Vestry Minutes 4/12/10

Present: Shaw, Roberts, French, O’Dell, Hand, Arents, Boyer, Schnorrenberg, Kohn, Kubicek, K. Mitchell, Francis

Absent: Hager, Stuart-Paul, Pounder, Baxter

The meeting began at 7:30 PM with prayer, scripture, and listening post.

Agenda: Discussion of Vestry of changing the meeting time
Diocesan Allocation
Bake Sale Money
Vestry Prayer
One Sunday a month communication Sunday proposal delayed till May Meeting

The vestry accepted the minutes of the previous meeting.

Rectory needs new tenant.
Treasurer report accepted.
Co-Rector Kubicek report Pat Hand asked question regarding the costs of repairs to church from snow. Kubicek said adjuster from insurance under appraised and it is still being worked out.

Next month will try meeting at 7:00 PM and evaluate.

Diocesan Allocation allows us to do work outside our doors with in and without our diocesan. Bishop Sutton offers a 2% discount for this year only.
It is $700 give back to us Roberts made motion to take the 2% and Mitchell seconded. John thinks we should not take it. Richard thinks we should we let the diocese keep it. Boyer made amendment to motion that if we keep the money it go toward the VBS. Arents seconded. Roberts agreed to the amendment. Vestry voted and agreed to VBS getting the money. No abstentions or nays

Mitchell moved that the money from the Bake Sale at Cherrybration Celebration in Ellicott City go to the discretionary fund. French seconded vestry voted and approved.

Pat Hand as vestry Facilities Liaison is wrapping her arms around what this entails and what projects we can undertake.

Addendum to Kubicek’s report met with Tom Baxter about planned giving and forming a capital campaign to form an endowment. Both things are still works in progress.

Yom Hashoah speaker will be at 8:30 service and then between the services.

John French talked about survey responses at this time we have 18 written responses. We have some interesting ideas that worship cmte will look at as we delve it further after 25th Vestry will devote time at the next meeting.

Vestry members and officers who have not submitted prayers need to get them to Kirk as soon as possible.

The meeting ended 8:35 PM with Eucharist
Respectfully Submitted
Katherine Schnorrenberg