Church Council News December 2021

 


Skyland Church Council Report from November 15, 2021
 
The Church Council meeting went smoothly even though the new elevator is not, moving smoothly, that is. There is an issue with the door not closing automatically, it is being addressed with the installation and manufacturer’s team. Final payment is held up until the problems are resolved.
 
COVID guidelines were discussed. The playing of a flute was approved with the caution that an air cleaner be very nearby. Updating the sanctuary furnace to MERV-13 filtering standards to accommodate extra air filtering was discussed and will be researched by the Trustees.
 
The Finance Ministry Team will be creating policies and procedures for their work. In the process of coming to understand the unwritten guidelines, they have discovered that certain fiscal guidelines need to be in the Skyland Church Bylaws. That presentation will come before the Congregational Meeting early in 2022 for approval. In addition, as part of documenting the fiscal life of our church, it has become clear that many procedures and policies need to be written down to guide our way forward. These, and similar policies and procedures for other Ministry Teams and committees, will be documented in the coming year. The goal is to collect them in a book of policies and procedures that will reside both in physical and computer-storage form and be available to everyone.
 
It is also the time of the year when we begin to prepare our hearts to welcome Jesus and remember his birth as a fragile human. Advent, the time of preparation, is when we assemble a Nominating Team and consider the Leadership Team for the coming year. In either late January of early February, our yearly Congregational Meeting will be held to elect our new, and returning, leadership. That Nominating Team is being assembled, please consider saying yes to participating in this temporary and necessary team if you are asked. If you are interested in volunteering for one of the Skyland Church Ministry Teams, please let Leslie or Patricia know as soon as possible.
 
In closed session, the Skyland Church Council accepted the resignation from church membership of John Hultgren with sadness and with prayers for him to find a more fitting spiritual home.
 
The Church Council will not be meeting in December and sends prayers for hope, peace, joy, and love to spread in our families, our community, and the entire world.
 
Submitted by Patricia Wood


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Skyland Community Church, United Church of Christ
25100 Skyland Road
Los Gatos, CA 95033
phone: 408-353-1310
USPS mail: Skyland Church
P.O. Box 245
Los Gatos, CA 95031-0245
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