The purpose of our Church Council is to oversee the business of the church.  Participation on the council is open to everyone in the congregation.  We welcome your participation and input.  

The Council meets at 12:30 the 2nd Sunday of the month.  Please check the Calendar of Events for the month for changes.

Minutes of the Meetings  

Unofficial Minutes

Stark United Methodist Church Council Minutes

January 8, 2012 

Those attending were: Chuck Hill, L.D. Hodgden, Glenda Hodgden, Carla Bennett, Larry Isom, Sandy Kusel, Glenda Taylor and Pastor Pauline Clugston.

Chuck Hill, Chair, called the meeting to order with devotions “God doesn’t enforce a dress code.”

Minutes were reviewed and Sandy Kusel moved to accept the minutes.  Glenda Hodgden seconded the motion and motion passed. 

Treasurer’s report was presented by Sandy Kusel.  Glenda Hodgden moved to accept the report, seconded by Carla Bennett and motion passed.

Pastor Pauline’s Time

Pastor Pauline asked to hear about the services held on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.  All agreed that they were well received

Discussion was held on the purchase of a new ‘boom box’ for the church.  Pastor Pauline will research for one with several features, including CD player, 2 or more speakers, multi-disk holder, easy to use remote and microphone capability in the price range of $200 to $500.

New Hymnals will be coming out this year being introduced at the General Conference in June. The last hymnals were published in 1989.

The food pantry is being restocked.  It is planned this year to begin in November for preparation of Christmas baskets of food as gifts for our community.

During January 17-19, 2012, Pastor Pauline will be in Topeka for a clergy gathering.

New Business

Discussion was held on the building fund loan and donations have been made to the general fund.  Larry Isom moved to add $700.00 from the general fund to the loan fund for payment this month.  Carla Bennett seconded and the motion carried.

There are two cook stoves in the storage building taken from the kitchen when it was remodeled.  These stoves need to be removed.  Sandy Kusel moved to allow Larry Isom to take the stoves and find homes for them to be given away.  Carla Bennett seconded and motion carried.

Calendar:

January 23^rd and 26^th – Faithfully Fit begins

February 12^th – Valentine Party during Sunday School time

February 12^th – Church Council and Vital congregation

February 22^nd – Ash Wednesday Services at church during 6:00 AM and 8:00 AM

February 25^th – Fish Fry (tentative date)

Discussion was held on the following:

1)      Hanging swags of greenery on the front wooden rails year round.  Consensus is that this would be acceptable. 

2)      A new memorial book will be ordered through Cokesbury, along with filler pages so an update can be made for our memorial money donations.

3)      If our Stark Post Office is closed in the next six months, we may need to look into putting up a mail box for the church.

Carla Bennett moved we adjourn with a second by Larry Isom.  Motion passed.

Pastor Pauline closed the meeting with prayer.

Respectfully submitted by Glenda Taylor

Council Officers

The Council includes every member of the church and all are invited to attend any meeting. Any board chair can request a special meeting of the council. There are regular scheduled meeting at Stark, our board chair is Chuck Hill. At Walnut we call special council meeting when the need arrises, then we will plan a time for the church members to gather. At Hepler we consider our meeting times as part of the stewardship of the church, so when an issue arrises we will work with it during a church service with the members present.