| Roll Call:
- Pastor James G. Bell
- Class of 2005: Steve Barwick, John Crew, Jerry
Parsons, Mons Schrantz, Kathy Tosh (excused)
- Class of 2006: Bob Hunt, Dave Seyller,
Faith TenHaken (excused), Terry Tosh, E'Lane Tufts
- Class of 2007: Jim Bouas, Judy Lindsay, Cathy
Rinehart, John Tuttle and Lloyd Wiesemann
- Clerk Margaret Wolf
Call to order and opening prayer by Moderator Rev. Jim Bell.
Devotions and prayer by Cathy Rinehart. She reflected on our
April 24 church ribbon cutting and dinner for the new Great Hall — "Feasting
with God" — a Messianic Banquet. She used Acts 2:17
on new visions. She then opened the meeting with prayer.
Roll Call. Dave Seyller moved and John Crew seconded that we
excuse Kathy Tosh and Faith Ten Haken. Carried. Rev. Bell asked
that we keep Faith in our prayers.
Treasurer's Report: Balance $16,272.85 as of March 31,
2005. Mons Schrantz moved and E'Lane Tufts seconded that
the report be accepted. Carried.
Pastor's Report:
Announcements:
- May 20 — Workshop for Clergy and Church
Leaders at Second Pres. from 8:30 a.m. until Noon.
- May
24 — Presbytery meeting at our church from 9:00 a.m.
-3:00 p.m.. Try to attend. Expecting 240-250 total, 170
for lunch. Will need help. Agenda includes final exam of Stacia
Thetard.
- May 27 — Dr. Tony Campolo will speak at Second Pres.
at 6:00 p.m. as a benefit for downtown block party, "Sharing
the Heart of Christ in the Heart of the Community." Cost: $25.
- May 29 — Installation of Stacia Thetard as associate
pastor at Northminster Presbyterian Church at 4:00 p.m.
- Congratulation
letters were received regarding Great Hall celebration
April 24 from Mt. Moriah and Calvary United Methodist.
- One Great Hour of Sharing total to date:
$8300.
- DATES to SAVE:
- August 28: First Fest
- Sept. 10: Share Fest
- June 21: Worship workshop (See Mons Schrantz).
- Mons moved, seconded by Jim Bouas that June 19, 9:35
a.m. be set for a Congregational Meeting for the purpose
of Election of Church Officers.
- Summer Sunday worship hours
will be 8:30 and 10:00 a.m.
Rev. Bell thanked all who
helped with the Great Hall festivities the past two weeks.
He
also reported on a Spanish worship service he attended
April 24 in McLean County. This new congregation of
about 40 members currently meets at Second Presbyterian Church.
They also are supplied some office space there. Jim Bell proposed
that we pray about supporting this new mission and for their
new leader. Everyone agreed to asking their pastor to come to
speak to First Pres. Jim will look into this.
Clerk's Report:
- Minutes of March 23 Session and April 3 Congregational
Meeting.
- The following committees submitted minutes:
Minutes of the following committees: Worship, March 3; Membership, March 14 and
April 11; Marketing, Feb. 23 and March 23; Nominating March 7 and April
4; Christian Ed, April 6; Children's Ministries March 23 and April 6; Small
Group April 6; Property, April 12; Stewardship, April 13; First Peacemakers,
April 10; Mission, April 13; Personnel, April 13; Other possible ones: Health
Ministries, April 19; Congregational Life, April 6; No Gifts & Memorials
meeting this month.
- Current Active Membership: 523
- Record of Serving Holy Communion: April 24 at 11:00 a.m.
- At Home Communions: None
- Member Transfer Request: Gerald and Katherine Young to First
Presbyterian of LaGrange (became inactive 6/27/03)
and Chad Johnson to First Presbyterian, Waunakee, Wisconsin.
- Baptism: April 3 by Rev. Jim Bell for Carter Joseph
McMorris, son of David and Cara Corelli McMorris. Born Dec.
9, 2004.
- Correspondence:
- Synod of Lincoln Trails. Thank you for financial support.
- Special April 8 Presbytery of Great Rivers meeting to
examine calls for two pastor candidates: Randy Schafer
to Scotland-Trinity Presbyterian Church at Macomb and
Julie Peterson for a call to Central Presbyterian Church,
Petersburg
- Good wishes for Great Hall happenings and ribbon
cutting from Graham and Marion Jones in Australia.
- Note presbytery Web site: www.greatriverspby.org
Motion by Margaret Wolf, seconded by Steve Barwick
to accept Clerk's report in total. Carried.
Old Business:
Pastor Nominating Committee — John Tuttle reported the
Church Information Form is complete and posted on the pcusa.org
Web site. Resumes are expected to start arriving by mid-May.
Personnel — Dave Seyller reported a "six month" meeting
was held with Kelley Marion in regards to her interim job as
Christian ed/youth director. Motion was made by Dave Seyller,
seconded by Cathy Rinehart that as of July 1 Kelley's
position would be permanent and full time. Motion carried.
New Business:
- Request to change June 22 session meeting to June 29 due
to Bible school. Motion was made by Mons, seconded
by Bob Hunt to do this. Carried.
- Invitation for all to attend
May 24 presbytery meeting at First Pres Normal. If session
members wish to eat lunch ($6), they should reserve with Carol
Kehl.
- Lloyd Wiesemann reported for the Nominating Committee.
They nearly have a full slate for 2008 session members and the
new nominating committee.
- Terry Tosh suggested that committees coordinate better
while serving church members.
Other date to remember:
May 15 — Pentecost Sunday and Communion
May 15 — All
Church Cookout (Small Group Comm.) and New
Member Class
May 22 — Teacher Recognition Sunday
May 22 — New Member Class.
Session Members attend at 1:30
or so (or all)
May 28 — Next church lawn workday (Steve
Barwick, Ch.)
June 6-13 — Jim Bell will be in Montana.
June 12 — Second Service
will be at Funk's Grove (10:00
a.m.)
June 19 — Baptism
Aug. 1 — Jim Devore retires
Time permitted so various committee chairs elaborated on the
above dates mentioned in these minutes. Jim Bell indicated that
a new "serving committee" will need to be formed.
Steve Barwick elaborated on the progress/future plans for the
church grounds.
Next meeting: May 25. Devotions will be led by Jerry Parsons.
Meeting closed at 9:00 p.m. prayer led by Rev. Jim Bell.
Respectfully submitted,
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James G. Bell, Moderator
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Margaret Allen Wolf, Clerk
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