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Resurrection Lutheran Church

Church Council Agenda May 16, 2017

Call to Order: Steve Dougherty Devotions: Nanette Sutherland June Devotions: Sara Ritchie April Council Minutes Treasurer’s Report: Tom Lindberg Youth & Family Minister Report: Troy Lutz Pastor’s Report: Pastor Sue Seiffert Old Business: -Property issues: Nanette Sutherland -Farm House roof and chimney -Front rental refrigerator -Door locks -Water heater for Janitor’s closet (Montessori School) -Luther Lodge patio New Business: -2017 Stewardship event -Niebling bequest disposition -Montessori room sink -Synod recap: Sara, Tom, Nanette -RLC Clean-up day: June 3rd -Pentecost potluck: June 4th

Motion to Adjourn

Closing Prayer: Pastor Sue

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Dates and Events to Remember: -May 20th: Youth Auction 5:30PM -May 23rd: Mini-cluster meeting with Gethsemane & Trinity-all are welcome -May 25th: Theology on Tap-Flying Pie Pizza -June 3rd: RLC Clean-up day -June 4th: Pentecost potluck following one service at 10AM -June 9 & 10th: Book Sale -June 18-22: Pastor out of the office-continuing education -June 25-July2nd: Youth Mission Trip to Idaho -July 17-21: Vacation Bible School with Gethsemane Lutheran Church -August 10-13: Family Camp -September 10th: Fall Kickoff/God’s Work, Our Hands Event -October 8th: RLC 60th Anniversary Celebration & Martin Luther 500th Anniversary Celebration -October 29th: Reformation Sunday/Confirmation

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Resurrection Lutheran Church

Church Council MINUTES

APRIL 18, 2017

The meeting was called to order by President Steve Dougherty at 7:05 P.M. Present with Steve

were Sue Hiersche, Lorraine Holte, Sara Ritchie, Diane Lafrenz, Pastor Sue Seiffert, Jerry

Sharpe, Bonnie Nimz, Troy Lutz, Scott Weinberger, Tom Lindberg, Nanette Sutherland, and

Tom Martin. Don Ogard and Mike Petke were absent.

Devotions: Scott provided a devotional thought from Daily Bread publication.

Minutes: The March council minutes, submitted by Diane Lafrenz, were corrected and

approved after Sue Hiersche made such a motion and Tom Lindberg seconded it.

Treasurer’s Report: Tom Lindberg explained the method of reporting church attendance has

been changed to be in line with Synod guidelines. On Easter Sunday 304 people attended.

February’s giving was good. Year to date sees $2,400 more than was anticipated. We have sent

$1,784 to church-wide missions and $1,784 to local missions for a total of $3,468 this year.

Pastor Sue in now working a 40-hour week and those expenses total $2,100 a month. Sue H.

moved to accept the Treasurer’s report; Nanette voice a second. Passed unanimously.

Pastor’s Report: Pastor Sue shared the progress she’s made these past weeks moving her

parents into an assistance facility and thanked the council for their prayers. This fall we will

observe the 60th anniversary of this congregation as well as the 500th anniversary of the

Protestant Reformation. In September Resurrection, will join with the Oregon Synod to

observe a celebration of “God’s Work; Our Hands”. Discussion followed concerning these

events. Troy is working with Trinity and Gethsemane churches to pull together activities for the

September observance; Laura Gifford and Diane Lafrenz from the Care Committee will help.

Transition Report: Pastor Sue is meeting for the first time with the team this Saturday. They

are John Antle, Cheryl Beam, Dennis Chapple, Judy Crook, Laura Gifford, Gene Heil, Bill

Lambert, Leslie Sawyer, and Judy Wheeler.

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Committee Liaison Reports: ● Congregational Care … On Pentecost Sunday, June 4, a potluck will be held after the

10:00 service. Volunteers are needed for set-up and clean-up. Congregation members are

encouraged to wear red. ● Youth and Family… Sara announced the Vacation Bible School program this year will

be held at Gethsemane. The theme is, “Seasons of the Church”. Family camp will take

place August 10-13. Easter breakfast this year went well; the food was delicious and the

young people did a great job! $350 was collected. The youth auction is May 20th and the

mission trip to the Nez Perce Reservation is June 25-July 2. ● Visitation … Lorraine reminded council she is collecting blank greeting cards, primarily

birthday greetings, for shut-ins. Troy offered to check with stores to see if they have any

discarded cards to donate.

