ANNUAL
REPORT
2010
Mission Statement
“Now you are the body
of Christ and individually members of it.”
1 Corinthians 12:27
The Mission of Trinity and St. Paul’s United Churches
is to be the ears, eyes, feet, hands and heart of Christ
in the Harrowsmith-Verona area
and in the world.
Harrowsmith-Verona
Pastoral Charge
January 2011
Index
Harrowsmith-Verona
Pastoral Charge
Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, New Members
Joint Worship Committee Report
‘Looking Ahead’, ‘Vision with a Mission’ Committee Report
Harrowsmith-Verona Web Site Report
Harrowsmith-Verona Pastoral Charge Financial Report –
Operating Budget
Harrowsmith-Verona Pastoral Charge Financial Report –
Mission & Service
Harrowsmith-Verona Pastoral Charge – Budget for 2011
St.
Paul’s United Church – Harrowsmith, Cover Page
St. Paul’s Congregational Meeting Minutes, November 14, 2010
St. Paul’s Congregational Meeting Minutes, February 7, 2010
St. Paul’s Officers and Committee
Members for 2010
St. Paul’s Church Council Report
St. Paul’s Sunday School Report
St. Paul’s General Fund – Income & Expenses,
Envelope Givings Analysis
St. Paul’s, Mission & Service, Building Fund, Community
Outreach
Haitian
Earthquake Relief, World Vision
St. Paul’s Memorial Fund, Window Refurbishing Fund
General
Fund Monthly Income-Expense
Trinity
United Church – Verona, Cover Page
Trinity Congregational Meeting
Minutes, January 31, 2010
Officers and Committee Members for
2010
Trinity United Church Session Report
Trinity Committee of Stewards Report
Trinity Board of Trustees Report
Trinity Church Choir Financial Report
Trinity Financial Report – Local Expenses, Envelope
Givings Analysis
Trinity Financial Report – Mission & Service, Building
Fund, Local Outreach
Trinity Financial Report – Memorial Fund, Stained Glass
Windows, Kitchen Fund
U.C.W. Sisters in Spirit, Trust Fund
Trinity Local Expenses – Income & Expenses, and Budget
for 2011
Addendums, Cover Page
Ministry and Personnel Committee Report 2010
St. Paul’s Board of Trustees Report
Trinity Congregational Meeting Minutes, March 14, 2010
Trinity Congregational Meeting Minutes, April 18, 2010
Outstanding Reports and Congregational Minutes
This is my eighth and final annual report to the pastoral
charge, as I will be retiring in July.
In preparation for this year’s report, I re-read my first one from
2003. In it I committed to spending
as much time as possible working on the pastoral charge and not at home. I also said I would attend as many community
events as I could. In keeping with
these goals, I have frozen on several Christmas Parade floats and eaten way too
many delicious meals.
Some other goals were not so easily achieved. We have seen an increase in Sunday School
participation at St. Paul’s but not as much at Trinity. There is promise, though, as we have some
young folks in our nursery who will be in Sunday School in the next few
years. A hoped-for revitalization of
the Youth Group did not happen as the few youth we had moved on to other
things. We have not had as much
variety as I had wanted to in our worship service format, although it has
certainly changed from when I first arrived here in November 2003. We do have more lay participation in
worship, so I would say some of these goals were achieved but certainly not
all. So it usually goes – we don’t
always accomplish everything we want to do.
For any ways in which I may have let you down, I sincerely
apologize.
It has been difficult to me to make the decision to retire, mainly
because I have fallen in love with this pastoral charge and its people. You have enriched my life in ways you can’t
even imagine. I have been blessed to
walk the journey of the last days on earth of some of the finest people I’ve
ever had the privilege to meet. From
each of them, I have learned a life lesson and became a better minister than I
was before coming here. The baptisms
and marriages have been wonderful times of celebration and I marvel at how much
some of the children have grown.
This pastoral charge is in the midst of change. St. Paul’s had a “near death” experience
this year, but I am so proud of the way you are turning things around. The increased enrolment and participation in
Sunday school has been a real boost to the whole congregation. While the financial challenges remain with
us, they have been greatly diminished and I have no doubt that you will
continue to grow and thrive and serve God in Harrowsmith for a very long time.
Trinity, too, has experienced change. The most remarkable and obvious one in my
time here is the renovation of a few years ago that transformed the C.E.
building and opened us up to the community.
