Building Relationships with People in Christ

Minutes of Finance Committee Meeting on Jan. 11, 2016

Members present: Pastor Pat Jackson, Ed Ingram, Linda Schumacher, Paul Luce, Don Pine, Don Young, Bill Melewski, Barry Holmes

Ed opened with prayer

The following fundraisers from M/O were approved: 1. Reap Pancake Breakfast/Bake Sale in March. 2. Crop Walk 2^nd Sunday in Oct. 3. Sloppy Joe’s Café: includes bake sale and auction items to be held in Oct. 4. Bake Sale during Rummage sale, if that works for Christian Ed. 5. NORAC: New Opportunities for Orphaned Romanian Children. 6. PEB: Pakistani School: 5 and 6 are usually funded through the Sloppy Joe funds, if need speakers, a free will offering. 7. Summer Lunch Program 8. Micah Ministry. 9. Bags of Grace. 10. Easter Eggstravaganza: plastic eggs, candy donations. 11. Christmas Missions. 12. MLK Celebration. 13. Donations for school supplies and Christmas donations.

Talked about future plans for our Endowment Fund.

Discussed plans to present budget and Pat’s term of call to the congregation on Jan. 31.

Continued work on our portion of the Manuel of Operations.

Next meeting: Feb. 8, 2016 at 6:30PM

Pat closed with Prayer

Building Relationships with People in Christ

Minutes of Finance Committee Meeting on Dec. 14, 2015

Members present: Pastor Pat Jackson, Ed Ingram, Linda Schumacher, Paul Luce, Don Pine, Don Young, and Bill Melewski 

Ed opened with Devotion

Bill Melewski followed with prayer

Request from Christi Neal to sell sub sandwiches for the Super Bowl. Approved.

Letter from the Presbyterian Foundation regarding the Joy Scholarship Fund. The income from the fund in 2016 will be $3,083.33 or $770.83 quarterly. 

Will put in newsletter that applications for grants for continuing education need to be received by June 1 by Finance Committee to be dispersed in late July or early August.

Joe Arnone, CPA, reviewed the books for 2014 and found everything in order.

Rest of meeting was spent discussing the 2016 budget and our recommendations to the Session.

Next meeting Jan. 11, 2016 at 6:30PM

Pat closed with Prayer