December 2020 Church Bell

St. John’s Lutheran Church

From the Desk of Pastor Clark

“I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” - John 10:10

In just a few weeks, we will be celebrating the coming of God’s own Son to this world. Why did Jesus come? He came to fulfill prophecy. He came in obedience to the Father. He came to testify to the Truth. But, most of all, He came because He loves us and wanted us to experience life to the full! This life is intended to be a fulfilling gift from our Maker. Unfortunately, too many people never experience it that way. Things like worry, bitterness, illness, fear, bad decisions, and a sense of meaninglessness make this life seem less like a gift and more like a daily grind. Jesus’ life and death dealt in full with all those things so that we might get that abundant life back.

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St. John’s Lutheran Church

302 NE 2nd Street Buffalo, MN 55313

Phone: 763-682-1883 Fax: 763-682-1936 Noah’s Ark Preschool: 763-682-1883

[email protected] Sharing a changeless Christ in a changing world. www.stjohnsbuffalo.org

Rev. Ryan Clark, Pastor Tim Vergin

[email protected] 845-549-0730

Kelly Thole, DCE, Director of [email protected] Family Ministry Kyle Bjork, Head Elder [email protected] Tracey Anderson

Bill Elletson Chris Ryan, Vicar, Director of Dave Haggerty Youth Ministry Gabe Licht [email protected] Peter March

Katherine Clark, Dir. of Special Ministries, Ryan Rutten Assimilation, Small Groups & Youth Tony Sabraski [email protected] Mark Saunders Dave Teske Beth Peterson-Hane, Office Administrator [email protected] or [email protected]

Noah’s Ark Preschool [email protected] Altar Guild: Dorothy Bowman Education: Open Jim Chapa, Treasurer Evangelism: Roger Strege

Amy Klemz, Financial Secretary Fellowship: Marti & Lee Ryan [email protected] Library: Cheryl Olsen Memorial Endowment/Investment: Lori Mussell, Board Secretary Janice Marschel

Project Compassion: Sandi Baert Decorating: Nicole Hills Stewardship: Tim Vergin

Trustees: Scott Spadgenske Saturday 5:00 pm (contemporary) Women in Mission: Mary Bremmer Sunday 8:00 & 10:30 am (traditional)

KRWC 1360AM broadcast at 8:00 am

Newsletter Deadline:

Deadline for the January newsletter is Monday, December 14th. Bulletin Deadline: Every Tuesday at midnight

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Would you say your life is being lived to the full? It’s yours for the taking. Jesus came, lived, suffered, and died for you to have it by faith. Do you need forgiveness? It’s yours by faith. Do you need peace? It’s yours by faith. Do you need healing? It’s yours by faith. Do you need guidance and meaning? It’s your by faith. Hallelujah, this is why He came! Let’s celebrate the One who came to give us abundant and everlasting life!

God bless you,

Pastor Clark

2020 Holiday Schedule

Mark your calendars…

¨ Christmas Lessons & Carols Service, Dec. 12, 5:00 pm

¨ Christmas Eve—

Family Service 3:00 & 5:00 pm Candlelight Service 7:00 & 9:00 pm

¨ Christmas Day—Worship 10:00 am

¨ New Year’s Eve—Worship 5:00 pm

Christmas Lessons & Carols Service

Saturday, December 12th, 5:00 PM in the Sanctuary

Are you missing the joy of music?!?! Saturday, December 12th at 5pm we will have a Lessons & Carols service featuring a few choral pieces, handbell pieces, and Advent/Christmas hymns. Make plans to join us to worship our Coming King!

As previously approved by the congregation for 2019, our Christmas Eve & Christmas Day offerings will be distributed as follows:

20% Love INC, 20% Noah’s Ark, 20% Mayer Lutheran High, 20% Christ Community-Watertown and 20% St. James School - Howard Lake.

Please keep all of these groups in your prayers.