The innovative outreach, friendship and support that Trinity provides is
heartwarming and widespread. Your
concern for your sister church and the help you have given speaks of true
service and leadership.
The future of the manse remains uncertain at the time of
writing this report and I do hope that you will continue to seek ways for that
building to serve the community.
I know that as I move into retirement, both congregations
will find new ways to serve God and the community and will be a presence in
your respective villages long into the future.
It will not always be easy. You
may get discouraged at times. The way
will not be smooth. You will lose good
people and you will gain equally good people.
However, I know what good, solid and faithful people you are and I am
certain your future will unfold in wondrous ways.
It is hard to say “goodbye” to people you love and I
struggle with that now and will for the next several months. Instead of goodbye, I wish to say “thank
you”. Thank you to Annabelle and Marg
and Carol Ramer who have blessed me with beautiful music. Thank you to all the committee members and
fund-raisers and quiet workers. Thank
you to our teachers and leaders. Thank
you to, first, Judy Borovskis, and later, Katharine Hennig, for their hard work
and support in the office. Thank you to
the two best choirs ever. Thank you for
putting up with my shortcomings, for always being there with a kind word, a
hug, a laugh, or some homemade food.
Thank you for teaching me about rural community. Thank you for blessing my life and making it
so much richer than it was before I met you.
I wish you God’s blessing for your future. You have certainly been a blessing to me.
Let
us be grateful to people
who have made us happy;
they are the charming gardeners
who made our souls blossom.
–
Marcel Proust
BAPTISMS
St. Paul’s Trinity
Eric Edison Crawford Evan
Michael James Dillon
Jocelyn
Kathleen Tryon
MARRIAGES
Trinity
Michael
Adam Vandervelde to Alison Lynn Sortberg on June 4, 2010
Derek Joseph Sherman to Ashleigh Christine Bradley on July 17, 2010
Those we love don't go away, they
walk beside us every day, unseen, unheard, but always near, still loved, still
missed and very dear. - Anonymous
We remember with
fondness…
St. Paul’s
Ivan
Clare Crawford
Patricia
Marie Paisley
Ray
Paul
Lucy Isabel Visnoski
Olive
Marguerite Wallace
Irene
Wartman
Trinity
Gregory
Larry Brown
Gerald
Robert Kerr
Viola
Marie Leslie
Phyllis
MacIntyre
George
Charles Leverne Stewart
NEW MEMBERS
St.
Paul’s welcomed three
new members this year: Anne Dowker, Helen Lamb,
Mary-Anne
McNutt, and Beatrice Moffitt.
Trinity welcomed one new member this year:
Julie Goodfellow.
HARROWSMITH-VERONA PASTORAL CHARGE
OFFICIAL BOARD REPORT
2010
This
group meets approximately four times a year either at St. Paul's church or
Trinity. The members of this committee
are members of Trinity Session, Trinity Stewards,
St.
Paul's Council, United Church Representative, Presbytery Representatives,
Trustees, Manse Committee members, and the Ministry and Personnel Committee.
Our work
consists of setting a budget for the pastoral charge, making each church aware
of their happenings. For 2010, Erma
Bracken was Chairperson, Don Coleman as Treasurer and Glenda Turner as
Secretary.
Some
highlights of these meetings include the Trinity 55%/St. Paul's 45% of the
allocations for 2011. Info was sent
back and forth between our two churches and High Park United Church in Sarnia
as part of a Making Connections project.
Our Mission and Service target was set at $18,000. for 2011. Our website has 1531 hits from many parts of
the world. St. Paul's will be meeting
with Kingston Presbytery Church Development Committee to encourage more
membership.
Respectfully
submitted by
Glenda
Turner
Secretary
Joint Worship Committee Report 2010
We met four times this year to plan special worship
occasions and to consider ways we might provide more meaningful worship. Lent/Easter and Advent/Christmas are two
such special times.
The fifth Sunday combined worship services have helped the
members of our two congregations to know one another better and we continue to
work well together.
We welcome your comments, input, and suggestions on our
services at any time.
This year’s members were:
John McDougall and Marg Smith from Trinity.
Liz Bruce and Gayle Robertson from St. Paul’s.
Annabelle Twiddy and Rev. Lynda Price.
