The Glen Waverley Uniting Church PSALTER
GLEN WAVERLEY UNITING CHURCH
MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION
Held in the Worship Centre at 11:30am on Sunday 5 Mar 2017 - following the 10:00am Combined Worship service - Lunch to be served by Inclusive Community following the meeting.
1. Welcome and Apologies
Apologies: GraemePratt, HelenStewart
2. Prayer
NeilPeters Opened the meeting in prayer.
3. Confirmation of Minutes of Meeting held on 13 Dec 2016
The minutes of the December meeting of the congregation are at CongMeetingMinutes20161213.
4. Matters arising from the previous Minutes
5. Correspondence
6. Reports and Recommendations
6.1 Report of 2016 Election of Church Councillors
At special meetings of the congregation associated with worship on 18 Dec 2016, DavidFraser and ElwynPederson were elected as Church Councillors. A report is at CongMeetingReport20161218.
The chair reported that since these elections, AaronBlakemore has resigned from Church Council.
6.2. Church Council Report
Receive 2016 annual report. (link?)
6.3. Report from the ministry team
(link?)
6.4. Finance Report
Receive 2016 accounts. (link?)
6.5 Property Report
(link?)
6.6. Congregational Outreach Projects in 2017
Appointment of 2017 Congregational Outreach Projects selection committee.
Proposed resolution
'This meeting of the Glen Waverley Uniting Church appoints CliffBaker, Jane Adams, BenKreiger as the Congregation Outreach Projects Selection Panel, to operate in accordance with the procedures described at CopOverallProcedure and using the assessment criteria at CopAssessmentCriteria.'
Note that both the overall procedure and assessment criteria have been modified in accordance with the related resolution of the December 2016 meeting of the Congregation.
6.7 How do we aspire to treat each other?
Follow up from the outcome of the December meeting of the Congregation.
The chair reported that ChurchCouncil have been thinking about how best to progress this, but to date there is nothing substantial to report.
7. Other Business