Old Business:

● 60th Anniversary: Discussion about the 60th Anniversary which will take place in

conjunction with the 500th year of the Lutheran church observance on October 8th.

Confirmation of our young people is scheduled for October 29th., Reformation Sunday.

The council discussed whether to make all these fall observances days when only one

service is held. ● Memorial Fund: Possible expenditures might include purchase of a bench by the front

door, large umbrellas, and lighting for the choir. Sara wondered if, since the chapel was

designed originally as a “crying room” for parents and their young children, perhaps we

could hook up the sound system to make that use viable.

New Business: ● Journey Theater Arts Group … Linda Highman was contacted by this group to see if

they could use our facilities to practice for their productions. They would need to use our

fellowship hall and stage, the chancel area and piano, and another room for several Friday

evenings and Saturday mornings this fall. They number between 50-60 people.

Discussion ensued. Considering the needs of our own congregation, it was decided we

would respond with a modified offer which excludes Saturdays and see if they are still

interested. ● Fire Inspection … Troy mentioned the fire inspector had visited our site. The biggest

area of concern he found was extension cords which need to be eliminated. Troy will

purchase new power strips. In addition, the burned out florescent bulbs now stored in the

furnace room must be thrown away.

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● Farm House and Chimney: Nanette has received three estimates for fixing the farm

house roof: $11,017, $11,930, and $10,625. The first two estimates include porch

restoration , the last does not. Nanette favors the lowest estimate. Tom repeated that there

are members in our congregation who are interested in helping with this expense,

possibly including chimney repair. Nanette will gather estimates for the chimney. ● Nursery in Worship: Discussion took place concerning whether we should continue to

have a play area in the sanctuary during worship. Who is in charge? Do we have

volunteers who will oversee a separate child care? We will ask Leslie to talk to the

nursery attendants and discuss removing students before the sermon. Suggestion to make

up quiet play bags for the children in church.

Closing: Pastor closed with prayer as members shared thanksgiving and prayer intentions.

Adjournment at 9:00 P.M.

Respectfully submitted by Diane Lafrenz, Council Secretary

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2017 Committees Members

Worship: Meets 1st Tues 5pm. Liaison, Tom Martin, Chairman, Kim Dougherty Bill Lambert, Joyce Gibson, Katie Petke and Troy Lutz

Youth And Family:1st Thur 6:30 Staff member & Chairman, Troy Lutz, Liaison Sara Ritchie, Laura Gifford, Meredith Gifford, Katherine McCall

Petke, Cheryl Rudarmel-Beam, Nanette Sutherland, Justin Weinberger, Scott Weinberger, Danielle Weinberger, Katy Tinker, and Judy Wheeler

Technology:3rd Mon 7pm Liaison Steve Dougherty, Chairman, Dave Lippert, Sue Hiersche, Molly Calhoun, Dennis Chapple,

R-4 1st Thurs 5:30

Liaison & Chairman, Sue Hiersche, Tom Petke, Tom Lindberg, Nanette Sutherland, Wally Lafrenz

Generosity (Stewardship), Liaison, Sue Hiersche, maybe Elizabeth Weinberger

Audit, Liaison Scott Weinberger, Chairman & Advisor, Sue Hiersche, Geoff Gifford, Betty Palmer

Finance 2nd Tues 4:30 Liaison Sue Hiersche, Chairman, Tom Lindberg, Steve Dougherty, Gary Crook, Leslie Sawyer

Congregational Care/Fellowship and Outreach, 3rd Tues 5:30 Liaison Lorraine Holte, Chairman, Sue Hiersche, Laura Gifford, Jerry Sharpe, Diane Lafrenz, Orpha Neils,

Leslie Sawyer, Sharon Felbinger, Dennis Chapple, Nanette Sutherland, and Wally Lafrenz

Property Liaison Mike Petke, Chairman, Nanette Sutherland, Jim Beam, Wally Lafrenz, Dave Neketin, Terry

Armstrong

Community Ministry Team 1st Thur 7pm,

Liaison Jerry Sharpe, Chairman, Ward Spradlin, Keith Kunerth, Dixie Antle, Tom Petke, Roger Fuchs, Lorraine Holte, Orpha Neils

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Living Memorial and Endowment (Qtrly), Liaison Tom Lindberg, Chairman, Kathi Holmes, Sandy Anderson, Beth Papasadero, Tom Petke, Gary