St. John’s delivers Meals on Wheels in the month of December. We need you! If you are willing to take on one of the routes for Buffalo in December, please contact the church office. We still have a few shifts left to fill. The route is mapped out for you and takes less than an hour. Thank you!

Help Us Decorate the Church for Christmas!

Poinsettias available in gold-foil-covered pots. (white or red available)

*6.5 inch pot - $8.00 each

Deadline: Order by Monday, December 7

Please fill out and make checks payable to St. John’s. Return form and payment to Church Office or put form and check in the offering plate. Please mark check clearly as for Christmas poinsettias.

Name______

In memory, honor, or celebration of (optional):

______

You may take your plants home after the Christmas Day worship service. Unclaimed plants will be removed after January 2nd. Questions? Please contact Nicole Hills at 763-607-4816 [email protected]

December

Ushers

8:00 Fred Bonk, Al Buskey, Jan Larson, John Prigge

10:30 Curtis Smith &

Confirmation Youth

Technology Welcome Center Attendants The Spencer Anderson Sound Jakob Annis Holly Bode & Nicole Beckman Dan & Chris Husom YouTube Tim Berteau Kelly Jansson Team Dan Headley Kathy Klemz Trent Johnson Lorrie Lepinski Tom Kortisses Janice Marschel Jill Marketon Jen Meyer Ludovic Marquette Lynnette Smith Bill Morris Marlis Thomsen Melissa Morris Connor Spadgenske

Contemporary Worship Team The Deb Chapa St. John’s Wish List Team Josiah Clark Pastor Clark Tables & Table Cart Lee Claseman Needed: $3,000 Aaron Kubasch Ongoing Areas: Julie Larson Noah’s Ark Preschool LeAnn March St. John’s Building Fund Melissa Morris St. John’s Scholarship Fund St. John’s Family Ministry Organists KRWC Radio Ministry The Sandi Baert St. John’s Women in Mission Team Deb Chapa St. John’s Music/Choirs Josiah Clark Vicar Chris Ryan St. John’s Technology Fund Penny Steele St. John’s Youth Ministry Organ Maintenance Fund

Women in Mission “Mites Sunday” Our Women in Mission will have a “Mites Sunday” once per month to provide monies for the mission grants voted on at the LWML Minnesota South District Convention. For December: The Timothy Project—Mayer Lutheran High School: The Timothy Scholarship provides tuition assistance to non-Lutheran families who are unchurched or nominally Christian, so that they will pay less tuition than a Lutheran family to attend Mayer Lutheran High School. This scholarship provides $1,500 to the first ten community students who enroll for a total of $15,000. This grant would expand the funds available to help even more families enroll their children in a Christ-centered school. Please consider giving an offering in our Mites Offering box as you leave worship or take home a box of your own and turn back in!

Ever since the planned Warm & Fuzzy distribution event was COVID canceled, the MOSES Board has been looking for ways to successfully pair products with people. We will have a community distribution event when COVID regulations ease but have recently found alternate ways to help others. In the last month, Parkside and Northwinds Elementary Schools have called about socks, underwear and PJs for kids in need, and the leader of a winter clothing drive picked up all the knitted hats. A project we started with Wrapped in Love, the new free clothing store for Wright County Foster Children is ready to go, and we ask St. John’s members for assistance. If you have ideas and/or can help set up the Wrapped in Love Warm & Fuzzy nook, please call Beth Husom at 952-715-7281. On another note, WINTER IS COMING. Please call a MOSES team member for help getting your yards ready for this season change. After about a 6 month break from indoor work, last month MOSES decided to look at small projects inside residences if they are needed to keep you safe and warm, provided we can find the proper help and everyone involved follows state health mandates. Always remember volunteers: please pass on anything you aren’t comfortable with. St John’s is filled with caring members, and the MOSES volunteer list is long!

