Resurrection Lutheran Church Council
Table of Decisions and Tasks
Decisions – Formal decisions of the Council
Date:	Decision:
Mar 20 2007	Approved sabbatical for Pastor Carol on the 10^th anniversary of her ordination -- June through August of 2007.
Feb 20 2007	Approved the issuing of a check from Dedicated Account to ELCA designated for orphanage support for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kazakhstan.
Feb 20 2007	Reviewed policy requiring council approval for fundraising efforts and determined that council approval is only required for events that invite cash donations not already approved in the annual report. Council approval is specifically not required for ministry teams to ask for other-than-cash donations, such as clothing, soap, stamps, food, cloth, paper plates, letter writing, health kits, sewing machines, art supplies, etc. We encourage all ministry teams to innovate and find fun, creative ways for folks to help others in need.
Feb 20 2007	Health Ministry funds may be used to pay for additional liability insurance coverage required by the Parish Nurse program.
Feb 20 2007	Deferred decision on staff timecard requirements until the revised personnel policies manual is presented by the personnel team for council approval. Personnel team is invited to make their best recoomendation to best
Jan 16 2007	Reviewed and approved the recommended adjustments to the roll of active membership.
Jan 16 2007	Approved the presentation for the congregational meeting to be held on Jan 21 2007.
Jan 16 2007	Approved the Property Team request for purchase of commercial carpet cleaning equipment – and affirmed Frank Jacobeen’s tireless service in maintaining our carpeting.
Dec 19 2006	Approved the Annual Report for publication to the congregation.
Nov 21 2006	Directed that the Budget Execution Process developed by the Treasurer will be published briefed to the congregation on December 17^th and will be in effect for all expenditure of funds effective January 1^st 2007.
Nov 21 2006	Approved the Stewardship and Capital Appeal Team proposal to contract with ELCA for Key Leader support of our Lenten Stewardship program. Costs for Pastor Karen Soli (Key Leader) to be borne by the Capital Fund.
Nov 21 2006	Approved Personnel and Finance Teams’ increased staff compensation plan to be briefed to the congregation at our January meeting.
Oct 17 2006	Approved Youth Team’s request to authorize Greg Brock to attend Youth Extravaganza in Tampa FL from 2-5 Feb 2007 at a cost of $785.00 to be charged to Greg’s continuing education funding line.
Oct 17 2006	Approved Stewardship Team’s request to serve as process owner for offering envelope ordering and distribution. The Finance Team stands relieved of this process. Bev Floyd now serves on both teams, and continues as the individual responsible for this process.
Oct 17 2006	Approved Capital Appeal Team and Stewardship Team request to begin planning for use of ELCA Key Leader support during the combined Lenten stewardship and capital appeal II campaign. Approval is for planning only, without commitment of funds. Council will review program and readdress commitment of funding in November.
Sep 19 2006	Committed $34,000 for 2007 benevolence to Virginia Synod in support of the work of the worldwide church.
Aug 19 2006	Established the following areas of emphasis for congregational growth in 2006-2007: Presentation of Information – in order to increase awareness of opportunity throughout the congregation, and encourage meaningful participation in congregational life; Development and documentation of processes – in order to increase the maturity and stability of our ministries, establish boundaries for each team, and provide an authoritative knowledge base to guide our recurring actions; Development of responsibility and accountability – in order to empower our ministry team leaders through Christ, and encourage us all as disciples of Christ to live disciplined lives, exercise prayerful disciplined thought, and take disciplined, coordinated action; Encouragement of “cross boundary” coordination – in order to work together as a team, with all our ministries providing mutual support to each other as a matter of routine conscious effort; Involvement of all Ministry Teams in budget development – in order to increase awareness of need and resources by all Ministry Teams, and encourage good stewardship of life.
Aug 19 2006	Accepted the report of the Audit Team with plan for remedial actions as briefed by the Treasurer.
July 18 2006	Affirmed the Mission, Vision, and Strategy of the congregation as published in the 2005 Annual Report for 2007-2008 planning, programming, and budgeting.
July 18 2006	Elected Bob Martin as Secretary, Ken Tillman as Vice President, and Eric Carlson as President for 2006-2007.
July 18 2006	Deferred discussion of annual audit report until August 19^th.
July 18 2006	Resolved to direct Personnel and Finance Teams to cooperatively craft a plan for assessing resources and revising compensation packages for staff, with a view toward implementing salary increases in January 2007 if possible.
July 18 2006	Resolved to make a conscious and disciplined effort to improve communications between council and the congregation, in order to lessen anxiety and improve performance