Council > October 2007

Maple Grove Lutheran Church Council Meeting Minutes
October 11, 2007

Present:  Rick Moulton, Deb Ellefson, Peg Turnquist, Mike Benson, Steve Hanson
Pastors:  Pastor Durk, Pastor Chris                  
Stewardship Committee:  Dave Berg
Guests:  Mike Gronholm

We started with Devotions by Pastor Chris. 

Guest Open Forum:
None

Stewardship Committee:
Dave gave us an update on what the committee is going to do for 2008. He said that they are going to have all pledge cards read by the office manager, Sandy Hahn. This will allow the entire congregation to see in their monthly statements what they have donated. Old pledge cards from 2007 will be sent to all members after the November 18 church service along with a thank you. They also discussed having face to face meetings with all
teams and that they would like council members to help ask every committee to hand back their new pledge cards and to increase their giving. They will hand out new pledge cards during church on December 2 and 9. If cards are not picked up they will be mailed out.

Worship Committee:
We are forming a new Creative Worship Team consisting of Jon Brandon, Pastor Chris, Brian Hanson, Pastor Durk, three at large members and Kurt Schwedler acting as team leader. This team will revamp and refresh our contemporary worship services.

Small Group Update:
Discussed new small groups starting and setting up a January meeting to train all small group leaders.

“The Centered Life” book study:
We discussed chapter one of the book. Do we live a balanced life or a centered life? We need to have God as our center in life. This will help us discover our unique strengths and gifts.

Pastor Reports:
Pastor Durk shared his report.
We voted on new members joining our church. Peg Turnquist gave the 1st motion and Steve Hanson seconded. Motion carried.  Pastor Durk highlighted the special events that took place in September. He also gave us an update on pastoral acts that he did including the baptisms, weddings and funerals during the month.

New Members:
Lisa Bourdeaux (Luke and Lance)
Michelle Sapra
Dell and Phyllis Rudolf
John “Jack” and Susanna Davidsen,  John and Christian
Tom and Krista Streff
Jan Hausman and Nikki Burkhart
Brian and Donna Knutson (Jason- 3 wks old)
Chrisanne Way: Nic, Nathan, and Katie 

 

Pastor Chris shared her report.
She told us about the Discipleship and Caring Ministries that she has worked with. She also gave us the services that she has been a part of including the funeral of Erna Berger, and the wedding that she did. She highlighted two special worship services coming up. On October 21 we have a guest preacher, Rev. Dr. Hollie Hot-Woehl. This will be a service of healing. Also in November on the 7th we have Nicole Rice as our guest speaker. She leads a group called the Family Readiness Group. This is a group to support our military families.

Small Group Ministry Vision Update
There will be training for the existing and new small group leaders.  Some ideas for new small groups are Couples, Single Parents, and 3 new discipleship groups.

New Business:
December Council meeting is moved up one week to December 6 at 7pm.
We want all chairs of committees to be present at our November 8 council meeting to present their budgets.

Approval of September Minutes:
Motion made by Steve Hanson, seconded by Peg Turnquist. Motion passed.


Meeting ended at 9pm-we closed with the Lord's Prayer.

Submitted in His Service,
Sue Raph
MGLC Council Secretary

Next Meeting – Thursday, November 8th, 7:00 pm at MGLC