Blessings, Beth Husom

If you are 70 ½ & own an IRA, this information is for you:

Did you know that you can make a contribution to a charity like St. John’s Lutheran Church directly from your IRA to the Church and save paying some taxes?

Qualified Charitable Donations automatically satisfy required minimum distributions for the year when the Qualified Charitable Donations is made. That’s a real advantage for a charitably minded IRA owner who doesn’t need required minimum distribution to live on.

To make a contribution, contact your IRA trustee/Agent to make a transfer from the IRA directly to St. John’s Lutheran Church . Many trustees/agents already have forms and procedures in place to make this transfer. It won’t qualify if the check is made out to you. The Internal Revenue Service has said that a check from an IRA may be made payable to a charitable organization described in section 408(d)(8) and delivered by the IRA owner to the charitable organization.2 Be sure to obtain a letter of acknowledgment

from the charity.

Further questions, contact your IRA trustee/agent to see if your IRA qualifies for this. (This information provided by Janice Marschel).

December 2020 Lutheran Hour Sermon Topics

Each Sunday morning at 7:30 AM before St. John’s radio broadcast at 8:00 AM, listen to the Lutheran Hour broadcast on KRWC 1360 AM Radio. In December, you will hear the following program broadcast topics: Dec 6 "Seek My Face" with Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler. We sometimes hear the voice before we see the face that goes with it. Seek God's face where you hear God's Word. (Daniel) Dec 13 "The Prophet's Paradox " with Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler.The prophet Daniel illustrates how to face the facts while never losing faith in how the story ends. (Daniel: 10, 11 and 12) Dec 20 "Experience God " with Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler. We will never fully grasp the idea of God, but that doesn't keep us from experiencing God's love for us in Christ. (John 1:1-18) Dec 27 "Welcome to the Family!" with Guest Speaker: Rev. Dr. Anthony (Tony) Cook. The book of Galatians gives us a glimpse inside the family of God. It describes the Christian family as one that stands firm in Christ's freedom, walks united in the Spirit, and bears one another's burdens in love. (Galatians 4:4-7)

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

Thanks to the generosity of our St. John’s family, we were able to deliver MANY boxes to the distribution center to be sent to children all around the world. What a joy it is to be a part of this wonderful ministry! We couldn’t have done this without your participation, time, and generosity.

Diana Ashwill 12/1 Rebecca Runke 12/9 Jeremiah Bergin 12/1 Denise Saunders 12/9 Aubriella Bursch 12/1 Jerome Winterfeldt 12/9 Torri Erickson 12/1 Thad Ashwill 12/10 Harley Kuehl 12/1 Noah Johnson 12/10 Gary Schillinger 12/1 Lacey Mader 12/10 Kora Dalchow 12/2 Ellie Madsen 12/10 Russell Elletson 12/2 Philip Marx 12/10 Bruce Ostenson 12/2 Brooklyn Russell 12/11 Matt Dokkebakken 12/3 Chloe Berg 12/12 Sherry Jakel 12/3 Char Torgerson 12/12 Judy Lardy 12/3 Tonia Hewett 12/13 Sophia Roskowiak 12/3 Darlene Woodhull 12/13 Stacy Rutten 12/3 Melissa Mack 12/14 Betty Salonek 12/3 Reese Peter 12/14 Marvel Korbel 12/4 Ramie Bucher 12/16 Elsie Hultgren 12/5 Douglas Korbel 12/16 Lea Korbel 12/5 Sarah Licht 12/16 Hanni Lommel 12/5 Stan Meyer 12/16 Melissa Maas 12/5 Kenneth Spike 12/16 Jean Kubu 12/6 Bill Triplett 12/16 Finley Stodola 12/6 Jon Chapa 12/17 Gerry Stoppelman 12/6 Kelli Dixon 12/17 Robert Forcier 12/7 Dylan Erickson 12/17 Mark Saunders 12/7 Parker Jansson 12/17 Autumn Schlink 12/7 Maria Olaez 12/17 Josiah Clark 12/8 Tonya Russell 12/17 Debbie Ebert 12/8 Kelly Thole 12/17 Gene Ebert 12/8 Ivrick Bondhus 12/18 Christian Giles 12/8 Andrew Poole 12/18 Kristine Johnson 12/8 Gregg Beckman 12/20 Maren Karstens 12/8 Deb Henning 12/20 Aiden Roskowiak 12/8 Amelia Minero 12/20 Lori Winterfeldt 12/8 Eleanor Sheppard 12/20 Mia Anderson 12/9 Zachery Berg 12/21

