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Session Notes
During its in-person and Zoom online meeting on April 21, the Session…
• learned that the church’s income for March was $68,693; expenses, $81,973; and net income, minus $13,280; for year-to-date (January and March), income was $213,294; expenses, $197,201, and net income, $16,903;
• learned that, for the fiscal year 2023, income was $840,575; expenses, $773,546; and net income, $67,029;
• approved Katie Forster, Karen Herring, and Julie Price as commissioners to the Presbytery meeting on May 9 at Oakmont Chapel, Birmingham, with Todd White serving as alternate commissioner;
• approved the appointment of Shane Klugh, Adele Whatley, and Jeff Yost as Session representatives to the Legacy Committee;
• approved a change to Aliyah Muhammad’s student apartment lease, to end on April 30, 2024, without penalty;
• approved the Mission Committee’s recommendation that our share of the Pentecost offering (40%) be given to Baby Steps;
• approved the Finance Committee’s recommendation that our 2023 fiscal year net income ($67,029) be distributed to (a) the Leith Lecture Endowment ($5,000), (b) the Mission Committee ($10,000), and the Capital Replacement Fund ($52,029);
• learned that worship attendance for March 24 was 206; for March 31, 375; for April 7, 211; for April 14, 131; and for April 21, 138;
• learned that Brittany Branyon has been hired to be UKirk Program Director;
• learned about two adult education programs, one of them to be based on Leith Lecturer Mary Ann McKibben Dana’s book, Hope: A User’s Manual, to meet during June and July; the other, a learning and discussion series about race relations to meet monthly during the 2024-25 school year; and
• learned that the Session will not meet during June but will meet on July 14.
At a called meeting on May 5, the Session…
• approved a commitment service for Jan Widell and Don Ball in the chapel on Saturday, June 22, at 2:00 p.m.; and
• approved an invitation to Rev. Leigh Anne Armstrong to be our guest preacher at both services on May 26, while our pastors are on study leave.
Church members may read the complete, approved minutes for these meetings in the church office.
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