‘2010 VISION WITH A MISSION’
COMMITTEE REPORT 2010
In the
spring, the Official Board approved the formation of a Pastoral Charge
Committee to devise ‘a creative process to involve our congregations in the
writing of a new vision and mission statement and to discover strategies that
will allow our congregations to remain viable and active over at least the next
five years’.
Brenda
Crawford, John McDougall, Marni Pederson and Glenda Turner volunteered to guide
this process.
We began
with
(1) A fresh look at the accuracy of the
Joint Needs Assessment prepared by the Charge prior to Rev. Price’s call;
(2) An examination of the United
Church’s publication of the 2006 Census, as it applies to out community;
(3) A look at previous retreat
discussions and recommendations;
(4) A look at the Observer’s August 2009
Survey of trends and priorities;
(5) An attempt as much as possible to
match the requirements of the United Church of Canada Handbook for Joint Needs
Assessment to our discussions.
The process
included congregational handouts on demographics, questions to be considered,
definitions, future church repair and renovation data. A series of ‘homework’
questions were assigned requesting information on the role of our minister over
the next five years, where we want to be after the next five years, our
greatest challenges and our first steps.
Congregational
meetings took place during Sunday services and the results were tabulated. On
June 13, a Congregational report was published re-defining our Congregational
needs, a summary of why we go to church and the Skills and Role of our Minister
in 2010.
For a
number of reasons, including health and fiscal priorities, this committee did
not re-convene in the fall, but the groundwork is now set for a factual,
researched discussion. Our charge is in a state of flux in many ways and this
process and report will help as we look at our future in this community.
Respectfully,
Brenda
Crawford. John McDougall, Marni Pedersen, Glenda Turner
Director
of Music Report 2010
In
September we began a music component in each Sunday School. The children sang in
a worship service and our Spirit of Advent Concert. Their enthusiasm and
cooperation in the children's time song every week is exciting. Thanks to Marg
Smith and Carolyn Brown and the Sunday School staff.
The
combined choirs attended the Voices of Easter choral concert in Napanee, St.
Patrick's, on Good Friday, provided music at both anniversary services,
performed Blue Jeans/ Black Ties and Spirit of Advent concerts at Trinity, sang
at Helen Henderson care centre, Rosewood Retirement Centre on Dec 9 enjoying
dinner together that same night.
The
Trinity choir performed at a Haiti benefit concert in February, at Country View
Home in February and at Helen Henderson Retirement Centre in September.
The
St. Paul's choir regularity astonishes with it’s a cappella renditions
especially of old familiar selections.
Both choirs have
openings for dedicated singers.
Colossians 3: 16,17
Respectfully,
Annabelle Twiddy
The Bridge
Newsletter has been in existence since the summer of 2006 and celebrated our
fifth anniversary with the Fall 2010 edition. While The Bridge has not
changed from four issues per year, it has gone through many style changes,
with the current two-column version being the most popular, judging from
comments from our congregations. The committee of five meets twice to prepare
each issue. The Bridge was the brain-child of our minister, Rev. Lynda Price,
with Doug MacIntyre,
Sheila Anthony, Helen Lamb and Don Coleman comprising the current committee. A special
feature in each issue is a short biography of individual
congregational members, their lives and accomplishments. We also welcome
input from our members on newsworthy items such as book reviews and
helpful hints. The committee's email address is douglasmacintyre@hotmail.com.
Submitted by
Doug MacIntyre, Editor
Christmas Food Hamper Report 2010
We prepared
33 hampers for delivery or pickup on Wednesday, December 22, sticky notes were
posted at the back of each church 3 weeks ahead of time, and a request was made
for sturdy boxes:
Instant
coffee
Tea
Jam or
Jelly
Cookies
Juice boxes
Pudding
cups or 2 Jellos
Stuffing
mix
Cranberry
sauce
Canned
vegetables
Hot
chocolate
The following items were ordered from Verona Foodland to be delivered between
8:30 and 9:30 a.m. on the day of packing.
2 lb bags
of carrots
5 lb bags
of potatoes
3 lb bags
of apples
tubs of
margarine
cartons of
2% milk
brown bread
hams and
chickens as requested
Turkeys were donated by Costco. Individual church families provided cheese,
Christmas cakes and hand knitted mittens and baby booties. Toys came from the
Salvation Army and Southern Frontenac Community Services Corp.
Many cash donations came from church families. Donations of food from other
places meant that many other items including peanut butter, pasta, sauce and
cereal could go in the hampers.
