December 6, 7:00 pm – Marvin Lounge
If participating remotely, please remember to mute your microphone unless you are speaking in the meeting
- Opening Prayer – Pastor Mark
- Changes to the Agenda
- Approve Minutes: November Council Meeting
- Staff Update
- Financial Update
- Budget Update
- Motion 1: Finance Committee moves to allocate $5000 to the Vermont UCC Hope Fund.
- Discussion topic: Josh’s Transition
- Jan 15 – final Sunday Preaching
- Jan 19 – last day in the office
- Celebrations:
- Jan 13 – Church-wide dinner with selected speakers
- Josh will try to meet individually with some people
- Farewell Cottage meetings: 3-5 events of 8-10 people, hosted by member
- Gifts: possible stole from Terri Livak, cash gift
- Council Next Steps:
- Congregational discussion about future models – Annual Meeting
- Pre-meeting discussion about options, cost, roles Pros/Cons
- Council brainstorming about roles/options ideas – email Council possible models, talk to your friends at other churches, reflect on options
- Are there expenses we don’t incur because of budget?
- Outreach, evangelism, do we hire an interim?
- Length of time/What’s next?
- Period of discernment; typical AP 3-4 years – exhausting if search takes 18 months
- If we decide to hire a new Associate Pastor, Council will appoint a search committee
- If we decide on an alternate model, HRC will come up with Job Descriptions, Finance/salaries, search committee (3-5 people) for those positions
- Discussion/questions from reports submitted by committees, recognized groups and teams – if warranted
- Any other questions from reports
- Other Discussion
- Request for agenda items for next meeting on Jan 3, 2023
Ushering assignments for committees (3rd Sunday of the month):
- Committee
- Christian Education
- Missions
- Thrift Shop
- Deacons
- Food Pantry
- Hospitality
- Music
- Communications
- Trustees
- Stewardship
- Nominating
- Ushering
- Month
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
- Date
- Jan. 16, 2022
- Feb. 20, 2022
- Mar. 20, 2022
- Apr. 17, 2022
- May 15, 2022
- June 19, 2022
- July 17, 2022
- Aug. 21, 2022
- Sept. 18, 2022
- Oct. 16, 2022
- Nov. 20, 2022
- Dec. 18, 2022