Bishops Committee June 13, 2010

Attending: Maria, Krista, Jessie, Laura, Wynne, Diane Johnson (with church
profile).

The meeting opened with a prayer from Maria.

The minutes of May 9 were approved.

We discussed the Search document that Diane put together. Minor

suggestions were made but we think it looks very good. The digital version
will include some links to other important Kirksville websites. We expressed
our appreciation to Diane for all her hard work. We will meet with Canon Dan
Smith on Tuesday to discuss this document and the next step in the search
process.

We discussed the meeting with the Canon. Five of us will attend this
meeting. We will start at 5:30 at Jessies house (1405 Janeway Drive).

We discussed the finance committee formation. The current bylaws describe

who should be members of the finance committee. Alan Davis has just
completed an audit (with the help of a student) for the church and made
several suggestions. He has also agreed to be a member of the finance
committee.

We discussed the need for a new treasurer. Several suggestions were made
about possible solutions.

Maria pointed out that we have a new lawn mower. Wynne asked if
instructions for how to start it could be posted in the shed.

Maria also talked about the discernment conference she attended. People
from all different stages of the process attended this conference. She found
it enlightening and helpful and also found out how her discernment
committee will be trained.

Krista mentioned that Food 4 Kids still needs help.

The tract rack will be painted and hung in the narthex.

Maria mentioned the estimate for the drainage problem fix will be about
$2000.

Calendar for summer and fall:

A group called Promo is having a community meeting in our church on

Sunday the 20th to discuss GLBT employment issues. It will be at 2:00 then
the Pride picknic will be at the lake at 5:30.
Carrol is away June 27 and July 4th.
Maria is supplying for the Presbyterian church on the 20th and 27th.

The plate for the first Sunday in July, will be open for nominations. One will
be drawn out to receive this donation.

We need a volunteer for a house Eucharist for the month of July.

July 11 Carrol will supply for the Presbyterian Church.

The next Taize service will be July 18th.

Krista announced an opportunity for a stewardship workshop in Indianapolis

at the end of July.

August 4th will be the last opportunity for a home Eucharist.

August 8th Carrol and Peter will both be gone. We are looking for a supply
priest for that date.

August 15th the choir will be doing something special.

The Bishops visit will be moved to October 10.

Maria ended the meeting with a prayer.