Donations
of food and/or cash came from:
Frontenac County Dairy Producers Committee
Harrowsmith
Public School
Harrowsmith
Women’s Institute
Masons
Oddfellows
Great generosity is shown by our churches and our communities at this time, not
only goods and money but also time and effort. Thanks to Rev. Lynda and an
amazing crew who accomplished the sorting, packing and delivery of 33
overflowing hampers.
Respectfully
submitted by Jennifer Bennett
Pastoral Charge Web Page and Financial Reports
Harrowsmith
2010
Reports
St. Paul’s
United Church, Harrowsmith - Congregational Meeting
November 14, 2010
Present:
Marilyn Lawlor, Tamara and Kevin Ruttan, Jeannette Pixley, Erma Bracken, Annabelle
Twiddy, Sheila Anthony, Rob Tapscott, Dan Bell, Elaine Lazier, Brenda Crawford,
Marni Pedersen, Suzanne Hoag, Dawn Seiben, Liz Bruce, Mary Barr, Carolyn Brown,
Nancy Moore- Carr, Rev. Lynda Price, Eileen Vanderzwan, Beatrice Moffit, Don
and Ardith Woolsey, Elwin Wartman, Madeliene Goodsell, Gayle Robertson, Glenna
Lewers, Anne Dowker, Hilda Warren, Helen Lamb, Millie Cuthill
Welcome and Call to order: Rev. Lynda Price brought the meeting to order at
10:30am.
Appointment of Chairperson and Recording Secretary:
Elaine Lazier agreed to chair
the meeting and Sheila Anthony agreed to be recording secretary.
Introduction of representative from Trinity United
Church, Verona:
Millie Cuthill was
introduced.
Motion for corresponding members:
Moved by Gayle Robertson
Seconded by Carolyn Brown.
CARRIED
“ Saving St. Paul’s – A New Approach “
Brenda Crawford and Marni
Pedersen performed a short skit.
Discussion of Options for Our Future:
1.
Lynda Price
offered to leave if we wanted to discuss option #10 without her present.
2.
Jeannette
Pixley questioned the “debt”. Nancy Moore-Carr explained that the debt is to
ourselves, not the bank. Monthly expenses are not being covered by income ( see
bulletin). Other funds were used to pay bills so moneys allocated for other
areas are not there. Dawn Seiben asked how much of the money is payable? Nancy
replied that M and S has been partially paid. Presbytery dues go out on a
regular basis. The months of October, November and December are generally
“good” months to cover expenses.
3.
Lynda Price
explained Church Development Committee. They work with communities to help
build themselves up. ( ex. Parish nurse, Christian education newsletter) No
finances are involved directly but money might be available for specific ideas.
They would examine our current situation and make recommendations.
4.
Marni
Pedersen asked about funds available for struggling churches- Lynda Price
talked about mission support grants for small churches. These are available on
a priority basis and require application.
5.
Erma Bracken
commented that in her opinion, communication is the problem. Nancy Moore-Carr
replied on the process of Council decisions reaching the congregation.
6.
Brenda
Crawford commented that fundraising must not be the only way we keep the doors
open. We need to have people in the pews.
7.
Caroline
Brown asked us to think about what we do in our own families when we are having
financial problems. Some answers were: we cut back, communicate, sell things we
do not need. Are we losing our own internal mission? We need to start in a
small sensible way to solve our problems.
Call for other options from the floor:
1.
Kevin Ruttan
asked, on a short term, are we obligated to the M and S contributions? Nancy Moore-Carr
said we are obliged to give the money allocated on the envelopes to M and S.
Kevin asked about cutting other costs such as caretaker ( $188.05 every 2 weeks
) and snowplowing.
2.
Brenda
Crawford suggested that donations could be made to the church in terms of food
and cleaning supplies.
3.
Lynda Price
pointed out that Option #1 actually comes from M and S. Outreach should still
happen.
4.
Carolyn Brown
suggested that 10% of earnings to the church will really work.
Call for a Motion:
MOTION #1:
Moved by Suzanne Hoag,
seconded by Brenda Crawford.
“ I move that we try to
increase our membership and ask the United Church Development Committee at
Presbytery for their support and assistance in obtaining possible monetary
contributions and guidance. I further move that for 2012, we apply for a
Pastoral Charge Mission support grant from United Church of Canada. “
Discussion: Lynda Price
pointed out that the MS Grant has to be applied for as a Pastoral Charge. This
will be discussed at the next Official Board meeting.
