These minutes are of the June 16, 2020 Zoom meeting. 

1. 1. Jacob Dayringer, camp director at Camp Greenwood, announced May 18th there would be no in-person camp this summer.
      
      
   2. A thank you note was received from the Presbytery Financial Team of the Lake Michigan Presbytery thanking our church for paying our 2020 per capita obligation of $2,428.80.

       

   3. Pastor Chris’ report covered three topics-Committee on Reopening, Stated Presbytery meeting and Black Lives Matter. Our Committee on Reopening met June 11th via Zoom to formulate an approach to the reopening of our church building for public worship and other uses. A consensus approach was adopted, which was to survey the congregants and friends to see if they are ready to return to the sanctuary for worship. Once results are received, a special session meeting will be called by Pastor Chris. The Stated Presbytery Meeting was held via Zoom June 9th. Delegates to the General Assembly, which will be held via Zoom, were appointed; Dr. Charles Hardwick was appointed Transitional Synod Executive of the Synod of the Covenant; a proposal to review the staffing structure of the Presbytery was presented; the Budget and Finance Committee reported its reception of a $50,000 grant for the Vital Congregations Initiative; and the motion carried to dissolve the Great Lakes Michigan Foundation. Congregations are hanging tough despite the economic hardship due to the pandemic, and Presbytery is pleased to announce that there is relative financial stability owning to the positive per capita response from congregations. There was also an extended discussion of the Presbytery’s current Conflict of Interest Policy.

       

   4. Lee Hunsberger, Co-Chairperson of Budget and Finance, submitted a written report. Since mid-March, the church office has been closed. Lee has collected the mail and issued checks twice a month, which treasurer, Barb Klenk, has signed. Expenses are down. The twelve-month rolling report is still in the black at the end of May but only by $902. The readily available assets as of June 11 are down less than $2,000 from 12/31/19. Gains were realized in the general fund CDs, memorial checking and PayPal. The general fund checking, which has about $17,000, is more than $4,000 lower than the end of 2019. It is still anticipated there will be a need to use some money from the smaller general fund CD (maturing in August) to cover general fund expenses through the end of 2020. While the capital building fund gained, memorial investments dipped about 15% in February through March but are down only $6,000 at the end of May. The Kosbar Scholarship fund is $7,000 below the 12/31/19 value, which is still below the principal value.
      
      
   5. Judi Emlinger, Chairperson of Christian Education Committee, reports the search is on- going for a replacement to co-chair the committee and teach Sunday school. 
      
      
   6. Lee Hunsberger volunteered to be the Crop Walk volunteer from our church. The next meeting is August 4th. 
      
      
   7. Mary Williams continues to organize food boxes for the kid’s families, which are delivered every two weeks. All the families are grateful for the church’s help. Dave and Sarah Jane Hanson made another monetary contribution to this cause. 
      
      
   8. On June 18th Jan Arnold, Margaret Gregory, Lee Hunsberger, and Barb Klenk organized and worked at a Celebration of Life luncheon at Applewood Farms for David Furman, who died June 1st. Pastor Chris officiated. The committee provided sandwiches, drinks, fruit and vegetable trays. Members and friends provided salads and desserts. 
      
      
   9. Lee Hunsberger, a member of the memorial committee, reported due to the coronavirus the Kosbar Scholarship Fund lost all the interest gained from April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020. There is no interest to award any scholarships this year. 
      
      
   10. A special church reopening committee was developed. Pastor Chris will chair the committee. Serving on the committee will be Cindy Rozich, Lee Hunsberger and Norma Kilpatrick. 
       
       
   11. A motion was passed to reopen the church office June 22 for administrative assistant, Deb Montgomery, to return to work, working the same hours as long as there is work and limiting people visiting her to Lee Hunsberger and Pastor Chris. 
       
       
   12. A motion passed that the church building will be reopened July 1 for members only for use at their own risk. 
       
       
   13. The next meeting is July 21, 2020 at 7:00PM in the church fellowship hall and via Zoom. 
       
       

   Submitted by: Margaret Gregory, Clerk of Session