SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH COUNCIL
The Salem Lutheran Church Council met August 15, 2007 at 8:00 pm.
The board members present were Tami Alphs, Lynn Bartness, Scott Helgeson, Ron Langfald for Jerry Hoffman, Deb Kingland, Jennifer McGrady, Rick Orban, Bob Peterson, Wanda Playter, Cindy Haugsdal, Gaye Sletten, Pastor Weeg and Pastor Jordon
Call to Order was made by Deb Kingland.
Devotions and prayer were given by Pastor Weeg.
Deb Kingland welcomed Pastor Jordon.

Secretary's Report: Each council member individually read the secretary's report. The report was received and filed. We will have Helen post these minutes on the bulletin board by the Fellowship Hall once they are approved and they will also appear in the next Informant.
Communication and Correspondence: Deb Kingland reported she received a letter of resignation from Kim Brackey and Rhonda Harmon as Prayer Pals coordinators. This does not fall under any board but was a volunteer effort to coordinate the program. Deb will make sure it gets in the bulletin that we are in need of new coordinators for this. Deb also read a letter from the bishop on mission support we have given so far this year.
Treasurer's Report: Scott Helgeson reported the following balances as of July 31st: MBT checking $146,197.01, MBT Principal $103,001.31, General Fund Balance $184,395.05 and Total Fund Balance $248,010.54.
Discussion was held about the possibility of putting attendance in the bulletin each week along with income/expense for the week. Deb will talk with Helen about getting this information included in the bulletin.
Financial Secretary's Report: Tami Alphs reported that the General Fund Income for July was $28,046.81, with the total income including $100,000 gift to the Enduring Gift Fund, for July being $131,332.65.
The fInancial reports were received and filed.

BOARD REPORTS:
Board of Worship and Music: Cindy Haugsdal reported that Stone Soup will be here for the August 26th outdoor service. There will also be some special music that week at the 8:30 a.m. service. Cindy also reported that Krista Reeder will be the Choir Director and is also willing to work with the youth on music. Katie Zenk will be working with the confirmation students to set up an acolyte schedule. There was then discussion on duties of the ushers. One of the duties discussed was the opening and closing of windows. The council also would like to have the ushers be responsible for collecting the offering and bringing it to the bank. Cindy will go back to her board and discuss this. Cindy reported that there was a JC4U Focus Group meeting prior to this Council meeting. They received some good feedback. There is continued work with Katie on the wedding coordinator position. Cindy also mentioned that she received a request for some of the old red hymnals from the music director at the University of North Dakota. The music director had talked to Kathi Dykstra, who mentioned that we may have some available. Cindy said that she found some and the council agreed that we would be willing to just allow them to be given away.
Board of Stewardship and Social Ministry: Lynn Bartness reported that they continue to work on a stewardship program.
Board of Education: Bob Peterson reported that they are still in need of a couple Sunday School teachers for the new year. Bob reported that Rally Sunday will be September 9th with a western theme and a message of "Wanted By God". The Christmas program will be held December 16th at 2:00 p.m. They are currently looking for a program. Pastor Weeg discussed the confirmation program with their board. He is looking at going to a Learning/Fellowship/Servant program where parents are more involved with the learning portion and the Pastors will do the teaching. Bob reported that the 9th grade confirmation retreat will be held October 20-21, Faith Statement night being October 24th and Confirmation will be October 28th, which is also Reformation Sunday, at the 10:30 a.m. service. Third grade Bibles will be given out on October 14th.
Board of Youth: Wanda Playter reported that WILYDE and the mission trip were both a huge success. Those who returned from WIL YDE are extremely excited to lead Bible study groups. Katie will be working with those kids to set this up. They are currently working on the fall schedule. Some activities planned are: pizza and bowling September 15th, movie night after the game September 28th, Saturday Night Alive October 13th and many more activities to come.
Board of Life and Growth: Jennifer McGrady reported that the Ice Cream Social welcome for Pastor Jordon was a success. They are also coordinating a picnic on the lawn to be held on Rally Sunday as a welcome for Pastor Jordon and his family. Jennifer also told all to be looking for the new "welcome cards" that will be handed out at the services.
Board of Property and Management: Ron Langfald reported in Jerry Hoffman's absence. A couple projects completed were fixing the light behind the cross and the painting of trim by Lyle Thomson. The last of the windows will be fixed soon. There was then some discussion on the steeple problem. We will need to get more information out to the congregation on the options for its repair. This is a major project, and we will possibly have to look at getting a special committee together to lead this effort. The council asked Scott Helgeson to head up this committee and he agreed.
Pastor's Report: Pastor Weeg handed out some information from the Bishop that they received after the Synod meeting. During that meeting there was a big discussion on sexual/moral issues. Pastor Weeg also reported that they are currently having weekly staff meetings. Pastor Weeg also stated that the Enduring Gift Committee will be meeting soon and the council would like a representative from that committee to come to the council meeting and explain what their committee does.
All board reports were received and filed.

OLD BUSINESS:
Deb Kingland reminded all that they should be keeping minutes from their board meetings and turning those in to Gaye. Also, everyone should be working on their procedural manuals so they will be ready to pass this information on to the incoming board chairman and copies should also be given to Gaye Sletten, the Council Recording Secretary.
Deb Kingland requested each board put together a list of things they need volunteers to help with now and in the near future and have those placed in the bulletins. A couple things brought up during the meeting to be included in the bulletin were new Prayer Pal coordinators, attendance numbers, income/expense numbers and the need for more Sunday school teachers.
We still have not gotten anyone to lock and unlock the church. We will be putting it in the bulletin again to see if we have any volunteers.

NEW BUSINESS:
A motion was made by Scott Helgeson and seconded by Jennifer McGrady to accept George Miller as a new member of Salem. All approved.
Motion to adjourn was made by Scott Helgeson and seconded by Wanda Playter. All approved.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, September 12th at 7:00 p.m.
Meeting was closed with the Lord's Prayer.
Gaye Sletten Recording Secretary