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Reports of recent meetings of the Congregation

Date

Agenda / Minutes

Major decisions as extracted by David Morgan, John Snare and Warren Greenwood. Please add.

November 2024

Date to be determined

Tot receive financial reports and approve a budget for 2025

November 2024

Date to be determined

To elect Church Councillors for 2025

Mid-year

Date to be determined

To approve projects to be supported by fete proceeds

17 March 2024

Details of the arrangements are on the CongregationalPage
Results are in CongMeetingReport20240317

Election of Church Councillors for 2024. GeorgeAbraham, RyanChan, LorraineChee, DavidFraser, AnneNewton, WendyPepper, SachinRemson, and MartinWojak were elected with the overwhelming support of the congregation.

19 November 2023

CongMeetingAgenda20231119
CongMeetingMinutes20231119

Approved the Church budget for 2024.

30 July 2023

CongMeetingAgenda20230730
CongMeetingMinutes20230730

11:30 am following combined worship at 10:00am. Revised the decision of the March meeting concerning outreach projects to be supported by the 2023 fete.

16 July 2023

This meeting will receive a report from the Glen Waverley Uniting Church Joint Nominating Committee (JNC) proposing that we recommend a particular person be called for our First Third of Life ministry position.

CongMeetingMinutes20230716

Held in the church worship centre at 10:30am between 9:15am worship and 11:00am worship. Resulted in a request for the Placements Committee to call Chris Waddell.

26 March 2023

This meeting received a report from the Joint Nominating Committee (JNC) to select a new minister for the congregation and make related decisions.

CongMeetingMinutes20230326

Held in the church worship centre at 10:30am between 9:15am worship and 11:00am worship. Resulted in a call to Rev. Ian Ferguson.

5 March 2023

CongMeetingAgenda20230305
CongMeetingMinutes20230305

11:30 am following combined worship at 10:00am. Received 2022 Finance report and other reports. Approved the previously approved outreach projects from 2021 for support by this years fete.

20 November 2022

CongMeetingAgenda20221120
CongMeetingMinutes20221120

JohnSnare appointed as Chair of meetings of the congregation for five yaers - until 2027. 2023 budget approved. Arrangements for the endowment fund and bequests approved.

6 November 2022

Details of the arrangements are on the CongregationalPage
Results are on CongMeetingReport20221106

Election of Church Councillors for 2022. Voting was held following each worship service. Alison Clarkson, Vida Foo, Susan Karoly, and Wendy Pepper were elected with the overwhelming support of the congregation.

11 September 2022

CongMeetingAgenda20220911
CongMeetingMinutes20220911

Meeting of the Congregation to consider recommendations from Church Council concerning focused ministry to children & families, youth and young adults. The meeting approved all proposals by concensus; i.e. to commit to first third of life ministry, commit to a full time position, and to appoint the existing JNC to work on the proposed position.

July/August 2022

There will be no July/August meeting of the congregation this year because the Congregation Outreach projects for 2022 were approved at the meeting on March 6th.

20 March 2022

CongMeetingReport20220320

DavidMorgan and SachinRemson were elected as Church Councillors (this election was deferred due to Covid-19 from 2021). MatthewBoldiston, RyanChan, AlisonClarkson, RussellCrawford, VidaFoo, MargaretFraser, MartinWojak were elected a people to represent the congregation on a Joint Nominating Committee (JNC) to select a new minister for the congregation.

6 March 2022

CongMeetingAgenda20220306 CongMeetingMinutes20220306

11:30 Sunday morning following combined worship - Received 2021 Finance report, Approved 2022 budget, adopted outreach projects for the 2022 fete, Adopted the 2022 revisioning projects brought to the congregation by ChurchCouncil, Approved progress on Marriot Bequest art-work.

6 February 2022

CongMeetingInfoSessionAgenda202220206 CongMeetingInfoSessionReport202220206

11:30 Sunday morning following combined worship. Information session concerning congregation future directions.

November 2021 (cancelled)

This meeting was cancelled due to restrictions associated with Covid-19. The November meeting is usually held in the church at 12:15pm between a shortened 11:00am service and a late starting Indonesian worship on a non-communion, non-choir Sunday. Agenda usually includes approval of budget for the following year. The 2022 budget will be considered at a meeting of the congregation to be held as soon as practical in 2022.

October 2021

Election of Church Councillors for 2022. Election of Church Councillors was deferred until 2022 due to restrictions associated with dealing with Covid-19. Election of Church Councillors following each worship activity on the designated day. Date to be set when Covid-19 isolation impacts on meetings are relaxed.

29 August 2021 (cancelled)

CongMeetingAgenda20210829

This meeting was to be held after combined in the worship centre at 11:30am after 10:00am worship. Agenda included approval of Congregational Outreach Projects. However, this meeting was cancelled because of difficulties associated with Covid-19 control measures. Proposed outreach projects to be considered at a future meeting.

28 March 2021

CongMeetingReport20210328

Election of AlisonClarkson, VidaFoo, GlynHowells, SusanKaroly, WendyPepper as Church Councillors.