Cooper Bonk 12/21 Lucas Wilson 12/27 Breah Dudley 12/21 Curtis Schmalz 12/28 Tracy Madsen 12/21 Sophia Eickhoff 12/30 Anna Marquette 12/21 Holly Bode 12/31 Cole Miller 12/21 Boone Henson 12/31 Frances Trattles 12/21 Amelia Robeck 12/31 Lonnie Thornton 12/22 Olivia Taylor 12/31 Emilee Topp 12/22 Annie Corey 12/24 Jason Munger 12/24 Nancy Schmitz 12/24 Philip Marquette 12/25 Christopher Froberg 12/26 Pat Norine 12/26 Dan Green 12/27 Evelyn Lehmberg 12/27 Cheryl Olsen 12/27

Neal & Marnie Glessing 12/12 Jim & Sharon Kaufman 12/17 Drew & Karly Holland 12/27 Talion & Sara Kubu 12/27 Mike & Emily Mueller 12/28 Kurt & Leah Yager 12/28 Wayne & Katy Bauernschmitt 12/29 Ben & Kaylee Henson 12/31

Noah’s Ark December 2020

Our Bible theme this month is “Happy Birthday, Jesus!” Our Bible verse for the month is: “Unto you is born… a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11

During Jesus Time we will learn that our Savior is coming, hear about the angels and the shepherds, see that a star announced the Savior, and celebrate “He’s here! He’s here! Hip, hip, hooray!”

Dramatic play for December: Post Office. We will wrap gifts, write cards, and send and deliver mail to all our preschool friends!

What is happening this month?

During the month of December:

On display this month… Noah’s Ark preschool students! Come and get into the holiday spirit while you check out what our preschool has been working on during our creative time. Find out about our artists and get a glimpse into our wonderful preschool.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: NO SCHOOL: December 23-January 1 (Christmas break)

Special Ministries & Life Groups

LIFE Groups are a fantastic way to stay connected to a smaller group of people while it's harder to be in a larger group. Many of us will not get to travel and gather during the holidays as we normally would. Joining a group is a great opportunity to maintain some fellowship and growth, while staying safe. Reach out to any group leader or Katherine Clark to get more information about getting connected to a group. Or register online at stjohnsbuffalo.org/ministries/life-groups/

Youth Junior Youth Christmas Party

Come join your friends from Confirmation and Junior Youth Group for a Christmas party on December 13th! The party will go from 5:00pm-6:30pm and will include dinner and desserts! If you are going to attend, please bring a present that is less than $10 in value for our white elephant game. We will also have an ugly sweater contest, so be sure to dress to “impress!” This event is also worth a SWEET point. Be sure to contact Chris if you have any questions.

Reminder: There will be NO Confirmation on December 16, 23, and 30.

Sr. High Youth Christmas Party!

On December 16th at 6:30pm the Senior Youth Group will be having their annual Christmas party! This will be a night of presents, games, food, and fun! If you are interested in joining, please bring a present for our annual gift exchange. This present should be under $10.00 in value. Make sure to also wear your ugliest Christmas sweater! For more information contact Chris!

