Building Relationships with People in Christ
January 16,
2019 - Finance Committee Meeting (H)
Items to be included in Session's
consent agenda -none
Items to be voted upon or needing
discussion by Session –-FUND RAISERS - see 6 below
Items for information only – see
below
Members present: Sandy Moore, Bill Melewski, Don Pine, Linda
Schumacher, Don Young, & Ed Ingram and Paul Luce (via speaker phone)
Also present: Pastor Ron
Members absent: Barry Holmes
Bill Melewski opened with a prayer.
.
1. Financial Secretary Report
o
Linda began distributing 2018 Statements on
Sunday, January 6th. Worship
was cancelled due to bad weather last Sunday but hopefully, some more can be
distributed this Sunday 1/20. Then the
remaining will be mailed.
o Packets
of Special Envelopes – Per Capita, One Great Hour of Sharing, Pentecost, &
Joy will be available for pick up on 1/20, also.
o
Linda has ordered 200 memorial envelopes with
lines for donors to provide their name and address. She is going to remove all memorial envelopes
from the pews since they are messy, and it requires a lot of envelopes just to
have some in each envelope spot. A
basket will be available during funerals containing both the envelope with
donor’s information and envelopes with BRPC mailing address.
2. Per Capita – The total we currently owe
Presbytery is $14000.00. This is the
balance due for 2018 and the amount due for 2019. Don Young made a motion that we divide this
total amount by 11 and make a monthly payment to pay this debt. Motion carried. The committee discussed stressing at the
congregational meeting how important it is that everyone pay their per capita
to avoid depleting our savings to meet this commitment.
3. Shelby conversion from v5 to Next – A
Shelby representative is scheduled to call
Linda on 1/22. So, she, hopefully, will
have information about options and pricing to share at the February meeting.
4. Treasurer's Report (see December 2018
reports in Drop Box)
o
Paul reviewed the December financial reports
with the committee. Investments have had
a 7%
decrease which is not reflected
in the December 2019 report.
o
Paul reported that he has reviewed the books,
and everything looks fine
o
Paul also stated that he has provided
information to Avis for the statistical report
5. Congregational Meeting
o
It was the consensus of the committee that we
should not ask Paul to rearrange his Sunday morning to be available via phone
for this. If a question arises that we
can’t answer, we will find out and communicate the answer after the meeting
o
Don Young volunteered to share the
“spokesperson” spot with Sandy. Finance Committee
members are to send any anticipated questions to Sandy asap so that answers can
be formulated prior to 2/3/18.
6. Fund raising requests – Ed Ingram made a
motion, Don Pine seconded to recommend approval of the following Fund Raisers. Motion carried.
From Missions and Outreach:
o
Souper Bowl Sunday –2/3/19 - “betting” on Super Bowl winner by bringing
canned soup for REAP
o
REAP Pancake Day/Bake Sale – March 16
o
CROP WALK/ - second Sunday in October
o
Sloppy Joe’s CafĂ© – October sometime
o
Popcorn Sales – orders taken November 3 & 10
in parlor with delivery on November 24
o
New Opportunities for Orphaned Romanian Children & PEB-Pakistani Schools – supported mostly by other
fundraisers but M & O will collect a free-will offering if they have a
speaker for either of these missions
o
Bake Sale during Rummage Sale
o
Summer Lunch Program
o
Micah Ministry
o
Raytown Easter Eggstravaganza – may ask for
candy or egg container donations
o
Be the Church: a new Presbyterian local mission
in greater KC – M & O did not give any timeframe for this
From Christian Education
Committee:
o
Rummage Sale – Set up in first floor meeting
rooms 5/20 -6/11; sale 10am-4pm 6/12-6/15;
sale to worship attendees after worship 6/16; REAP gleaning and packing 6/17;
pick up of left overs 6/18
7. BRPC P. O. box -the Office Manager’s door
is being replace with a solid door to eliminate all the cold air that comes in
through the current mail slot. Karen
Argo and Pastor Ron are willing to pick up mail at the Post Office. Don Pine made a motion which carried to
approve this expense.
8. Property Tax Exempt Status - to maintain
this there is now a form with a lengthy series of questions to be answered and a
list of documents to be submitted. Don P
offered to help Sandy with this project.
Next meeting 1:30 p.m. on February
11, 2019. It was the consensus of
the committee to change our meetings to daytime
Pastor
Ron ended our meeting with a prayer.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Schumacher