Building Relationships with People in Christ
March 19, 2021 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 – none
Members absent – Barry Holmes
This meeting was held at BRPC – hooray!
1. March Minutes were approved
·
Linda plans to reorder
bank deposit slips from Costco rather than the bank because it is less expensive.
·
Linda reported that
information received from Bettie Forbach’s attorneys regarding her trust of
which BRPC is one beneficiary. Anticipated
distribution of her estate will be by August 2021 “barring any unexpected
issues”.
3. Treasurer's Report (see March 2021 reports in Drop Box) –
·
Paul reviewed the March
reports with the committee. Thankfully,
our finances are still in relatively good condition considering the
circumstances.
·
March Treasurer’s Reports
were approved.
·
Sandy made sure New
Covenant Funds has our PO Box so we should receive statements in a timely
manner now.
4. Joy Scholarship
·
Sandy received a little more
information from Meagan Berry regarding her request for additional assistance
from the Joy Scholarship. Meagan is no
longer a student. She is asking for help
paying for books which she paid for with her personal credit card. The committee reiterated that the criteria
established for the Joy Scholarship is for current educational expenses and we
are only allowed to send the funds directly to the school, not the individual.
·
As discussed last month, the class
in which Celeste was enrolled was cancelled.
Since no refund of the $500 sent to Celeste’s school has been received, the
Finance Committee authorized Sandy to check with Celeste and find out if she
intends to attend in the fall. If that
is the case, the committee agreed that the funds could be kept by the school
for to be used for the fall semester.
5. Heartland Presbytery request
for Mission Support
·
There is $1000 in Mission’s
budget for this and $500 has been paid.
·
Pastor Elizabeth
texted Presbytery to let them know this.
6. Survey from Presbyterian
Investment and Loan Program
·
Sandy completed the
survey and let them know that we are not in need of any of their services at
this time.
7. Finance Information for new
BRPC Website
·
The committee
reviewed/revised the draft Linda had prepared and the agreed upon wording will
be sent to Mary Ziegenhorn for use on the upcoming new BRPC website.
8. Heartland Presbytery Camp Scholarship
·
A request for
assistance with camp expenses was discussed and the decision was made that this
request should go to the Christian Education Committee first and then if
additional funds are needed, the Finance Committee will consider designating some
memorial funds for this purpose.
