Endowment
Committee
o
Don Y provided a
draft of a bulletin insert to encourage birthday contributions to Endowment
Fund. It will be distributed on Sunday,
4/ 23. Some edits were suggested. o And there was discussion of future ways to explain and inspire the congregation to give to this fund.
v Financial
Secretary Report
o
Linda will be away from 7/11-7/26 so
no contributions will be posted 7/11 - 7/30.
Finance Committee will review the bank balance in June and decide if any
action needs to be taken to insure that the bank account balance remains high
enough to pay the bills during that time
v Treasurer
Report – see report attached
o
Taking into
account the fact that we haven't taken any money out of savings and the pledge
monies that we know are not paid until December, our financial status is
currently stable
o
The suggestion
was made that the new 28005 account should have the word "meal" in it
and since this fund will be administered by the Fellowship Committee, it should
be designated as such rather than "ALL". Paul will change this account number and
designation accordingly
v Joy
Scholarship Requests - Deadline for applications is June 1
o
Sandy is aware of
one person who definitely plans to apply
v Heartland
Presbytery Billing Statement Review
o
As of January 30,
2017, BRPC owes Presbytery $11,628.96.
The reason for this is our inability to pay the per capita amount for
all of our members through the years.
o
The Finance
Committee is committed to trying to reduce this debt as evidenced by the
additional funds placed in the 2017 budget and the increased reminders to the
congregation
v Session's action
on Finance Committee recommendations in
March
o
recommendation to
establish a funeral meal account - approved
o
recommendation to
approve Office Manager's online banking proposal - approved
o
recommendation to
approve CE's request to hold a "Rice Bowl" collection - approved
v 2018
Stewardship Campaign - It is time to begin planning now!
o
it was suggested
that we refresh our memories of what the theme has been the last 5 years
§ We could only find 3 years in our files - 2017-Joy; 2016-Gratitude; 2015-Step Up
o
Pastor Pat
suggested one theme idea for 2018 - Discipleship
o
all Finance
Committee members are to bring your stewardship
ideas to our May meeting
v Financial Review
o
Ed’s CPA is willing to review BRPC financial records
after the tax season is over
Next meeting May 15, 2017 - 6:30 p.m. (date change because neither Don Y nor Ed I could
attend on 5/8)
Pastor Pat
closed the meeting with a prayer
Respectfully submitted, Linda
Schumacher
