GLEN WAVERLEY UNITING CHURCH

MEETING OF THE CONGREGATION

Held in the Worship Centre at 12:00pm on Sunday November 10th.

MINUTES

These minutes are draft until confirmed by a meeting of the congregation in March 2020.

1. Welcome and Apologies

Apologies: WarrenGreenwood, JudithGreenwood, ColinKing, JacquiKing, RossMackinnon, KayeMackinnon, EvelynFleming, HerbFleming, LynnPeters, JeanetteCoutts, PamGraham

2. Prayer

The chair opened the meeting with a prayer.

3. Confirmation of Minutes of Meeting held on 28 Jul 2018

The minutes of the July meeting of the congregation are at CongMeetingMinutes20190728.

4. Reports and Recommendations

4.1. Ministry Team Report

AlaneeHearnshaw presented a report on behalf of the ministry team. She highlighted:

• the October fete and the engagement of the congregation with the community;
• recent focus on being a welcoming congregation;

• the pop up study on how to be a 21 century church in Australia (lead by Presbytery Minister Craig Mitchell);

• the presbytery run Missional Church pilot program next year; and

• preparations for advent.

4.2. Church Council Report

GlynHowells presented the ChurchCouncil report. He brought to our attention the many activities of the young people that we often don't hear about.

The main recent focus of ChurchCouncil is planning new directions. The recent pop up study gave a theological direction for discerning God's purpose for us. Important areas are welfare, bilingual Chinese fellowship activities, and the presbytery-run pilot mission project that provides resources to help our congregation discover new projects concerning mission in our community. There is a lot of information about the Mission Pilot Process in recent monthly bulletins and Glyn called on members of the congregation to consider joining the project team.

4.3. Fete Report

The following table gives the fete results and the distribution of the proceeds.

4.4. Election of Church Councillors

For information, the chair reported the outcome of the election of Church Councillors held on 20 Aug 2018 and the election of RyanChan, AnneCook, WendyPepper, DanielSihombing, SonySimanjuntak to ChurchCouncil. A report of the election is at CongMeetingReport20191013. The chair thanked the new and continuing Church Councillors for their service to the congregation through the ChurchCouncil.

5. 2020 Budget Proposal

The treasurer, KenCoutts presented the accounts for the nine months to the end of September 2019, noting that the 2020 budget is built on a strong projected position over 2019. It is anticipated that there will be a surplus of approximately $10,000 for the 2019 financial year.

The treasurer drew the meeting's attention to what is being achieved through bequests. The Gwenda Henry bequest is being used to support the ChoirOfHope under the leadership of Deb Leigh. The executors are delighted with this community initiative (and are looking forward to receiving proposals of other community-oriented initiatives from us). The chair noted that the Choir of Hope is making a real difference to the lives of the people who attend and urged members of the congregation to look at the feedback reported at ChoirOfHopeUpdateSep2019.

The Treasurer's notes give more detail.

The budget for 2020 anticipates gross operating income of $457,670 and a small operating deficit of $9,609 that is readily covered by operating surpluses in recent years.

The treasurer proposed approval of the above budget for 2020. The proposed 2020 budget was approved by concensus.

For the record, see for the FinalBudget2020.

6. Other Business

There was no other business.

7. Benediction

The chair closed the meeting in prayer.