Sutherland, Lorraine Holte

Nominating Liaison Steve Dougherty

Safety Liaison & Chairman Nanette Sutherland, Terry Armstrong, Bill Lambert, Sue Hiersche, personnel

representative

Personnel 2nd Tues 2pm, Liaison Bonnie Nimz & Diane Lafrenz, Chairman, Leslie Sawyer, Sharon Felbinger, Diane Kern, Judy

Wheeler

Visitation 4th Thur 3pm, Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., Nov., Liaison Don Ogard, Chairman, Orpha Neils, Kathy Ogard, Judy Wheeler, Bill Lambert, Tom Petke, Katie

Petke,

Library Liaison Diane Lafrenz, Chairman, Kathy Ogard, Sally Gustafson, Pat Paul, Jerry Sharpe, Ann Vehrs

Joy Circle Liaison Don & Kathy Ogard (Secretary-Treasurer), Chairman, Orpha Neils, Annetta Anderson, Yvonne

Edman, Helen Finkle, Kathi Holmes (Program chairman), Jevein Kellams (Program chairman), Betty Palmer, Pat Paul, Jan Plog, Martha Ralph, Joan Russell, Ann Vehrs

RLC Players Chairman, Linda Highman, Heidi Barz, Carlita Gilmore, Ray Schmitz, Ann Vehrs, Cheryl Beam, Terry

Armstrong, Brenda Kayser.

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Resurrection Lutheran Church

Attendance Report

May 2017

Worship Attendance for the week of:

April 02 122

April 09 135

April 16 304

April 23 131

April 30 114

Average Attendance for April 161

YTD Monthly Average 143

2016 Average for April 215*

2016 YTD Monthly March 222*

Respectfully submitted,

Kym Tangen, Parish Administrator

* Please note, we are counting our weekly worship attendance differently than 2016 (or before),

per Synod guidelines.

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Treasurer’s Report – April 2017

For the month of April we experienced income favorable to expenses of $5,788.64. For year-to-date

through April, income was favorable $7,620.01 to expenses, compared to a negative ($21,360.81) for

last year.

Income through April 2017, compared with 2016:

● Increased $9,222 total income.

● Reduced $258 from contributions, a positive trend, especially with winter-related losses in

January and February.

● Increased $6,088 in rental income, mostly due to 3-month Farmhouse vacancy in 2016.

● Increased $4,456 in Building use, mostly due to the Parkrose Montessori school $1,000 monthly

building use not starting until April in 2016.

Expenses through April, compared with 2016:

● Reduced $22,139 total expenses.

● Reduced $22,033 in compensation expense, mostly due to absence of a full time Pastor and a

Children’s Director in 2017. April was under budget ($9,834) due to our staggered bi-weekly

pay periods not being consistent with monthly periods, but should level out over the total year.

● Increased $4,950 Missions, Local and Worldwide, as newly budgeted for 2017.

Through April, we are on our budget plan for 2017.

Tom Lindberg

Treasurer

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CMT minutes from May 4, 2017

Those present: Jerry Sharpe, Ward Spradlin, Sue Hiersche, Tom Petke, Roger Fuchs, Keith Kuhnert, Orpha Neils CALL TO ORDER: Ward DEVOTION; Tom MINUTES; Orpha: Minutes approved. COUNCIL REPORTS: Jerry and Sue ---The Transition Team will be meeting weekly. The youth raised $550 at the Easter Breakfast. The 60th anniversary of the church will be celebrated on October 8th The start of a wish list is better choir lighting and a bench with umbrella for the outside. We will be needing a new roof on the farmhouse as well as repairs on the chimney. They are looking into a contractor. They have some donated funds available. They need to fix some things recommended by the fire department. There is a children's theater group that would like to use our facilities but that might not work well for us. The council wants to know how they can support our committee better.. ONW: Gary Davis will be retiring the end of May instead of June because of health reasons. There will be a May 17th retirement party. Gary has had a great impact on that organization. There will major changes in leadership. Roger will still lead the Spiritual Retreat in June. The new director will be Paul Underwood. A $500 grant was approved from the Endowment Committee for Pilgrim Lutheran which feed 35-50 people weekly. There is a great need for blankets. One of the large containers in the parking is empty; the other one probably is partially empty. Roger does not have a key for that one. ZAREPHATH: Orpha: We fed 145 people with 45 seconds served. We had 10 workers from a variety of churches. MILLION MEALS; Ward: He will get the report next week. HABITAT FOR HUMANITY; Keith: They raised over $367,000 at the Hope Builders' Breakfast. 60 of the regular volunteers met and talked about their goals to build even more. The 4th Restore Building will be open on 181st off Glisan soon. The next building site will be on 85th and Brooklyn starting in July. There will be a big building site off Cherry Blossom Drive later this summer. There is talk of building 3 story buildings to utilize the space. In the Cully Area there is restoration or rehab of houses going on for those who are unable to do it.