** Pending the Governor’s restrictions at that time. Stay tuned to announcements from Chris and Katherine.

Youth

Sr. High Youth Bible Class DESIGN is an acrostic that stands for the different ingredients (Passions, experience, gifts, etc.) that, when combined, equal YOU! When you recognize and develop each of these six categories, you’ll be on your way to realizing your full potential in Christ. Three wonderful things begin to happen when you are willing to launch out and use your gifts for the sake of the kingdom: you will know amazing joy, enjoy healthy accountability and experience accelerated spiritual growth. The more you understand the way the Lord designed you to be, the better you will be able to cooperate with His design.

Children & Family

Join us for our FAMILY CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE December 24th at 3:00 & 5:00 PM

These 2 services are geared towards children of all ages and children at heart! It will be an interactive, simple celebration of our Savior’s birth. Merry Christmas!

Children & Family During the month of December, students and parents are invited to stop by our Sunday school bulletin board and share what things bring them joy this Christmas Season. Help us remember that Jesus is the reason for the Season!

NO Sunday School classes on: December 27 and January 3.

3 Year Olds-5th Graders, you are invited to be a part of our Family Christmas Services in a special way! While we cannot do a regular in-person Christmas Program this year, we still want to offer a chance for you to help share the true meaning of Christmas! Everyone can take a part and take a pic! To find out how to participate, visit our website at: stjohnsbuffalo.org or contact Kelly Thole.

During the month of December, all the Sunday school and children's worship offering will go to cover the cost of shipping shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. All over the U.S. churches, businesses, individuals and families will pack a shoebox for a child who may have never received a gift. Each box costs $9.00 to ship, so to help cover that cost we will collect our Sunday School offering for December to assist in this need.

LWML/WIM/St. John’s Women

I can hardly believe it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. WIM’s project for December will be Adopt-a-Family in conjunction with the Buffalo Rotary. We have received our family and now we need your help. Our family includes 2 adults and 9 children. This program is to provide the essentials for this family. They can also apply for the Toys for Tots program, so we will not be gathering toys. Look for the tree in the narthex. It will have paper ornaments with a gift for the family. Included will be the person’s age, size, favorite color; so you will have a little help in picking out gifts. If you are unable to pick up ornaments yourself, please call the church office and we will pick ornaments for you and call you with the suggestions. The WIM Board is also working on getting pictures, sizes, and prices of our remaining quilts on the church website. Sales of these quilts will also go to missions. Something to think about . . . maybe a quilt would be a great Christmas present or you may just need one to ‘cuddle-up in’ as we Stay Safe in MN through the Covid 19 pandemic. I would also like to invite the females in the church to Tuesday afternoons from 12:30 –4. This is traditionally called sewing circle, but you do not have to sew to join us. We also tie quilts, organize fabric, can make items for the 2021 Country Fair, etc. If you have suggestions for projects, we would love to hear about them and put them in motion. And lastly, a huge thank you!!! I am amazed and feel so blessed at the response to both our mini-fair and the Silent Auction baskets. We raised $1,522 from the sale of the baskets and further donations. The unofficial total for Missions is $7,600. We are setting up an online voting survey in order to disperse the funds. We will send a list of where last year’s funds were donated and also ask for any new missions you would like us to help.

Merry Christmas and please join us to “Serve The Lord with Gladness!”