14 March 2021

CongMeetingAgenda20210314
CongMeetingMinutes20210314

This meeting: approved extension of the contracts of AlaneeHearnshaw and DiPaterson, approved the 2020 finance report, approved the budget for 2021, approved projects to be implemented using the Marriott Bequest, and appointed a 2021 congregation outreach project selection committee. The meeting was held in the worship centre with some attending by zoom and some watching using live streaming.

8 November 2020

This meeting was cancelled due to restrictions associated with Covid-19. The November meeting is usually held in the church at 12:15pm between a shortened 11:00am service and a late starting Indonesian worship on a non-communion, non-choir Sunday. A quick basket lunch in the fellowship area following worship and before the meeting was a success in 2019 and may be repeated. Receive fete report and approve 2021 budget. This meeting will probably consider a proposal for using funds from the Marriott bequest.

October 2020

Election of Church Councillors was deferred until 2021 due to restrictions associated with dealing with Covid-19. Election of Church Councillors following each worship activity on the designated day. The election was held in March 2021 as reported above.

July 2020

This meeting was cancelled due to restrictions associated with Covid-19. This meeting usually approves Congregation Outreach projects and/or receive report from the congregation outreach project selection committee. However, the congregation outreach project selection committee suspended its work in March due to Covid-19 isolation requirements.

1 March 2020

CongMeetingAgenda20200301
CongMeetingMinutes20200301

In the church at 11:30am after combined 10:00am worship. Received 2019 Finance report. Appointed VidaFoo, GavinBlakemore and FairlieMackinnon as the congregation outreach project selection committee. In future start at 11:45am after combined worship to allow time for tea and coffee.

10 November 2019

CongMeetingAgenda20191110
CongMeetingMinutes20191110

Received fete report, approved 2020 budget. This meeting was held between a shortened 11:00 service and a late starting Indonesian worship. (This Sunday was chosen becase it was a non-communion, non-choir Sunday.)

13 October 2019

CongMeetingReport20191013

Reports on the election of RyanChan, AnneCook, WendyPepper, DanielSihombing, SonySimanjuntak as Church Councillors.

28 July 2019

CongMeetingAgenda20190728
CongMeetingMinutes20190728

11:30 Sunday morning - Approved Congregation Outreach projects. Approved wording of a plaque acknowledging Australia's first peoples. This meeting of the Congregation approved an increase in the size of Church Council by increasing the number of elected Church Councillors from 10 to 13.

3 March 2019

CongMeetingAgenda20190303
CongMeetingMinutes20190303

11:30 Sunday morning - Receive 2018 Finance report, appoint outreach project committee

20 November 2018

CongMeetingAgenda20181120
CongMeetingMinutes20181120

Evening meeting Approve 2019 Budget.

2 September 2018

CongMeetingReport20180902

Reports the election of GlynHowells, BenKrieger, DavidMorgan, and GaelO'Brien as Church Councillors and approval for use of Endowment Fund interest for a new freezer.

29 July 2018

CongMeetingAgenda20180729
CongMeetingMinutes20180729

11:30 Sunday morning - Approve Congregation Outreach projects

4 March 2018

CongMeetingAgenda20180304
CongMeetingMinutes20180304

11:30 Sunday morning - Receive 2017 Finance report, appoint outreach project committee

14 November 2017

CongMeetingAgenda20171114
CongMeetingMinutes20171114

Approved 2018 budget

20 August 2017

CongMeetingReport20170820

Reports election of AlisonClarkson, GlynHowells, BenKrieger, AngelShea, DavidFraser, SusanKaroly, GaelO'Brien and SonySimanjuntak as Church Councillors

9 July 2017

CongMeetingAgenda20170709
CongMeetingMinutes20170709
CongMeetingReport20170709

5 March 2017

CongMeetingAgenda20170305
CongMeetingMinutes20170305

18 December 2016

CongMeetingReport20161218

Reports election of Elwyn Pederson and David Fraser as Church Councillors

13 December 2016 8:00pm

CongMeetingAgenda20161213
CongMeetingMinutes20161213

Staffing changes in 2017, 2017 budget

17 July 2016 (Following 10am Combined Worship)

CongMeetingAgenda20160717
CongMeetingMinutes20160717

6 March 2016 (Following 10am Combined Worship)

CongMeetingAgenda20160306
CongMeetingMinutes20160306

Presentation of Church Council Final Draft Vision document: Election of new Chairperson of Congregation: Appointment of COP 2016 committee: Review of 2015 Financial Outcomes.

