Worship Committee Report
Present: George Price, Pastor
Chris,
General Agenda
Items
1) Christmas Eve Services - PC and Bruce
agreed to have a
2) Communion Chalices- Mary Jones
contacted the person who made the new chalices, and they will try to alter the
spout or make new chalices with different spouts.
3) Banners/Altar Guild - Currently GSC has
different individuals who care for banners, refilling candles, and care for
baptismal font. Vicki Mulvihill will contact
these individuals to see if there is an interest in forming a committee to
handle these tasks together. (More discussion at next meeting.)
4) Communion Distribution- George discussed
issue originally raised by Vicki Mulvihill that communion assistants are
bumping ankles on the corners of the altar steps during distribution. Discussed putting tape on
floor to indicate where to stand to receive communion. Another option would be to change existing
altar steps. PC will contact Weldon
Hanson to explore this option. (More discussion at next meeting.)
5) Confirmation Sunday - Briefly discussed input received from
Gaylene Ryan on
6) Intinction - Discussed possibility
of also having grape juice available during intinction. Will decide at December
meeting when this should begin.
7) December 26 Sunday Service - PC and
Cynthia will make decision on combining the two Sunday services into one and
what time that service would be held. (Due to low attendance following Christmas Day.)
8)
9) Poinsettias - George
ordered from Sam's Club and will be picked up/delivered Sunday, December 12th.
Agenda Items
Needing Assistance from Council
1) None at this time
Council
Liaison: George Price
Date Submitted:
Volunteer Coordinator’s Report
to GSC Council
Completed activities:
1) new
member brunch on Nov. 21 – took pictures and displayed families pictures on
kiosk in Narthex
2) worship
comm. – met to discuss concerns of communion distribution volunteers
-
possibility of organizing into a group all
volunteers connected with Altar Guild activities
-
providing grape juice as a option at
3) provide info. to Tina Livingston for worship assistant schedule for Feb. and
March (including Ash Wednesday and Holy Week services)
4) contact
all volunteers scheduled for December 26 in order to condense to one service at
Activities in Progress:
1)
help Personnel investigate leadership skills assessment resources. This activity is related to an objective from
our Visioning process in 2003.
2)
new members – continue processing Time and Talent forms and contact those
families who don’t submit a form to gather interests
Vicky Mulvihill
Volunteer Coordinator
CHURCH AND SOCIETY
Submitted by: Val Jorgensen
REPORT OF PASTOR CHRIS BREKKE TO THE CHURCH COUNCIL
I.
PASTORAL ACTS. In November there were no funerals, 1 wedding, (Rechtzigel
/ Kruckeberg), and 2 baptisms (Ethan Finne and Pyper Casey). Known hospitalized: Mike Stellenberg, Eric
Bertram, Loretta Berglund, Vera Mallan. I took day 22 of my 2004 vacation. 44 new members were received. Visits/appointments with members or
prospects: 36. I attended the SE MN
Synod Theology Conference in
II.
GSC EVENTS. November had these notable
high points: beginning of Prayer Shawl ministry; good Forums; a helpful
mediation session; Potluck & Annual Meeting; lots of new members;
Thanksgiving Eve worship; the Advent Fest.
Yet
to come in December: College supper (21st), Caroling (21st),
Christmas Eve worship (24th). [No Saturday evening service (25th),
nor Sunday school (26th). One service only on December 26th, at
III. SUGGESTION BOX.
A. “Please
tape down the extension cord by the piano in the sanctuary.”
B.
“No shaking hands during flu season.
Let’s just say “peace” to each other.”
C.
“There are too many songs during the service. We love music but maybe the number of verses
could at least be shortened.
[Let’s put
up an “Answer Sheet” by the box, too, eh?]
IV.
LOOSE ENDS…(may be
covered elsewhere)
a.
Year-end council reports for the Annual Report should be turned
in to Laurie.
b.
Congregational meeting II is February 13th. We should tie together the items that
will help GSC from our “4 questions” at the November 21st
Congregational meeting with the goals of the Long Range Planning
visioning. A good opportunity is ours
with these items.
c.
Year-end decisions and distributions regarding “Other Relief”,
and our surplus, are soon needing to be made. (GSC gets to be “Santa”!)
d.
The ELCA Sexuality Task Force comes out with their report and
recommendations on January 12th.
It will kick-off another round of study and conversation, moving toward
an August 2005 decision regarding homosexuality.
e.
THANKS again to all you leaders!
You are absolutely needed by the church. Through your work for Christ we
stay strong. Special
gratitude and godly satisfaction to Eric Havelick, Scott Shaw, and Molly
Schmidt, now completing their term.
LRP Planning Committee Meeting
Present: Pastor Jack, Eric Havelick, Barb
Misselt, John Kopp
1) Reviewed congregational input from November meeting.
Encouraged committee members to rank the items and return to the office.
2) Pastor Jack presented a proposal to
implement the "Small Group Ministry" portion of the visioning plan.
He would like to train individuals responsible for starting and leading
this program at GSLC. He expects council to recruit individuals for this,
and to start when he returns in the spring. This team's role is not to
lead the actual small groups, but to add a formal process for establishing
groups and making sure they have some success.
Item for council:
Pastor Jack would like to present his proposal
to the council.
John D. Kopp
Technology Committee Report
General Agenda Items (discussion points, action items, follow-up, etc.)
1) Sound System – Steve Books came to the beginning of the meeting and gave an update on what he has been up to with our current PA system. He recommended that the church purchase a new sound board, one with less “bells and whistles” and would be simpler for other people to use. We should be able to sell our current sound board to purchase the new one. Steve offered for use to use his sound board to see if we like it, and we would get something similar to that. We plan to meet again in January and discuss some more, and possibly try out his board then.
2) New Computer for Mark H. - Mark came to the meeting to discuss what his needs for the new computer are. He wanted a computer that he would be able to use for multimedia purposes, like video editing and burning DVD’s. The committee took a look at what was remaining in the Technology budget for the remainder of the year, and decided to purchase the new computer for Mark. The new computer is currently on order.
3) Discussed the printer in PC’s office. Currently it keeps jamming. We decided to replace that printer with a printer from the computer lab, hopefully that will work better.
4) Discussed the migration of Cynthia’s new computer. So far it looks like the new computer is working well, we will leave her old computer in her office a little while longer, just in case..
1) None.
Status Report on GSLC
Visioning Implementation Plan (use this space to communicate current status,
accomplishments, concerns, or open issues relevant to the GSLC Visioning goals for
which your committee is a champion)
1) None
Does your committee need
assistance from
Council
Liaison: Doug Tollefson
Date
Submitted:
Youth Committee Report
General Agenda Items (discussion points, action items, follow-up, etc.)
Status Report on GSLC Visioning Implementation Plan (use
this space to communicate current status, accomplishments, concerns, or open
issues relevant to the GSLC Visioning goals for which your committee is a
champion)
1.
Mark
and George (worship committee liaison) need to talk more about youth envolvment
with worship. Having youth ‘shadow’
adult worship leaders is on the agenda.
Does your committee need assistance from
No assistance needed at
this time.
Council Liaison: Mark
Manges
Date Submitted: