Landisville Mennonite Church
Congregational Leadership Board –Meeting No. 248
August 17, 2009
Members present: Marian Gingrich, Helen Hertzler, Carl Hoover (chair), Janet Hoover, Nelson Kling (vice chair), Richard Martin, Larry Newswanger, Randall Shull, Clayton Suydam
Members absent: Abby Hertzler, Beth Martin, Chris Yoder
Others present part-time: Gary Sensenig & Lynn Roth
Recorder: Larry Newswanger
1. Opening: Carl read from Isaiah 41:10 & 13 and commented about taking risks, moving forward with courage in the strength of the Lord. “Do not fear, I will help you”.
2. Minutes review: The minutes of May 18, 2009 CLB meeting were reviewed and approved as distributed. Further, we noted that this is the last Board meeting for Marian Gingrich, Helen Hertzler, Carl Hoover, Janet Hoover and Richard Martin.
3. Year to date budget/giving report: Janet distributed and reviewed the July 31 report. Total balance for all missionary support accounts is $-5353.00 and paid ahead at EMM is $111.
|
YTD Budget |
Pastoral |
Reserve |
||||||
| Fund |
General |
General |
Sharing |
Building |
HS Ed. |
College Aid |
Leadership |
Invest. |
| Balance 9/1/2008 | 25,632.00 |
|
10,075.00 | 87,926.00 | 4,535.00 | -3,605.00 | 7,672.00 | 49,149.00 |
| YTD Income | 257,247.00 |
292,307.00 |
8,318.00 | 371,621.00 | 46,375.00 | 9,550.00 | 15,295.00 | 1,097.00 |
| YTD Expenses | 268,375.00 |
292,307.00 |
8,866.00 | 38,671.00 | 56,611.00 | 5,200.00 | 0.00 | 50,246.00 |
| Ending Balance |
14,504 00 |
|
9,527.00 | 420,876.00 | -5,701.00 | 745.00 | 22,967.00 | 0.00 |
| YTD Gain/Loss | -11,128.00 |
|
-548.00 |
332,950 00 |
-10,236.00 | 4,350.00 |
15,295 00 |
1,097.00 |
4. Church offices filled: Carl reported the persons who will fill the various church offices beginning Sept. 2009:
Byard Yoder- Vice Chair Congregational Leadership Board, 2 yr + 2 yr as Chair
James Ipsen- Congregational Leadership Board member at large, 3 yr
Walter Hurst- Trustee, 3 yr
Cheryl Wyble- Pastor Team Congregational Relations Committee, 4 yr
Lester Groff- Assistant Financial Secretary, 3 yr + 3 yr
Rhoda Kunkel- Auditor, 3 yr
Dot Smith- Sunday School Superintendent, 3 yr
5. Missionary Support Task Force: Gary Sensenig led our discussion, reporting on the work of this group. Members of the task force are Gary, Glenn Hoover, Helen Hertzler, Dan Burkhart and Lynn Roth. Will bring findings and possibly recommendations to future Board meetings.
6. Staff Reviews: Randall reported on the recent quarterly reviews of the staff. Plan is to continue with quarterly review and annual evaluation.
7. Health & Wholeness report: Randall reported that Health & Wholeness committee is being disbanded, Judy Yoder resigned as Director, and a task-force will be assembled to address how the programs and services of Health and Wholeness can be evaluated and incorporated in our congregational life. The Congregational Leadership Board expressed appreciation for the work Judy and the H & W Team have done in our congregation.
8. 2010 Pastoral Staff Salaries & Benefits: Lynn Roth, Minister of Stewardship, presented a proposal for salaries, benefits, housing allowance, Team stipends and Administrative Secretary compensation.
The Congregational Leadership Board approved the proposed no cost of living increase for the pastoral staff. However, each full-time pastor will receive a salary increase of $695 for the 2010 year for one additional year experience unit in the salary calculation. This follows the guideline recommended by the Congregational and Ministerial Leadership Team of MC-USA.
The Congregational Leadership Board approved designating a $32,340 portion of Randall Shull’s annual salary, a $26,729 portion of Jonathan Bowman’s annual salary, a $13,925 portion of Julia Fisher’s annual salary and a $14,974 portion of Gina Burkhart’s annual salary as a housing allowance for tax purposes for 2010, in order to comply with IRS regulations. The Board also approved 10% of eligible salary for retirement for pastoral staff who have been employed at least half-time for a period of one year.
Further, the Congregational Leadership Board approved a 0.0% increase in the Ministry Leadership Team stipend for the 2010 calendar year and a 2.75% increase in hourly compensation for the Administrative Secretary.
10. 2010 Budget and Offering schedule: Lynn Roth presented a proposal for budget and offering schedule. The Board approved the budget proposal after minor adjustments for 9-01-09 to
8-31-10 for Church Treasury expense of $332,525 and Total All Expenditures of $463,525. The current year’s budget is $318,880 and expenses are projected to be under budget.
The offering schedule was approved as presented.
11. Periodicals: In careful review of the congregational budget, the Leadership Board decided that the “Missionary Messenger” magazine of Eastern Mennonite Missions will no longer be paid for by the congregation for our members. Those who want to subscribe would need to purchase it themselves. This will put “Missionary Messenger” on the same basis as “The Mennonite”, outside our congregational budget.
12. Finance Committee forming. Lynn, following the action from the May 09 Board meeting, is establishing a Finance Committee to assist in decisions related to finance and budget. The committee is being formed with Lynn, Helen Hertzler, Nelson Kling, Mike Zehr and possibly one or two more. One agenda item for the finance committee will be the future of our offering schedule and whether a unified budget would be beneficial.
13. Next meeting: September 21, 2009, 7:00 pm with Nelson Kling as chair