Attendees: Pastor Moore, Steve Dymond, Brad Smith and Keith Williams

Cat Students: Tom Yankinich, Jade Gomez and Nick Hassler

  1. The March financial statements were reviewed.  In comparing the Income Statement to year-to-date March 2009:
    • General giving is up 5.04% ($109,553 vs. $104,296).
    • Expenses are up by 2.74% (Personnel up 6.41% ($65,203 vs. $61,277), Office Expense down 7.54% ($4,862 vs. $5,258), Property up 20.14% ($17,078 vs. $14,215), Benevolence/ Programming up 5.46% ($12,186 vs. $12,890) and Mortgage down 13.98% ($16,055 vs. $18,664)).
    • Unrestricted available cash as of March 31st is $73.826.
  2. The V2011 savings account has a balance of $18,906 as of March 31st.
  3. Brad Smith reviewed the status of the “Temp Agency” with the committee.  Committee feedback is still due to Brad and Eileen Saffron.  Timelines for rollout, as well as sample forms we reviewed.
  4. A rough outline of the message for the 1st Quarter giving statements was discussed.  Keith will finalize with Cathy.
  5. The Paypal account has been set up. Communication to the congregation will happen through the newsletter.  We will not be encouraging members to use this option for making their donations and a clear example of the cost of doing so will be outlined.

The next meeting will be on May 10th at 7:00PM.

Bill Zwickl / Keith Williams
Christian Stewardship