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Council Representatives
Chairperson - Dan Rasmussen Vice-Chairperson - Ken Wagner Secretary - Marilyn Molzan Treasurer - Kathy Ansorger Education - Rick Hiller Property - Jeff Buss Outreach & Music - Edie Kendall Social - Fay Harke Pastor - Dennis Aicken |
Council Meeting Highlights
July 2024 - A sea can for equipment storage and riding mower have been purchased for cemetery maintenance with memorial funds. - Children’s Day Camp is scheduled for July 15-19th with a four member team from Hastings Lake Bible Camp and our own volunteers. June 2024 - Eight new members were welcomed. - Concrete pad by front door was raised by mud jacking contractor. - John Ruskowski will replace wheels on retractable wall divider and repair our steeple. - Plans are well underway for Children’s Day Camp July 11-15th. May 2024 -A generous memorial donation made for cemetery maintenance will be used to purchase a new lawn tractor and sea can storage container. - Another generous memorial donation will be used to purchase more tables for church use. - A new Google Account will be opened for Youtube access so videos can be used in Sunday morning worship. - New vinyl siding and fascias will be installed on the storage shed situated on the church’s north side. April 2024 - Most of the tickets are already sold for the Ladies Gold Star Luncheon for Saturday, May 4th. March 2024 - Decision to reinvest both a $50,000. and $25,000. amounts maturing in March for another one year term. Decision to invest an additional $25,000. amount from General Revenue into a one year term. - Decision to purchase a You Tube Premium Account for an annual fee of $129.99. February 2024 -Betty Schubert has agreed to sew pew cushions for pews in the east wing. -The Pancake Brunch on February 11th raised more than $770. for Outreach projects. -6pm Soup and Buns followed by 7pm Lenten Services with faith stories shared by our members each Wednesday evening February 21-March 27th. January 2024 -Decision to move remaining Building Reserve funds into the Church Maintenance Budget to simplify bookkeeping. -A Google account will be set up with the church e-mail address so files can be shared through this account rather than through personal accounts. June 2023 -Ladies Night Out - (Please add $1,000. donated to the Alberta Cancer Society for Cross Cancer Wigs.) -VBS ( More correctly called Children’s Day Camp. In addition to Grades 1-6 please add Pre-school Program for ages 4 and 5 with limit of 8) November 2022 -$1,820 was raised for the World Mission Prayer League (WMPL) at our Fall Supper on November 4th. -We hope to have the new AV system fully operational for the first Sunday of Advent, November 27th. -Children’s Advent Program is scheduled for 10:30am Sunday, December 11th. -Christmas Eve Candlelight Services will be held at 4pm and 6pm. -Christmas Day Service with Holy Communion will be held at 10:30 am. April 2022 -Most of the pews have been moved back into the sanctuary. -A new church photo directory will be published this summer. Dianne VanDalfsen will be contacting our members for family/individual photo appointments scheduled for the third week of June. -Holy Week services: 10:30am Palm Sunday 7pm Maundy Thursday Communion Service 10:30am Good Friday Tenebrae Service 10:30am Easter Celebration with Holy Communion -March 2022 Lenten Bible Study will be held Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. March 7 - April 13/22. -VBS to return this July. February 2022 -A brief AGM was held on Sunday, February 6th. -The need for a second columbarium was discussed and will be reviewed by the Cemetery Committee and Church Council. -A huge thank you was expressed to Kathy Ansorger and Paula Mears for tidying up and organizing many old paper records stored in the church basement. January 2022 -Thanks to members who have offered to serve on council beginning February 2022. -Thanks to Pastor Dennis for leading three Christmas Eve Services that were very much appreciated. -More discussion of the AV system will be happening in the future. -Our AGM will be held Sunday, February 6th. Please watch your mailbox for the 2021 Annual Report to be distributed January 23rd. -Paula Mears is assuming most of our church’s administrative responsibilities. |