Mary Bremmer, WIM Chair

Board Meeting Minutes 10/20/2020

Call to Order (online meeting) are taking a training course on Mental 6:30 p.m.: Tim Vergin Health Coaching through the American Open with Prayer: Pastor Clark Association of Christian Counselors Secretary’s Report: Motion made by and are excited to become better Kyle Bjork, seconded by Jan Larson to equipped to help individuals and approve the secretary’s report. Motion families needing support. She assisted carried. the Elders with the congregational Pastor’s Report: Pastor Clark reported survey that was sent out. Youth group that he has received great feedback on has good attendance. The Youth this sermon series…almost as positive assembled care packages to be sent as the series on Heaven. Weddings out. She and Vicar are investigating a are all finished for this year. Visitations potential winter retreat. have been going well with about 10-12 Financial Secretary & Treasurer being visited per month. We need more Reports: Jim Chapa presented the help with cleaning in between Monthly Financial Overview as well as services. the Monthly Summary Statement of Youth Ministry updates: Vicar Ryan Income & Expenses for September. reported that Youth Group is going Motion to accept reports as written well. Confirmation format this year is was made by Scott Spadgenske, going great with the parents attending. seconded by Kyle Bjork. Motion Tests scores have improved as well as carried. General Fund Contributions the disciplinary issues are non-existent. and Expenses for September: SMP site visit by his Seminary Contributions $63,718 Supervisor went well. Vicar continues Expenses 60,071 to enjoy his preaching duties. Net Increase (Decrease) 3,646 Child & Family Ministry: Kelly Thole Missions 1,625 reported that Sunday School Jim noted that the Trustees have attendance numbers have been pretty reduced YTD spending by $18,500 in consistent, but with different kids church cleaning and repairs. Attending than usual. Operation New Business: Nothing new at this Christmas Child is kicking off. Kelly time. proposed having an Advent Kick off Old Business: Nominations have all with a Light the Night type of event. been filled. Additional nominations will Advent to go kits will be available as be brought up at the Quarterly Voter’s well. Meeting. Additionally, Jim Chapa went Noah’s Ark: Kelly asks for prayers for over the 2021 Budget numbers that the kids to remain healthy. She met will be presented at the meeting. with a nurse to help prepare for our licensing review. BOARD & COMMITTEE REPORTS: Special Ministries: Katherine Clark reported that she attended the Moses Elders: Kyle Bjork reported the Elders Ministry meeting to learn more and continue to make their member calls discuss opportunities. She and Pastor with the goal to contact every member

again like they did last spring. They receive payments and pickup/ would like to nominate Vanessa delivery. Meyer as the next Church Council Library: No formal report, they Secretary. Derek Annis has decided continue to do their good works. not to continue on the Elder Board, Project Compassion/Health Cabinet: so they are in the process of praying No formal report, they continue to do for someone to fill the vacancy. Kyle their good works. also reported on the congregational Missions: No formal report, they survey that will be coming out to the continue to do their good works. members. The Elders are also Technology: No formal report, they reviewing the duties of the Elder continue to do their good works Board and will be putting together a Decorating: Nicole Hills reported formal position description. that she will be decorating after Trustees: Scott Spadgenske Thanksgiving for Christmas season. reported that the sound system is all There were 12 in attendance for this installed. Fall Clean-up day went meeting. well. So far, no major repairs have Vicar Ryan closed with prayer. been needed, but do have some Meeting adjourned by Tim Vergin. wish list type items—new locks, carpet in the sanctuary. Respectfully submitted by Lori Evangelism: Roger Strege reported Mussell on the Google search numbers and comments. In the month of September, 6,903 people found St. John’s on Google. Fellowship: Marti Ryan stated they are trying to determine decision and options for the Thanksgiving meal. Women In Mission (LWML): Mary Bremmer reported that our St. John’s family has done a wonderful job of supporting our mini Country Fair. We have raised $5,691.50 for missions. Up next is a 3-weekend silent auction to raise a bit more for missions. Baskets will be displayed to be bid on after all services from October 31st thru November 15th. They are working on the easiest way to advertise the remaining quilts online. We have pictures and description and need to figure out where to put them: website or Facebook and how to

