Executive
Committee Minutes
March
25, 2008
Present: Sarah Wilson, Robert
Benton, Dave Jacobs, Katy Mahaffey, Lorrie Lynch Meier, Marianne
Phelps, Nancy
Van Meter.
Ex Officio: Rich Smith, Bob Maddox, Pete Davis, Will Irwin, Janet Moyer.
Absent:HeidiHartmann, Doug Jehl,
Prayer: Rev. Bob Maddox opened the meeting with prayer
at 7:37 p.m.
Resolved 08 Exec 05: Thanks to Janet Moyer and everyone who produced the excellent new “Guide to Our Church,” now in the pews.
Motion 08 Exec 03: To
approve minutes of the February 28, 2008 meeting as corrected.
Mahaffey/Meier
Passed
Unanimously.
A.
After Church Forum
Coordinators
Motion
08 Exec 04: Recruit
one or two church members to be after church forum
coordinators. They will solicit
speakers, schedule dates
that fit in the church calendar, and publicize at least four programs a
year. Rev. Bob
Maddox will represent the
staff in the process and, together with Moderator Sarah Wilson, will
get this
going.
Benton/Mahaffey
Passed
Unanimously.
Potential
speakers include: Maryland
State Secretary of Labor Tom Perez,
Seth Waxman
Resolved
08 Exec 06: Sunday
board meetings should be discouraged to help ease
calendar
conflicts.
B. Garth Newel Quartet -- It
was agreed that adding this musical event
to the Diana Butler Bass workshop weekend (November 1, 2008)
would be too much. Ask Alejandro to work with
the Arts Committee to set up a different
event.
C.
Westmoreland Picnic on
Earth Day Sunday, April
20th -- BCE
will be responsible.
To avoid conflict with after church
activities, it should start no earlier than 1 p.m.
D. Six Degrees of
Separation Sunday was
tabled.
Resolved 08 Exec 07: That we
hold
Wesmoreland’s 60th
Anniversary Dinner on
Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009.
Without objection.
Membership
Goals were
discussed in detail without taking any action.
Membership
Task Force will meet 11:30 a.m. Sunday, March 30th.
Janet
Moyer reported we’ve had two Sundays in February with total attendance
of 215.
Palm
Sunday, March 16th, was attended by 215 also,
185 adults and 30
children.
Deacons
requested boards and committees to forward comments about the length of
our
Sunday worship service. ญญญ
Motion
08 Exec 05: To
approve the membership of the following new members: John Parachinia
and
Margaret Fagg, who joined on January 27, 2008, and Jeannetta Black and
Deb and
Jack Grobe, who joined on March 16, 2008.
Van
Meter/Jacobs Passed Unanimously.
Motion 08 Exec 06: To
approve the removal from membership of Darla and Ken Lee.
Van
Meter/Wilson Passed Unanimously.
Motion 08 Exec 07: To
approve the resignation from the Board of Community Action of Kathy
Ireland and
her replacement by Carol Mabry. Jacobs/Wilson
Passed Unanimously.
Green Group Resolution of three pages (attached) was
introduced. It was
agreed that the Executive Committee
would consider it by email during the following week.
Mahaffey/Wilson
Passed via email by March 31st.
Rev. Rich Smith reported on his lunch with Conference Minister John
Deckenback re the controversy surrounding Trinity UCC’s Minister Rev.
Jeremiah
Wright.
Prayer:
Rev.
Rich Smith closed the meeting with prayer
at 9:24 p.m.
Next
meeting:
7:30 p.m. April 22.
Respectfully submitted, Pete Davis, Clerk
Last updated
Thursday, May 29, 2008.
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