Preliminary Motion: Moved by
Carolyn Brown and seconded by Dawn Seiben that we vote by secret ballot. CARRIED.
Ballots were distributed,
vote done and counted by Carolyn Brown and Annabelle Twiddy.
Results of vote: 24 votes recorded, 22 Yes, 2 No. --- MOTION
CARRIED.
Subsequent Motion: Moved by
Marni Pedersen, seconded by Beatrice Moffit that the ballots be destroyed. CARRIED.
Follow-up: A committee will
be formed to facilitate the motion after the Official Board meets.
MOTION #2:
Moved by Dawn Seiben,
seconded by Gayle Robertson.
“ I move that the
congregation accept Option #5 to reduce expenses immediately. Direction for
this process will be done at Council. “
CARRIED.
Adjournment:
Moved by Marni Pedersen,
seconded by Rob Tapscott that meeting be adjourned. Time of adjournment : 11:45
am.
Minutes of the Congregational Meeting: February 7, 2010
The Annual
Congregational Meeting of St. Paul’s United Church, Harrowsmith was held
February 7, 2010.
The meeting was called to order by nominated
Chair, Jeannette Pixley.
Marni Pedersen agreed to act as Secretary.
Rev. Lynda
Price opened with a prayer.
IN ATTENDANCE:
Elizabeth
Bruce, Mary Barr, Rev. Lynda Price, Nancy Moore- Carr, Jeannette Pixley, Robert Galbraith, Marni Pedersen, Dawn Sieben, Erma Bracken,
Sheila Anthony,
Gayle
Robertson, Brenda Crawford, Dan Bell, Annabelle Twiddy, Rob Tapscott.
AGENDA:
Moved by Brenda Crawford, seconded by Elizabeth Bruce, that the agenda
be adopted as presented. Carried
CORRESPONDING MEMBERS: Moved by Brenda Crawford, seconded
by Gayle Robertson, that all persons present who are not full members of St.
Paul’s be made corresponding Members for this meeting. Carried
MINUTES: Moved by Gayle Robertson, Seconded
by Sheila Anthony, that the minutes of the previous meeting on February 8, 2009
be accepted as presented. Carried.
BUSINESS ARISING:
·
Ecumenical
Prayer for Christian Unity Service was held at St. Paul’s on January 31st.
It was a successful service. The offering of $ 235.25 will go to World Vision
Haiti Relief.
·
The
World Day of Prayer Service will be held at St. Paul’s on March 5th.
7 p.m. at St. Paul’s.
* Stained Glass window repair: (Put into New Business).
CORRESPONDENCE:
No Correspondence
St. Paul’s United
Church
Minutes of the Congregational Meeting: February 7, 2010
PAGE 2
PASTORAL CHARGE REPORTS &
CONGREGATIONAL REPORTS:
Jeannette Pixley thanked the following people:
- Thanks to all those retiring
from Council.
- Thanks to Marni Pedersen and
Suzanne Hoag for their work with the Sunday school.
- Thanks to Erma Bracken for her
work with the Tuesday lunches.
- Thanks to Brenda Crawford and
Donna Walker for their work on the Social Committee.
- Thanks
to the scrap booking group and to Eileen vander Zwan and for donations
made.
- Thanks to Nancy Moore-Carr for
her work as church treasurer.
- Thanks to the Manse Committee
for the extra work in procuring Rural Visions as tenants in the Manse.
Much work has been done to prepare the Manse for its use as a Senior’s
Centre and Food Bank under the auspices of Rural Visions. Special thanks
go to Brenda Crawford, Dawn Seiben, Sheila Anthony, and Rob Tapscott
- Thanks to Annabelle Twiddy and
the choir for the wonderful gift of music.
- It was noted that the Sunday
School report was omitted from The Annual Report and will be attached for
the files.
- Thanks to Elaine Lazier as she
retires from the chair of the M&P committee.
- Brenda Crawford & Marni
Pedersen wish to resign from the Newsletter Committee. Thanks for your
work. Sheila Anthony has agreed to join the newsletter committee.
- Thanks to Don Coleman, our
Pastoral Charge Treasurer and Website manager.
