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9/27/23: Tege

Where does one begin to say THANK YOU for a job well done, good and faithful servant! Tege has been our Office Manager/Business Manager and whatever other names since Feb, 2015. That is 8 ½ years! She learned from Mary Martin all of the ins and outs of the office, from doing payroll, to tracking »

9/20/23: Commendation

On Sunday, I took a few moments to COMMEND the Stewardship Committee (Greg Jahnke, Chair, Marsha King-Rosine, Kay Sandberg, and Paul Smith) for their excellence in crafting a Stewardship campaign for this year, requiring 21% growth over last year, with the additional loss of $10,800 from 4 dear congregants who passed. And really this is »

9/13/23: Search

Wednesday, at Council meeting, Rev. Tyler Connoley, our Conference Minister, will be joining us via zoom to talk to us about our Search for a new settled pastor. Search is the next and natural step for us to make. A great deal of healing has been going on. There is lots of new energy bursting »

9/6/23: Welcome Home Sunday

This is a KICK-OFF time. While the church fiscal year began July 1, it has been summer with people coming and going. Now is the time to formally begin our church year with WELCOME HOME SUNDAY! It will be a walk-about, talk-about pot luck, so bring a plate of finger foods—savories or sweets—and walk about »

8/30/23: Church Camp

Linda Bailey and Kari Gies really know how to put on a Camp! Almost 50 of us gathered at Mountain Lakes Bible Camp under clear blue skies and pleasant summer temps. What a relief! Camp meals were provided by two lovely ladies in the dining hall. There were games, swimming, water sliding, ropes, bocce ball, »

8/16/23: Bequests

We recently received an initial distribution of the estate of Helena Sohl, in the amount of $1,570. Brian has requested this money be added to the fund for children’s playground, which will bring the total to $6,697 (with an additional $100 donation from an AA group!). What a splendid way to remember Helena. From her »

8/9/23: New Technology

On Monday, we had installed a 75” Sony TV mounted on an articulating arm in the Social Hall. When facing the altar, it will be on your left—moved out for visibility to those sitting in the back of the hall. This will aid those with hearing impairment by allowing for Closed Captions provided by Zoom. »

8/2/23: Refugee Assistance Fund

Sergei is going to do an hour weekly of weeding and yard cleaning for us, especially keeping our front tidy for a better first impression. Karl Vischer has graciously agreed to supervise. We have recently purchased a weed-eater and a blower for this work. So this fund will pay Sergei for his work. If the »

7/26/23: Joe Collonge Building & Technology Fund

If you were here pre-Covid, you likely knew Joe & Sally Collonge. Sally was the former Sally Klein, director of OLLI for many, many years. Sally and Joe became members in Feb 2014, and tied the knot in June of that year. Over time, Joe developed dementia and died Oct, 2020. Joe was known as »

7/19/23: Our Relationship Agreement

We presented a draft copy of a Relationship Agreement at the Annual Meeting. We received some feedback. We asked to receive more feedback. In addition, the Self-Study Group reviewed the agreement—and council received your feedback. One respondent described the document as BEAUTIFUL! I counted 23 people involved in feedback—and all were considered, with our thanks »

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