24 November 2015

CongMeetingAgenda20151124
CongMeetingMinutes20151124

Approval of the 2016 Budget, Introduction to the "Safe Church Concerns Person" and Faith Community Report. JohnSnare’s appointed as Congregation Chairperson

30 August 2015

CongMeetingAgenda20150830
CongMeetingMinutes20150830

10 March 2015

CongMeetingAgenda20150310
CongMeetingMinutes20150310

2014 Budget report

9 Nov 2014

CongMeetingAgenda20141109
CongMeetingMinutes20141109

2015 Budget passed, Vision document adopted, Minutes are draft

31 Aug 2014

CongMeetingAgenda20140831
CongMeetingMinutes20140831

COP funding approved, 6 month financial report, Visioning document

6 April 2014

CongMeetingAgenda20140406
CongMeetingMinutes20140406

Budget discussion. Strategy discussions are in progress. Minutes approved 31 August 2014

25 Nov 2013

CongMeetingAgenda20131125
CongMeetingMinutes20131125

25 Aug 2013

CongMeetingAgenda20130825
CongMeetingMinutes20130825

Elected new Church Council of 10 members, supported call.

1 Jul 2013

CongMeetingAgenda20130701
CongMeetingMinutes20130701

Approved recommended Parish Outreach Project recipients. See COPApp2013
Approved restructure proposals. See ChurchFutureScProposal. See Election process for new Council

12 May 2013

Election of Joint nominating committee JncNominations

17 Mar 2013

CongMeetingAgenda20130317
CongMeetingMinutes20130317

Adopted restructure proposals in principle

26 Nov 2012

CongMeetingAgenda20121126
CongMeetingMinutes20121126
CouncilReport201211

18 Jun 2012

CongMeetingAgenda20120618
CongMeetingMinutes20120618
CouncilReport201206

19 Mar 2012

CongMeetingAgenda20120319
CongMeetingMinutes20120319
CouncilReport201203

21 Nov 2011

CongMeetingAgenda20111121
CongMeetingMinutes20111121
CouncilAnnualReport2011

4 Jul 2011

CongMeetingAgenda20110704
CongMeetingMinutes20110704
CouncilReport20110704

21 Mar 2011

CongMeetingAgenda20110321
CongMeetingMinutes20110321

22 Nov 2010

CongregationAgenda20101122
CongregationAgenda22Nov2010.pdf
CongMeetingMinutes20101122

Approved budget for 2011 with call to meet Synod contribution request.
Thanked Ineke Gyles.

8 Nov 2010

CongMeetingAgenda8Nov2010.pdf
CongMeetingMinutes8Nov2010.pdf

Received and resolved upon a recommendation from the Joint Nominating Committee to issue a call to a Minister to fill the vacant placement at Glen Waverley.

5 Jul 2010

CongMeetingAgenda5July2010.pdf
CongMeetingPapers5Jul2010.pdf
CongMeetingMinutes5July2010.pdf
CongMeetingMinutes20100705

Accepted COP proposals
Rev. Greg Crowe explained the JNC process.

12 Apr 2010

CongMeetingAgenda20100412
CongMeetingMinutes5July2010.pdf

30 Nov 2009

CongMeetingAgenda30Nov2009.pdf CongMeetingMinutes20091130

Agreed to establish a "Call Committee" to identify and recommend to the congregation a call of one FTE MOW/s.
Received the budget.

12 Aug 2009

CongMeetingMinutes12Aug2009.pdf

Agreed to continue with current worship times.
Engaged Carolyn Kitto for "Growing Generous Givers".
Accepted resignation of Carolyn Blakemore.

11 May 2009

CongMeetingMinutes11May2009.pdf

Elected Graeme Frecker as Chair.
Approved 2008 accounts.
Resolved to continue half time ministry position and seek funds for it.
Approved maximum number of Elders as 60.
Approved transfer of COP money for Nairobi orphanage trip to Nakuru.
Elected Alison Dingwall as Presbytery representative.

17 Dec 2008

CongMeetingMinutes17Dec2008.pdf

Adopted budget for Jan-June 2009

29 Sep 2008

CongMeetingMinutes29Sep2008.pdf

Approval of COP projects for 2008
Surplus over $20000 to be distibuted by Council among the approved projects.

22 Jun 2008

CongMeetingMinutes22Jun2008.pdf

Elected Graham Lockhart as Chair.

26 May 2008

CongMeetingMinutes26May2008.pdf

Elected Graham Lockhart as Presbytery representative.
Elected Faye Wagon as Secretary.
Adopted 2008 budget.

26 Nov 2007

CongMeetingAgenda20111126
CongMeetingMinutes26Nov2007.pdf

Heard proposal for Children and Families Worship.
Extended appointment of Carolyn Blakemore to 31st December 2010.
Asked the Church Council to prepare a balanced budget for 2008.
Received advice that the builder received approval on the 8/11/07 for the hall extension.

4 Sep 2007

CongMeetingMinutes20070904
CongMeetingMinutes4Sep2007.pdf

Planning permit received to build 2 Manses.
Accepted COP projects for 2007.

14 May 2007

CongMeetingMinutes14May2007.pdf

Adopted the Audited Accounts for 2006
Agreed to change Lyn Dungan's appointment to 0.6 at her request.

18 Feb 2007

CongMeetingMinutes18Feb2007.pdf

Shared lunch.
Elected delegates to Maroondah presbytery.
Adopted the budget for 2007.
Agreed to keep the creche corner in the 9am service.

CongregationMeetingReports (last edited 2024-03-17 04:17:16 by JohnSnare)