- Special thanks to the
congregation of Trinity for the generous donation to cover the insurance
deductible fee, and for forwarding temporary usage fees to St. Paul’s ; at
this time of reconstruction as the result of the flood at St. Paul’s.
All of us at
St. Paul’s are deeply grateful to our Sister Church, Trinity.
MOTION: Moved by Gayle Robertson, Seconded by Dawn Seiben that all Pastoral
Charge Reports be adopted as presented in the 2009 Annual Report. Carried
MOTION: Moved by Gayle Robertson, seconded by Rob Tapscott that all
St. Paul’s Reports be adopted as presented in the 2009 Annual
Report. Carried
REPORT OF THE NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE:
Brenda
Crawford presented the report of the Nominations Committee with the following
people retiring from Council: Thanks was extended.
Angela Corriveau-Alton, Rob Christie, Donna Walker, and
Elaine Lazier (M&P Committee).
New Members on Council: Sheila Anthony, Marni
Pedersen, Liz. Hughson
St. Paul’s United
Church
Minutes of the Congregational Meeting: February 7, 2010
PAGE 3
TRUSTEES:
Rob
Tapscott has agreed to serve on the board of Trustees. Accepted.
PRESBYTERY REPRESENTATIVE:
Liz Hughson
has agreed to stay on as representative, with Gayle Robertson as alternate.
NOMINATING
COMMITTEE for
2010
Dan Bell, Dawn Sieben and the Council Vice – Chair will form
the Nomination Committee.
ELECTION OF FINANCIAL AUDITORS FOR ST. PAUL’S:
Dawn Sieben and Sheila Anthony have agreed to act as the St.
Paul’s financial examiners for 2010.
ELECTION OF
FINANCIAL AUDITOR FOR PASTORAL CHARGE:
Dawn Sieben has agreed.
MINISTRY & PERSONNEL COMMITTEE:
Jeannette
Pixley has agreed to serve on the M&P Committee.
MOTION: RE: PULPIT SUPPLY
Moved by Brenda Crawford, Seconded by Gayle
Robertson, that the M&P Committee relinquish the duty of pulpit supply and
transfer this to the Joint Worship Committee.
Carried
MANSE COMMITTEE:
Liz Bruce volunteered to serve.
OFFICIAL BOARD
CHAIR:
Erma Bracken has volunteered to act as Chair.
REPORT OF 2009
FINANCIAL EXAMINERS FOR
ST. PAUL’S.
Dawn Sieben and Irwin Babcock have audited the Treasurer’s
books for the year, 2009, and have found them to be in good order.
NEW BUSINESS:
Mission &
Service Goal for the Pastoral Charge was set at $
20,000 for 2010
Summer Worship
Services:
Discussion about summer services. Trinity has decided to
stay open for both July and August.
A suggestion was made to supply the congregation with summer
offering envelopes, to encourage
regular givings.
St. Paul’s United Church
Minutes of the Congregational Meeting: February 7, 2010
PAGE 4
MOTION: Moved by Marni Pedersen,
seconded by Brenda Crawford, that St. Paul’s
Close for the month of
August 2010. Carried.
.
CHRISTMAS EVE
SERVICES:
There
was discussion about the later service being sparsely attended. It was
suggested that we do a combined Christmas Eve Service or make the times
earlier.
MOTION:
Moved by Dan Bell, Seconded by Brenda Crawford that St. Paul’s
Christmas Eve Service be at 6:00 p.m. and Trinity’s at 7:30 p.m.
for the year 2010, with evaluation to follow. Carried.
ALLOCATION:
Due to the small congregation at St. Paul’s, Trinity has proposed
a change in the
allocation fees with Trinity paying 55%, St. Paul’s 45%.
This will be a savings of about $4,000.00 per year for St. Paul’s. Trinity has
paid the insurance deductible of $500.00, and will forward any rental fees paid
for space from groups usually at St. Paul’s. Many thanks to our Sister Church!
STAINED GLASS
WINDOWS:
There was discussion
about the needed repairs of the stained glass windows, and the money which has
been raised for this. We wish to move forward on repairs, but need to research
financial issues. It was agreed that we would do this.
FLOOD DAMAGE: A serious rain- fall resulted with
the failure of the sump pump, and flooding of the Memorial Room, washrooms,
elevator shaft, and elevator room, kitchen, hallway, and offices. Service
Master has been working on repairs and clean-up. The Property and Maintenance
Committee has been working very hard to get our church back to normal as soon
as possible. Insurance will cover most of the costs.