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MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE; Tom: New name; no longer Loaves and Fishes. They need more drivers. Tom and Katie drive almost daily and sometimes two routes. He was disappointed that he couldn't show the Channel 6 presentation at the services due to lack of time. Collette spoke and gave a lot of interesting information about the organization. OLD BUSINESS; SANCTUARY: Ward: Ward gave us a couple of articles to read. He doesn't think RLC is a good fit for this program at this time. LCS and Sanctuary will be the MOM in August. BOOK SALE; Jerry has been working hard on this project. They have been receiving a lot of books but need puzzles and games. The sale will be on June 9-10th from 9:00-4:00 PM. NEW BUSINESS: God's Work- Our Hands Sunday will be September 10th. September 17th will be the Ministry Fair. Tee shirts have been ordered and money available for that. MOM for May: "Rose Haven": There will be information was ways to donation available in the fellowship hall. MOM for June will be "The Harbor.". Roger closed with a reading from "Jesus Freak" He shared that PTLS ( seminary) in Berkley, CA will be moving to a smaller facility. Dana College (a Lutheran college) in Blair Nebraska will be closing but Grace University will be relocating there. Next Meeting will be June 8, 2017 with Ward chairing, Jerry giving devotions and Orpha taking the minutes. Submitted by Orpha

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APPROVED: The Committee approved these Minutes via email and phone.

MINUTES

Resurrection Lutheran Church Living Memorial and Endowment Committee

April 23, 2017

Members Present: Sandy Anderson, Recording Secretary; Kathi Holmes, Chair; Lorraine Holte; Beth

Papasadero; Gary Sutherland and Tom Petke

Others Present: Sue Hiersche, Council President and Tom Lindberg, Treasurer

1) Kathi called the meeting to order and Tom P. opened with prayer.

2) Minutes

It was noted that the minutes of our February 5th meeting were previously approved via

email.

3) Policy Draft

There was considerable discussion of a draft with some proposed changes to the Living

Memorial and Endowment Committee’s Investment Policy. There was particular attention to the

lack of clarity regarding the 2% rule.

Motion/Seconded/Approved that we confirm the name of the committee as Living

Memorial and Endowment Committee.

M/S/A to table the rest of the proposed changes indicated in the draft.

6) Investment Review

We reviewed statements from Vanguard and Morningstar showing that the investments

are diversified and doing well. It was noted that 2008 was a low point and for several years no

grants were approved but since that time solid growth has allowed the committee to make a

number of grants.

M/S/A to request Tom L. make contact with a Vanguard representative in order to get

further analysis of the investments.

M/S/A to table further review of the investments until more specific information is

gathered.

7) Treasurer’s Report

Tom L. gave us a quick summary of his report discussing the grants made to date and

amounts available for further distribution in the remainder of this year. The total remaining is

$13,566.20.

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Ø Category I : $5,862.50

Ø Category II: $3,766.52

Ø Category III: $3,937.18

8) Grant Application

M/S/A $500.00 (Category II) to Disability Arts and Cultural Project (501C3)

Application submitted by Orpha Neils/Joy Circle

M/S/A $500.00 (Category II) to Pilgrim Lutheran Church Community Dinner Project

Application submitted by Pastor Roger Fuchs

M/S/A $1000.00 (Category III) to Campus Ministry, Luther House, Oregon State

University

Application submitted by Tom Lindberg

M/S/A $2000.00 (Category III) to Lutheran World Relief

Application submitted by Orpha Neils

M/S/A $1000.00 (Category II) to Resurrection Lutheran’s participation in God’s Work,

Our Hands Project/Young Adults in Global Mission

Application submitted by Sue Hiersche

9) Memorial Funds Follow-up

Beth and Lorraine reported on some of the contacts made to determine use of funds.

Lorraine noted that several things have surfaced for a potential “Wish List:” Bench on south side

of the church for persons who wait for rides; a large umbrella for those entering and exiting

vehicles; and better lighting above the choir area.

