Council Meeting - August 20th 2019

Stan Yaro, the chairperson of the Narthex Renovation Committee, gave an update on the committee’s progress.
They are in Phase I—the Architectural Stage. They researched 12 firms and selected three that will be asked to submit bids
The firms selected are: Bebee Architects from Venice, Carbon Design from Sarasota, and RoJo Architects from Tampa
In October and November, the committee will be holding informational meetings

Ed Crary gave the Financial review and indicated that August is typically the month with the lowest income. We usually have an increase when the “Snowbirds” come back.

Ed reported that the Reception Committee has been moved from the Outreach Committee to the Fellowship Committee which is a better fit.

Pastor recently attended an educational conference in Slovakia. He accompanied members Bill and Samantha Schnittker who have been involved with the area with their former church.

The Director of the School in Slovakia will be visiting us in January and will preach and we will also be having a Slovakian Dinner in the Fellowship Hall.

The Florida/Bahamas Synod Council will hold their quarterly meeting here at Emmanuel on Friday, September 13, 2019 at 6:45-9:00pm. They will begin with questions & answers and end with a Communion Service. All are invited to attend.

The Mid-Gulf Conference (Carol Orenstein is the Conference Chair) Fall Gathering [NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE FLABASWO FALL GATHERING, HELD AT LAKE YALE!!] will be held here at Emmanuel from 8:15 am until noon on Saturday, October 12, 2019.

The retreat topic is “Vitality: Envisioning Fully Engaged and Effective Congregations”.

Keith Struble, Vice President of Council, has resigned and Member-at-large of the Council, Denise D’Eath will be the Acting Vice President until the next Annual Meeting.

The AV and Sound project for the Sanctuary should be completed on or before the end of the month.

September 8th will be Rally Day for the Sunday School. We will celebrate with a picnic of hamburgers and hotdogs and all the trimmings after the 10 o’clock service...come join in the fun.

Also on September 8th will be our “God’s Work, Our Hands” project.