Thanks to Jeannette Pixley for chairing
the meeting.
Adjournment by Mary Barr
CHAIR
_________________________________________________________
ACTING SECRETARY
__________________________________________
Report of the Nominations Committee 2010
of
St. Paul’s United
Church
The Nominations
Committee recommends the following slate of Officers and Committee members for
the year 2010.
Council Retiring
in (3-yr. terms, renewable once
Sheila
Anthony 2013
Mary Barr 2012
(2)
Liz Bruce 2011
Brenda
Crawford 2011
Bob
Galbraith 2012
Liz Hughson 2013
Elaine
Lazier 2012
Nancy
Moore-Carr (Chairperson)
Marni
Pedersen 2013
Gayle
Robertson (Clerk of Council) 2011
(2)
Dawn Sieben 2012
Rob
Tapscott 2012
Congregational
Treasurer – Nancy Moore-Carr
Board of
Trustees
Erma
Bracken
Fergus
Brown
Bob
Galbraith
Lynda Price
Rob
Tapscott
Representative
to Kingston Presbytery
-
Liz Hughson (2012)
Alternate
Representative to Kingston Presbytery
-
Gayle Robertson (2012)
Nominations
Committee
-
Dan
Bell
-
Dawn
Sieben
-
Chair,
Official Board – Erma Bracken
-
Financial
Examiners (2 to be
elected at Annual General Meeting)
- Sheila Anthony
- Dawn Sieben
Pastoral
Charge Committees and Appointments
Ministry
and Personnel (with
3 from Trinity)
Jeannette
Pixley 2013
Gayle
Robertson (Co-Chair) 2012
Manse
Committee (with 2
from Trinity)
Liz Bruce
Dawn Sieben
Joint
Worship (with 2
from Trinity)
Liz Bruce
Gayle
Robertson
Lynda Price
Annabelle
Twiddy
Official
Board Chairperson
-
Erma
Bracken
Pastoral
Charge Financial Examiner (with one from Trinity)
- Dawn Sieben
PLEASE
NOTE:
At a meeting of the Official Board on January 24, 2006, a
motion was approved to limit the terms of service for all positions on church and
pastoral charge committees to three years with the possibility of one extension
of an additional three years. It is in
keeping with this motion that the above report is submitted.
We wish to thank those individuals who are retiring from
Council this year for their valuable contributions to the life and work of this
congregation. They are:
Angela
Corriveau-Alton (Council), Rob Christie (Council), Elaine Lazier (Ministry
& Personnel Committee), Donna Walker (Council and Manse Committee)
Respectfully
submitted
Brenda
Crawford, Jeannette Pixley
Members of
the Nominations Committee 2010
Amended
Feb. 7, 2010 at the Annual Congregational Meeting
St. Paul’s United Church Council Report 2010
2010 has
certainly been a year to remember at St. Paul’s! Council members Sheila Anthony, Mary Barr, Liz Bruce, Brenda
Crawford, Robert Galbraith, Liz Hughson, Elaine Lazier, Marni Pedersen, Gayle
Robertson, Dawn Sieben and Rob Tapscott have worked diligently at keeping St.
Paul’s afloat—financially and through a flood!
A huge thank you to everyone who helped get our church operational after the ‘January flood’, and to the folks
at Trinity and Golden Links Hall for allowing us the use of their ‘space’ when
ours was not available. Community
support was phenomenal as always!
As most of
you are aware, we started 2010 with a $5763.37deficit in our general fund. This deficit reached $20,000 by
September. At a congregational meeting
in November, everyone demonstrated that they were eager to look for ways to
solve our financial problems. Once
again, we have the community supporting us 100%. All of our fundraisers have been well attended and even better--
enjoyed by all! Whether it is Tuesday
lunches, spaghetti, turkey, or roast beef dinners, or the craft and bake sale,
you can’t help but notice the smiling faces and positive spirit. Everyone continues to come up with super
ideas to raise money, and more importantly to bring us all together. Many thanks to Erma Bracken for her very
successful cook book campaign, to Elaine Lazier who continues to run the ‘gift
card’ fundraiser, and to all of the individuals who have helped in so many
different ways to make our 2010 fundraisers so successful. As we close the year, our general fund
deficit has been reduced to $9912.70.