It was recommended that the council discuss uses for the $10,000.00 (Neibling Memorial.)

The possibility of starting a fund for a new church roof was raised.

The family requests the $110.00 (Mattson Memorial) go to the Youth Mission Trip.

M/S/A that the $160.00 (Donna Grady Memorial) go to the youth general fund.

10) Next Meeting: August 6, 2017

11) Adjournment

Respectfully submitted,

Sandy Anderson

Recording Secretary

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RLC Players

Attendees:

Terry Armstrong, Heidi Barz, Carita Gilmore, Ed Highman, Linda Highman, Brenda Kasner, Anne Vehrs Mission Statement

We looked at the three points of the Players’ mission statement and determined that nothing needs to be changed even though we’ve decided to narrow our efforts to the RLC congregation. Brenda is excited to include this information in a flier that she wants to put together and distribute to the congregation. Scripts for Chancel Drama

Linda said that she gave a large pile of chancel scripts to Kym Dougherty to look through. As a member of the worship committee, she will suggest scripts to the committee that will fit into and enhance the lectionary scripture. Auction Basket for May 20

We determined to contribute to an apple basket for the youth auction including the following items: two bottles of Martinelli’s apple cider, two wall hangings (apple and pear), a $25 gift certificate to both Applebee’s and the 162nd farmers’ market, a jar of Smucker’s apple butter, and a box of Celestial Springs cinnamon apple tea—a $65 value. Players’ Rummage Sale

Friday and Saturday, June 23 and 24, 10 to 4. Linda will contact Kym Tangen to see whether or not we can set up in the fellowship hall on Wednesday and Thursday, June 21st and 22nd. Linda handed out a rough draft of the announcement she will send to papers, and it was discussed. Heidi offered some good revisions. Carita already set her June schedule to work during the sale on Wednesday and Saturday. Spring, 2018, Ladies’ Event

Linda suggested doing a ladies event in the spring of 2018 which include a one act play, The Ladies’ Sipping Society Savannah, a play read and suggested by Cheryl Beam. She will run this idea by Kym Tangen to see if another similar event is already being planned and to find possible dates for it. Journey Theater

Linda forgot to mention the contact made with Journey Theater, Christian youth theater. A representative came to the church to meet with Linda dn see our facility. She also met Troy, and we had a good discussion. Within a few days she submitted rehearsal dates which were passed onto to the Council.

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Unfortunately, because the Saturday requests would need to be reserved on an

individual basis rather than all at once, the Theater withdrew their interest in using our RLC facility. Next Meeting

None was scheduled at this time until after our rummage sale.

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Technology Committee Minutes, April 17, 2017

Minute taker for April: Dave Lippert

Agenda additions

Sound system discussion:

- R4 committee will talk about the sound system at their next meeting. They are

seeking guidance from the Technology Committee on what funds need to be

earmarked for improving the sound system.

- Roger put together a prioritized wish list of sound system equipment

- The committee will re-review that list in a future meeting and forward a

recommendation for what to buy to the R4 committee once a recommendation has

been made.

- At this point, the technology committee will recommend to the R4 committee to

earmark a ballpark figure of $10,000 for a future sound system upgrade.

- What is really needed is someone with sound system experience to get up to

speed on the current sound system, and to research what will work best going

forward.

Update on revised computer policy

- Sue emailed the Tech committee’s revised computer policy to the Personnel

committee for inclusion in the employee handbook.

- Once that is included, it will be sent on to council for approval.

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Backup solution options

- Google drive + synkron

- Free

- 30gb max storage space

- Backblaze, Carbonite, and Crash Plan

- $4-5 per month per computer

- Unlimited storage backup

- Implementation strategies

- The Technology Committee decided to pilot the Google drive backup system

with Kym Tangen and roll out to other staff if this is successful.

- If this is successful, Dave will talk to each user to determine what data needs

to be backed up.

- Dave will also check to see if there is a synkron client for Mac

Future projects

- Learn the specifics of the video surveillance system, and figure out if there

are any tech. needs for this

Next Meeting

- Monday, May 15, 2017

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Worship Ministry Team –May 2017

In Attendance: Bill Lambert, Joyce Gibson, Kim Dougherty, Troy Lutz,

Katie Petke, Tom Martin (Council Liaison).

Business:

Holy Week/Easter Debrief:

Palm Sunday: Services went well, the new palms were fine and well

accepted. Everyone seemed to enjoy the processional Scripture reading before

processing into the sanctuary. We’ve had many positive comments about the

readings, having several people read various sections helped it stay interesting

and engaging.

