The last few weeks have been full and good. We had our Council retreat on April 19-20 at Camp Calumet. By the end of the day on Saturday, we developed a set of goals to span the next 3-9 months. Three days later we had our monthly Council meeting. We have been working on updating both our Constitution and our Bylaws. We will have our Constitution updated so that it is consistent with the 2022 ELCA Constitutional guidelines and plan to vote on this at the Mid-year meeting on June 23rd. The Bylaws will be completed for our January meeting.
Although it may seem a bit early, we have scheduled an Adult Forum on May 5th to share some of the work we have been doing, with the congregation. Our May is full and May 26th is Pastor Luther’s last day with us before he begins serving at Emmanuel Church. Topics we would like to discuss are: sharing the updated Constitution, reviewing our finances thus far this year, and some changes we would like to make regarding several line items from our balance sheet or in/out funds that are no longer being used and would like to redesignate. Another item to share are some of our goals we developed. My hope is that you will be able to attend; if this is not possible, Mark is working on streaming this live for you to join in, if possible. We value your feedback.
With God’s gracious presence at our side, may we all continue to find ways to express our faith in words and actions this Eastertide.
Erlinde Beliveau