February 2019

Congregational Meeting

Saint Paul’s United Church of Christ

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10:45am Childcare available in nursery

10:50am Meeting Called to Order

Proxy Cards Received

10:55am Approval of November 2018 Congregational Meeting Minutes

11:00am Coaching Update

11:10am Capital Improvement Vision Launch

11:40am End of Year Financial

11:45am Amending 2019 Bookkeeper Expense Line Item

11:55am 100 Days of Prayer

12:00pm Adjournment

Consistory Highlights

January 2019

1. Further clarified the activities, processes, and compensation related to completing Bookkeeper functions and the development of a training manual while we remain between Bookkeepers.

2. Approved Personnel’s request for a line item adjustment for the Bookkeeper compensation to be brought for vote at the February Congregational meeting.

3. Approved the updating of our safe access policies to include a dual lock system.

4. Reviewed and updated topics (written and verbal) for the February Congregational Meeting.

5. Approved an updated Proxy form for use at congregational meetings.

6. Received a Coaching Team update highlighting the positive first experience with Val Hastings and the two main activities that will be the focus of the team for the next 3 months

7. Beginning some type of fellowship activity for the congregation

8. Learning the needs, wants, and interests of the wider community that exists within a 15 minute radius of the congregation.

9. Finalized formal procedure when Consistory votes by email.

10. Consistory 101 for new Consistory members will be scheduled soon.

11. Began a monthly Consistory enrichment program utilizing short teaching booklets. The first booklet focuses on parliamentary procedures.

12. Noted a desire to support the Sound System Team in training and organizing people for this high profile and high impact ministry. Dawn Fear to make herself available to support the organizational needs of the team.

Proxy Forms

Consistory has approved a new proxy form and clarified procedures for casting a proxy vote if you are unable to attend a congregational meeting. Absentee voters will select a member to hand in their filled out proxy form to the Consistory President or Vice-President before the start of the meeting so that it will be recorded in the meeting minutes. Congregational members may represent one proxy in addition to their own vote. The new form will indicate how the absentee voter specifically wishes to vote or will designate their appointed proxy to vote for their best interest after hearing the discussion during the meeting. The form will also give the absentee voter the opportunity to indicate which items to vote on specific chosen matters without voting for all vote-items on the agenda.

Hard copies can be found on the side door table of the church or the document can be downloaded from the church website which is posted under “Members Section—Congregational Meeting”.

Meeting Agenda

P l e a s e s u b m i t a n y n e w b u s i n e s s i t e m s t o t h e C o n s i s t o r y p r e s i d e n t b y 1 0 : 5 0 a m .

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Coaching Report

Isaiah 6:1-6 powerfully retells Isaiah’s call story where at the end, standing before the Lord God Almighty, Isaiah declares “Here I am. Send me!” It is a moment of belief, hope, and conviction in God’s calling and purposes for this world and Isaiah’s life. Following November’s congregational meeting where we voted unanimously to spend 2019 engaged in congregational coaching, fourteen people raised their hands in belief of what God is doing in and through this congregation, as they declared, “Here I am. Send me!”

With this group, we are overjoyed to see that they represent a good cross section of our congregation by having diversity in age, length of membership, and ministry area involvement. To date the Coaching Team is comprised of: Janeen Adil, Pat Babel, Dawn Fear, Gage Fecera, Rachel Flanagan, Sherry Hunter, Barb Kerper, Pastor Joe, Ethan Nuss, Jeannie Nuss, Eloise Stevens, Krista Strohl, Sandi Swavely, and Stuart Wells.

At the time of writing the Coaching Team has already met twice with a plan to meet again before February’s congregational meeting. In that time we have been able to:

1. Define the core values we believe are essential to the coaching process

a. Continually listen for God’s desire/will for St. Paul’s

b. Build on our core identity expressed through our Mission Statement

We are a welcoming, Christ-centered community called to embody, nurture, and share God's Loving Light both within St. Paul's and our wider community

2. Identify our beginning priorities for coaching

a. Primary Focus: Grow disciples within and beyond our congregation

b. Secondary Focus: Revision how we are being called to be church today

Having completed this work, we met with our coach, Val Hastings, who led us in the next steps. It is a joy to note the quality of person and leadership we encountered in Val during our first coaching session. Easily connecting with the members of our team, he gave room for laughter and discussion, while continually focusing us to refine our intent and purpose. In just 2 hours, this group of fourteen individuals came to common agreement on the two tasks needed in order to help us begin growing disciples within and beyond our congregation.

First, we discerned the need to create regular opportunities for connection and relationship building amongst the members of our congregation. To this end we are contacting individuals who indicated an interest on their 2019 Faith Intention Cards to assist with Coffee Hour and Agape Meals. After discussions with them, we will discern which to launch within the life of our congregation.

Second, we realized our shared need to learn the needs, wants, and interests of our wider community. In doing so, we also named that our ministry focus is not just to Birdsboro. Instead our ministry focus is with the individuals who live within a 15 minute driving radius around St. Paul’s.

As a team we know that our work has just begun. And we are excited for this work, because like you we believe in the beauty and the blessing God has created in St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. Like you we want to share this congregation’s joy with others, as we ourselves have been touched by its joy. Like you we are confident in the God who has led us to this point and who will lead us into our future as we give ourselves in service to God, to each other, and to this wider community.

