Building Relationships
with People in Christ
April 9, 2018 - Finance Committee Meeting (H)
Items to be included in Session's
consent agenda – Finance Committee portion of the Manual of
Operations (see attached)
Items to be voted upon or needing discussion
by Session –-
Items for information only -see below
Members present Ed Ingram,
Bill Melewski, Sandy Moore, Don Pine, Linda Schumacher, Don Young
Also
present: Pastor Pat and Paul Luce (via
speaker phone)
Members absent: Barry Holmes
Linda opened with a devotional.
1. Minutes of the February meeting were approved
2. Financial Secretary Report
o
All surplus of pew envelopes have been put in
pews in the sanctuary so we will need to buy more in the coming year.
3. Treasurer's Report (see March 2018
reports in Drop Box)
o
Paul reviewed the March financial reports with
the committee
4. Manual of Operations
o
Sandy shared that the Session only approved a
requirement of a 30 day advance request for memorial funds.
o
It was the consensus of the committee to add the
following to the most recent draft of the Finance portion of the Manual of
Operations. “Any committee wishing to
make an expenditure exceeding their budget for the current year must request
approval from the Finance Committee. If
the Finance Committee approves the expenditure, they will recommend approval by
the session. Session will provide final
approval or denial.”
5. Roof repairs
o
Checks from the insurance totaling $4,196.78
were deposited today
6. Statement
from Heartland Presbytery
o The
Finance Committee would like to better understand the entries on this statement. Pastor Pat will ask for clarification and
share his insights with the committee.
7. Joy Scholarship –
o
An application for the spring semester was
received from Heartland Presbytery for Lauren Sanders who is enrolled at
Vancouver School of Theology. A motion
was made by Don Y and approved by the committee to award Lauren $500.00.
o
Next meeting May 14th - 6:30 p.m.
Ed ended our meeting
with a prayer.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Schumacher
