Skyland Community Church, United Church of Christ, Santa Cruz Mountains, CA

  Skyland Community Church Annual Congregational Meeting Minutes: February 6, 2022   The meeting began at 11:35 a.m. With twenty-six members present on Zoom, Jan Parker declared a quorum (sixteen are needed). An additional person joined before the first vote, bringing the members present for voting to twenty-seven. The Opening Prayer was led by Rev. Melanie Weiner. Moderator Leslie Meehan read the Cov enan t and declared the Annual Congregational Meeting in session. Gerald Alonzo presented the Treasurer’s Report for July-December 2021. Gerald reported difficulty with transferring money donated for Cambodia to the appropriate Cambodian account. Eventually, the bank took over and made the transfer directly; however, one of the earlier attempts finally succeeded, so the donation was made twice. The two banks are working to resolve this issue. Carolina and Lynn both commented upon concerns for specific line items. Those concerns will be addressed by the Missions Ministry Team.

1st grade Steven Tito Academy-January 2022  Baobob Home, Steven Tito Academy, 2022 updates   Facebook- Baobob Home, Tanzania Website:  TZkids.org   For over 10 years Skyland Church has supported the work of the Baobob Home by contributing tuition for  children at Steven Tito Academy, by buying books and uniforms for the graduates of Steven Tito Academy for secondary school, and by purchasing children's books about  HIV for their  Stronger Together  program.  Currently Skyland Church supports Samira S ( 2 nd  Grade Tuition at Steven Tito Academy) and Maimuna (Secondary School tuition support for books/uniforms and transportation) Terri Place Mwando, the Founder of the Baobob Home, along with her husband Caito started the Baobob Home in 2004. Terri wrote about the Pandemic last summer  " We have been so so fortunate here. We were barely affected by Covid compared to the rest of the world. Our farm is growing strong and the kids are all in great health. The school is up to 17

  Blessed are those who trust in the  Lord ,    whose trust is the  Lord . They shall be like a tree planted by water,    sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes,    and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious,    and it does not cease to bear fruit. Jeremiah 17:7-8 As I sit in my office preparing for the week, I keep finding myself looking out the window at all the green, the trees, the grass, even a few early blooming plants with bright yellow flowers.  The grass and the flowers will come and go with the seasons, growing up quickly when it rains and going to seed and fading just as quickly.  The trees, though, the trees send roots deep into the earth or across a wide area so that they keep standing tall, year after year, rainy season after rainy season and dry season after dry.  Only the most severe droughts will harm them. People are like this too. If we have faith that runs deep, if we rely on our hopes and our beliefs, w

  Note from your Treasurer for first seven months of our ’21-‘22 fiscal year. Pledge income is $5,139 above budget. Offerings are $13,281 above budget. Expenses are $10,752 below budget.   To be sent this week for special Mission projects: $140 to NCNC-UCC Christmas Fund, $ 1,095 Heifer Project International, $ 1,550 Blanket support through Church World Service.   We now have online “Donations” item on our website, “skylandchurch.com”, as a convenient way to support our mission outreach and operations. Thanks to our online giving we have received several donations to support our local Giving Tree program. You may also mail your pledge and other donations to Skyland Community Church P.O. Box 245 Los Gatos, CA 95031-0245   Here is a summary of our operating finances as of Jan 31 for our 2021-2022 fiscal year. Gerald Alonzo, Treasurer ___________________________________________________________ Skyland Community Church, United Church of Christ 25100 Skyland Road Los Gatos, CA 95033 phone: