The LCR Council met on March 20, 2011.
Pastor Dave opened with a parable from the book of Luke. The overall message was that we must continue to pray and not lose heart. Prayer is not to be a laundry list of things we want, prayer is communicating or talking with God. We need to keep praying, believing in miracles and keep on beating a path to God’s door. We may not always get the answer we want, but God will be before us.
The council meeting minutes and financial reports from February 2011 were approved.
Pastors Report:
Dave conveyed to council that our most important job this year is to continue to monitor and work toward balancing the budget. Stewardship is all of our responsibility. Raising revenue internally versus trying to raise revenue externally should be our focus.
Presidents Report:
Jennifer informed council of this year’s Confirmation Banquet that is to be held on May 15th. The May council meeting was also scheduled for the same day. After a poll and unanimous approval, council is moving the meeting to May 22, 2011.
Lay Directors Report:
Kerry reports that attendance is up for 2011 and also up since completion of the Sanctuary Enhancement Plan.
RDTH-The Resurrection Dance Theatre of Haiti will be performing at LCR on Friday April 15 at 7:00pm. All donations go to the Haitian Timoun Foundation where 100% of your donation goes to Haiti. Visit www.htflive.org for more information.
Kerry also reported that LCR is sending out a direct mailing to 8000 homes in the 30062, 30067 and 30068 zip codes promoting LCR Holy Week activities. Imagine if we get a 2% visitor rate from that mailing, that would be and additional 160 households worshiping at LCR. In conjunction with that, we all need to be on alert for new visitors at all times and make sure they feel a warm LCR welcome.
Council and team leaders are also being asked to park away from the building, keeping the spots close to the sanctuary available for visitors.
Continuing Business:
The “Balance the Budget Team” is looking at alternative ways to increase revenue at LCR. After doing research on Secure Give (lobby kiosk and online giving option), it was determined that it was not a viable solution at this time. The team was informed that LCR already has a way to give electronically. The team will become familiar with this function and discuss ways to advertise this to LCR members.
The Capital Timeline Team has done some initial research and provided council with a typical timeline for a capital campaign.
Child Safety Policy Update: Dean provided council with the details of the Red Cross First Aid Kit. Council agreed that the first aid kit was acceptable for our policy. Council will be voting on the revised child safety policy to include the updated First Aid and Overnight policy at the June meeting.
Communications Update:
Work continues on the new website with the launch scheduled for April. The new website will be previewed on April 17th, with the communication team members in the lobby on laptops.
Council approved the Endowment Team’s request and recommendation to allocate $2000.00 to Sheri Kling for the 2011-2012 school year.
May the peace of the Lord be with you!
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