Thank you
to Marni Pedersen and Suzanne Hoag for their dedication to our young
people. They do a phenomenal job
running the Sunday school program, and the enthusiasm of the children certainly
energizes our congregation!
It has been thrilling to have new members
join us this year, and they have definitely helped to generate the spirit of
optimism that has enveloped us all. We
are truly blessed with a generous, giving and caring congregation! There is always someone volunteering to take
on the latest repair...Dan Bell caulked the roof where the buildings meet;
Elwin Wartman fixed the electrical problems in the upper room; Sheila Anthony,
Rob Tapscott, Marni Pedersen and Dawn Sieben do windows among many other
things! Brenda Crawford finds great deals
on appliances etc.; Gayle Robertson turns the heat on for us early each Sunday
morning; the Tuesday lunch crew arrives every week to prepare and serve their
delicious lunches...and the list goes on and on. Thank you to all of the people who work ‘behind the scenes’ to
keep things running smoothly at St. Paul’s.
Council
faced the many challenges of 2010 with a positive attitude and team work. We look forward to 2011, hoping to continue
working as the ears, eyes, hands, feet and heart of Christ in our community.
Respectfully
submitted by,
Nancy Moore-Carr
Chair of Council 2010
ST. PAUL'S
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT 2010
Marni
Pedersen and Suzanne Hoag, with the help of others, have been enjoying many
activities with the children. In the
spring, we held a recognition ceremony, followed by a party of course!
The October
bike-a-thon raised money for the church; over 20 children, and a few adults,
had a great time riding their bikes, as well as partaking of a BBQ lunch thanks
to John Hoag. This was a huge success, with plans to do it next fall.
Two school
activity days, found us spending the day at the church busy making crafts for
the sale, as well as making cards and chocolate for the seniors. The highlight was a walk to entertain the
seniors at Rural Visions. We plan to
continue with the "P.A. Day Adventures" in the New Year. The children made items to sell on their
table at the annual Craft & Bake Sale at St. Paul's - another
"fun-raiser".
During
Children's Sunday the play, "The Lion's Were Thrown a Daniel
Sandwich", was a huge hit. The children did everything from greeting to
taking the offering. A fellowship party
followed with Banana splits! In keeping
with the United Church's unwritten policy, we do enjoy tasty refreshments!
Christmas
was an especially busy time. The Pageant was held on Dec. 19th. A special visitor arrived to hand out gifts
to the children after the service.
Thanks, Santa! Once again, the
Harrowsmith Parade float depicted the Nativity. The children sang in the annual Community Concert at
Trinity. We participated in Annabel's,
"Christmas In The Barn". A newborn baby lamb was the highlight! A food drive and carol sing was organized,
with small participation because of other commitments. However, it will be
planned for next Christmas season with Community churches and individuals
attending.
We are
taking attendance to keep track of participation.
It is
difficult for some to attend every Sunday due to other commitments. We do have
a roster of over twenty-five children.
All are welcome to attend the P.A. Day events.
A special
thank-you to Rev. Lynda for her support, Annabelle for leading the singing,
Lisa Pedersen for all of her "above & beyond" help, Bea Moffat,
Helen Lamb, and to all of the Mom, Dads and grandparents for their support and
co-operation.
Respectfully Submitted
Marni Pedersen
&
Suzanne Hoag
Since
October our Tuesday lunches have exceeded all expectations.
Our
paying customers average about 44 people each week and we
range
from 35 to 63 on any given Tuesday.
It’s hard to know how
much
to prepare but we always have “back-up” if needed. We plan for about 50 each week.
The
community is supporting this venture well as are our own church people. Our regular volunteers work hard and I am
looking for some who could come once in a while when we have other
commitments. If you have any free time
to make us something or to help please let me know and you’ll be welcomed
aboard.
We try to
plan it so that we don’t have too many all at once.
The breast
cancer support group meets on the second Tuesday usually bringing between 20
and 25 extra people and the Community Services from our manse bring 10-12
people every third Tuesday.
They all
seem to enjoy their time here and tell us lunch is great.
Donations
of things we can use in the kitchen are always welcome and probably wouldn’t
add too much more to your grocery bill.
(coffee, tea, canned sandwich filling, margarine, salad dressing,
serviettes, etc.)
Your help
is appreciated.
Thank you.
Respectfully
submitted,
Erma
Bracken
Verona
2010
Reports