Quarterly Voter’s Meeting 11/01/2020

Call to Order: Tim Vergin Child & Family Ministry: Kelly Open with Prayer: Pastor Clark referred to her report as printed. REPORTS: Kelly has been trying new things Pastor’s Report: Pastor referred to with COVID and is looking at ideas his report as printed. Since March for a socially-distanced Christmas 2nd he has been praying regularly program. She is also looking at for the Holy Spirit to lead and guide having an Advent Kick off with a us through all of this. Pastor drive-thru of lights and sounds to mentioned a special thank you to tell the Christmas Story. all that have kept things going. We Noah’s Ark: Kelly stated Noah’s Ark are blessed to have Penny Steele, is going well and we are very a new member with the talents to blessed by God’s hand in all of this. direct and resume our bell choir. She is looking at ways to offer It is great to hear them again. We Christmas in some way to all. are quickly becoming known at the Special Ministries: Katherine Clark Seminary for producing and referred to her report as printed. growing men for the ministry. Katherine reported the Marriage There were 13 youth that were Event was great. She has added a confirmed on October 25th. Pastor mission page to our website. LIFE reported he is looking at Christmas groups have moved to their topical Service plans where there may be studies. Choir members may have more services to accommodate all some small ensemble plans. with social distancing. Online Financial Secretary & Treasurer church still is continuing and we Reports: Reports were presented could use some help with running by Jim Chapa. Jim reported that the equipment. we are in good shape financially. Secretary’s Report: A motion was General Fund Contributions and made by Chris Husom to accept Expenses the July Quarterly Meeting Minutes Contributions YTD $551,236 as written, and seconded by Roger Expenses $516,677 Strege. Motion passed. Net Increase (Decrease) $34,560 Youth Ministry: Vicar reported it is Missions $23,192 great to be in person with the A motion to accept the financial Youth again. Zoom is great, but in reports as printed was made by person is much better. Tony Sabraski and seconded by Confirmation has been excellent. Janice Marschel – motion carried. Tests scores have improved Elders: Kyle Bjork presented the phenomenally. He continues to membership changes from the enjoy all of his SMP duties. Men’s third quarter. A motion was made LIFE Group study on Hebrews is by Lynette Smith and seconded by going well. Bill Cook to accept the member-

ship changes as printed in the Old Business: Nothing to report quarterly meeting documentation. Motion carried. Kyle reported on BOARD & COMMITTEE REPORTS: the highlights from his report, Printed reports for the following mentioning the congregational were included in the meeting survey. There have been 125 packet. responses as of that meeting. The Trustees- Scott Spadgenske called Elders are reviewing their role out the wish list items of new descriptions. They are also sanctuary carpet and power door working with Katherine Clark on locks what it means to be a member of Stewardship our church. Evangelism Missions-Janice Marschel reported New Business: Jim Chapa that the 2021 mission projects reviewed the 2021 Budget needed a vote. Roger Strege made explaining that we would be voting a motion to accept the proposed on the actual budget, but do have mission budget as printed. Bill a COVID budget in the packet as Cook seconded the motion. Motion well to show what we may follow if carried. it is warranted. The priorities for Memorials/Gifts 2021 were to maintain missions Building Finance-Janice Marschel and take care of our staff. The printed report, but need the loan budget shows a 2.2% overall date corrected on the report to increase from last year. We will state 9/30/20 instead of 6/30/20. allow for the covering of life-event Fellowship changes as well. Jim stated his Women in Mission –Chris Husom goal was to keep all informed. A reported for Mary Bremmer that motion was made and seconded they have made $5600 to date to accept the 2021 Budget as toward their goal of $10,000 for printed. Motion passed. the Mini Country Fair activities and Tim Vergin asked if there were any are looking for more opportunities further nominations for any of the to raise funds. positions-Head Elder, Head Project Compassion/Health Cabinet Trustee, or Secretary. A motion Decorating was made by Lauri Hayes and Technology- Thank you for all your seconded by Tony Sabraski to hard work! accept and close the nomination. Motion passed. Chris Husom Other Business: None at this time. made a motion to accept as one unanimous ballot: Pastor Clark closed with Prayer. Head Elder-Kyle Bjork Meeting adjourned by Tim Vergin Head Trustee-Scott Spadgenske Secretary-Vanessa Meyer Respectfully submitted by Lori Lynette Smith seconded the Mussell motion. Motion carried.

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