In Attendance
C Rowan - Congregational President, D French - Sr. Pastor, J Sterrett, J Grott, K McCain, M O’Donnell, C Northington, A Goodspeed, J Plassard, L Keiser
Approval of October Minutes
M O’Donnell motioned to approve, P French 2nd, motion passed
Unsung Servant
LiveStream team - Wetzel Family, Bunton Family, Hope & Libby Plassard
Cantors - AMelia Goodspeed and Larry Buess
New Business
Board of Digital Ministry
Meeting weekly
Members - Amanda Goodspeed, Cara Wetzel, Mark Richeson
Bring to Voter’s on 11/15/2020
Nola to send out before voter’s via email
Pastor’s Appreciation
Collected funds to be divided in half and given to Pastors
M O’Donnell motioned to approve, J Grott 2nd, motion passed
Old Business
Pastor’s Report
Pastor French
Slow month
Nursing home visits shut down
Calling those who are not at church
1 person in the new member class
Jon Hubner still would like to mow
Emailed Kevin about Dave Ramsey - no response yet
Pastor Heckert
Pastor Barton Daniel study to continue
Mark Bowman - Advent Bible study via Zoom
Financial Report
Aligning budget with PNL in QB’s
Reports are being cleaned up & simplified
Doing great at keeping expenses down
Still learning FACTS
PPP loan forgiveness - working with the bank to complete, due by 12/31
2nd check signer is needed on premise - J Rogers will be added
Early Childhood Report
Splitting Nursery/Toddler rooms
Increased enrollment
CDA site visits 12/4, 12/10, 12/15
Principal’s Report
4th grade quarantined thru 11/30
Tippecanoe County meeting tomorrow - updates on student count
30K students, less than 100 students & less than 25 staff out due to COVID
School Choice dollars - $215,342.17
10/30 received $107K
Will use $6K to fund SGO fund
Bringing 2 students back from virtual
Kris Ripke to retire at end of Fall Semester - 21 years of service
Began teacher search
Synod State Report - demographics, ready for Voter’s
Board of Education
Delinquent tuition = $4K
Proposal sent to Foundation for Enrollment Catalyst
Talking with Dr. Kevin Brockeburg from synod about marketing
Teacher search
Logo targeted to be ready for January Voter’s
Board of Church Properties
Purchased new vacuum
Board of Elders
All is going well
Requesting who will be in attendance for Christmas Eve
Being flexible for COVID
Board of Evangelism
No report
Board of Human Resources
Working on a presentation for Voter’s
Staff salary updates
Health care benefit update
Performance reviews
HR audit findings
The congregation voted to raise salaries to 74% of 2020 scale
Currently paying at 67 % of 2020 scale
Affects retirement, disability
Must find a way to increase salaries
Working with Julie/Trish to make certain the last 5 years of salaries reported correctly to Concordia
Health Care employee meeting
Shared to HC options
Enrollment period 11/2 -11/20
Spouse carve out policy to go into effect
Performance reviews are now due May 1
HR audit findings on 11/12
Custodial staff are short-staffed due to quarantine
Board of Parish Education
No report
Board of Stewardship
No Report
Board of Youth
Great participation
Sponsored child thru “Compassion International”
Youth want to serve
Craft Fair on 11/7
Youth ran event
Worked with the health department
Several compliments for our youth
President’s Report
Voter’s Meeting
Motion for Adjournment
M O’Donnell moved to adjourn, J Plassard 2nd motion, motion passed