Council Highlights

Trinity United Church Council met on November 8, 2011. Highlights follow:

Water usage rates investigated by Gene Sanderlin resulting in a recommendation to install new commodes to help defray costs.

Staff interviews were conducted by Terry Oldfield and Bonnie Hellickson to determine if employees are satisfied.

An anonymous donor to provide funds and planning for the November 20 catered luncheon. • John Hansen (Investment Team) reports Trinity investments are doing well.

Sagrado Corazon has a candidate for full time minister. He will be considered as missionary status from Costa Rica.

Council is working on the 2012 budget and increased Synod support to $23,100.

Trinity United council next meets Tuesday, February 14 at 7:00 PM in the Larson Hall. Members and guests are welcome to attend.

Share Your Gifts — New Ministry Teams
Trinity’s council has been working to focus and maximize our ministries by consolidating our existing Ministry Teams and Task Forces. That means
reducing from eight Ministry Teams (Communication, Worship and the Arts, Children and Family, Adult Spiritual formation, Justice and Advocacy, Financial, Property and Stewardship) and three task forces (Redevelopment, Diversity, and Trinity Partners) to five new ministry teams:
1) Resource (Property and Finance)
Joe Cole Allen Layburn Ed Nelson Jeanette Swanson Dwain Turunen Karen Varsek
2) Worship and Music
Sylvia Collinson Janet Elsbury Josh Langhoff Betty Nelson Bonnie Oldfield Terry Oldfield
3) Youth and Education
Lucynda Ben-Carew Vanessa DeLa Pena Mildred Jelovsek Carole Johnson Liga Minejevs Debbie Shaffer Sandy Sorensen Allison Stoneberg
4) Witness (Outreach and Inreach)
Bernard Ben-Carew Sr. Ken Endress Marilyn Hall Jan Heikkila Diana Knoble Gene Sanderlin
5) Cooperative ministry (with Sagrado Corazon)
Carol Fisher John Hansen Linda McCulloch Katie Szostak
Other task forces will be developed for short term, temporary projects. Here’s where you come in: as we reorganize, we need one year volunteers to reenergize and refocus these parts of our ministries.
Please consider sharing your gifts with one of these new teams, and contact Pastor Grudt or one of these council members so they know of your interest.

Church Council
Nancy Bjerstedt , President B
John Hanson, Vice President
Helga Larson Secretary
Karen Varsek, Treasurer
Judy Salyer & Liga Minejevs, Financial Secretary
Bernard Ben-Carew Sr. Joe Cole
Robert Johnson Terry Oldfield
Bonnie Hellickson
Gene Sanderlin Allen Layburn Marilyn Hall
Ben Gehrt

 

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