Maundy Thursday: Personal absolution felt a little wrong to some people,

others liked it. Psalm 22 reading during altar stripping went well.

Good Friday: Readings were good and went well. Lighting issues caused

a few problems so next year we will see that whoever is dimming the lights has

thorough instruction and perhaps a script.

Vigil: Tom wondered if we’ve ever considered doing an Easter Vigil, it

was explained that we have done so in the past, sometimes as a group event

with two other churches. The main problem nowadays is that we decorate the

sanctuary on Saturday so everything would look like Easter, which would be

inappropriate for a vigil. We may look into doing a vigil in the chapel instead

of the sanctuary, though.

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Easter: Both services went well except for the many complaints about

problems with kids being loud and very distracting during the first service.

Council is aware and addressing this situation. Pansy distribution – during the

late service they started giving out pansies to everyone, not just the kids.

We noticed that people smiled and seemed so very happy to receive a pansy.

Perhaps next year we’ll order a few more and do it again at the late service.

Pentecost: Pentecost will again be a single service event, mostly contemporary

focus. It was suggested that there be a minimum of liturgy and call-and-

response for this service, since it’s mainly geared toward the contemporary –

although there will be traditional aspects as well.

Prayers: There was discussion regarding why names from the prayer list aren’t

being read during the prayers of the church. Now that the prayer list is

updated monthly the list is more accurate so we would like to go back to having

those names read, but this will ultimately be Pastor Sue’s decision.

Hiatus: As usual this committee will take a summer hiatus for June & July.

Next meeting: Tues August 1, 5pm

Respectfully submitted, Kim Dougherty, chair

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Youth and Family Ministries minutes - 5/4/17

Opened with prayer led by Laura Gifford

Council Report:

The Council Report led into extensive discussion regarding the concerns with children being

disruptive in church (very different from children being in church which we all LOVE!). There

was some confusion about how to proceed that stemmed from some unresolved discussion in

April’s council meeting. The children’s play area has not been removed from the Sanctuary as of

yet however there was discussion of providing activity bags in church rather than a play area

and pursuing the idea of making the back portion of the chapel area into a cry room/play area

for children to use before and after children’s sermon as desired while still being close enough

to join in during the Sacrament. Our recommendation is to add a speaker to this room so the

children, parents and helpers can still receive the Word and to remove a row or two of chairs to

allow room for the children’s table and a couple of small cupboards to store toys. Nanette

already has brand new quiet play activity bags ready for the children who prefer to stay in the

Sanctuary with their parents. This way the Chapel can still be used as a contemplative space

and memorial during the rest of the week, as desired, but also accommodates the needs of our

congregation.

VBS update – Judy:

Judy expressed how wonderful it has been so far to work with Brandee at Gethsemane and how

inclusive and welcoming she has been. Gethsemane has a wonderful grassy outdoor space for

the children to play in and it will a great-up for VBS this year. We want to be sure to really

push to get an ample amount of volunteers throughout the week to really be full participants in

this program. Volunteer slide will be going up soon and sign-up sheets will be out after the

auction on May 20th.

Montessori School – someone has been entering the play area and hiding paraphernalia under

some bushes. Luckily it’s not needles but it is more alcohol/medicinal based in nature. We aren’t

sure who is doing it, it has been cleaned up a couple of times and has shown back up. Troy will

talk with them about installing a light back there in the area to help as well as seeing about

locking it on a daily basis.

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Mission Trip – the mission team will be having their meeting on Sunday, June 11th and will be

commissioned on Sunday, June 25th at the 9:15 service before they depart that day.

Auction 2016 gift – new lightweight tables for the displays, yay!! We also now have enough

tablecloths and linens that we no longer need to rent any!

Auction 2017 – we are pleased to announce the Auctioneers this will be Kim Dougherty and

Jerry Sharpe with a tag team act. Dinner will be Salisbury steak, baked potato bar (at table),

garlic green beans, garden salad and desserts were donated by Sysco. LOTS of fun things to

bet on, both silent and a few live auction items to choose from. Music performance will begin

around 7pm.

Mini-Cluster – the next meeting is on Tuesday, May 23rd at 6:30pm at Gethsemane. We would

love to have people attend to get involved with planning for our combined Rally Sunday (9/10)

services and “God’s Work, Our Hands” work the Saturday (9/9) before.