At this point, our longing is your prayers for each and every one of the members of the Coaching Team (including Val), for our congregation as a whole, and for this wider community we have been called to touch with God’s joy and love. Thank you for your prayers as we seek to step forward in faith of God’s leading.

With God’s Joy,

Sherry Hunter & Pastor Joe

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Personnel Report

This has been an incredibly active year for the Personnel Team. For the first half of the year the vast majority of our work has focused on refining the Safe Church Policies of our congregation. Through the Reading Berks Conference of Churches we became aware of a program offered through Lancaster’s Samaritan Center designed specifically to help ensure churches are instituting best practices within their Safe Church Policies. The $200 we paid in registration fees is one of the best investments this congregation has made! We participated in seminars, received one on one support, gained wisdom from other participating congregations, and have overall grown in our understanding and wisdom related to Safe Church Policies. At this point we are looking to finalize the last pieces of this work, which will include a presentation within our congregation. Once completed, we recommend that the implementation and management of the Safe Church Policy be spun off as its own standalone ministry area. This will allow for the needed focus and attention required to ensure it is integrated into our congregational culture.

Our team has also recognized the need to develop an overall Personnel Policy and Procedures Manual within our congregation in order to better support our staff and provide clear oversight. To this end we have nearly finalized the Personnel Policy and Procedure Manual that will be presented to Consistory for review at their February meeting.

The third area of focus has been on the transitions with the Finance Team. During the fall of 2017 the Finance Team was unsuccessful in securing an individual to allow Pastor Joe to step down as the chair of the team. This began a process of re-visioning how to allow the needed financial functions of the church to occur with the appropriate oversight of checks and balances, but which did not require a “Finance Team” or chair of such a team. A diverse team was formed to do this visioning work. The end result was a consolidation of some roles and a redistribution of responsibilities with others. The long and short of it is that the Treasurer’s responsibilities were to be divided between two individuals. One would provide oversight for the monthly tasks, while another individual would oversee the budgeting process. Additionally the Bookkeeper position (as a paid staff position) was re-visioned to include the tasks of the Financial Secretary, some of the legal/tax/financial responsibilities that were being handled by the Treasurer, and provide critical financial analysis. The Pastor’s role was shifted to assisting with administrative and financial oversight in partnership with the Treasurer. Lastly, it was also decided to secure teams of congregational members to weekly count income and donations.

In September 2018 we began a search process for the updated Bookkeeper position with the intent of having the new Bookkeeper help transition us into the new year and new organizational structure. The individual who was hired in early November for this position came highly recommended by their references, had extensive experience with our accounting systems, and had decades of experience in church finance. Regrettably, shortly after their hiring, life-circumstances beyond our control made it that the individual resigned from the position due to their belief that they would no longer be able to successfully implement the structural and organizational changes we had hired them to assist us with. Recognizing the need to continue the functions completed by the Bookkeeper while also instituting the system and organizational changes that are most suited to occur during transition of financial years, the Consistory authorized a transitional process while between Bookkeepers. The transitional process involved a team effort between the Personnel Team, Treasurer, Financial Secretary, and Pastor. This group was tasked with ensuring all Bookkeeper functions occurred, instituting beneficial and needed updates to our processes, and developing a training manual for an incoming Bookkeeper to guide them in our processes. Due to the need to have a primary point person to spearhead these activities, the need to maintain checks and balances, the need to understand our internal financial policies and practices, and the highly limited pool of people who were familiar enough with our accounting software, the Consistory, after much thoughtful reflection, contracted with Pastor Joe, outside of his pastoral duties, to complete needed Bookkeeper functions, implement the structural changes, and develop the training manual during this in between period. (Note the contracted rate for this work was maintained at $15/hr with Personnel and the Treasurer providing direct oversight to all hours). Within a two month period nearly all the needed tasks are complete and we are in a much better position to hire a Bookkeeper to this updated and more rigorous position.

We are pleased to say that we have a candidate that is interested in the position who has both served for-profit and non-profit organizations in an accounting capacity. However, after extensive research these last two months we have discovered that our pay rate is well below the bottom rate for even non-profits to pay for someone with professional experience in accounting (thus why this candidate turned down the position when we first offered it to them in the fall, and instead we offered it to the individual who resigned from the position). Knowing that we will be searching for a new Treasurer in June of 2019, we believe there is a need to hire a qualified and experience candidate for this position so that more individuals within our congregation can consider successfully serving in the Treasurer role this June. Therefore we are making a recommendation to amend the 2019 budget to increase the compensation for the Bookkeeper position from $15/hr to $25/hr. At an expected 3 hours per week (due to the system changes we have implemented and the profession experience of the candidate), we believe this will be a valuable investment to make. This recommendation has been accepted by the Consistory who now present it to the congregation for approval. The

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overall budget line item request is for a revised total of $5,400, which includes compensation for all the activities that have been occurring in the interim period, training of the new Bookkeeper, and the higher compensation rate for the new Bookkeeper.

Finally, it has been an honor to serve our congregation as part of the Personnel Team and to work so closely with our exceptional staff. At the same time God is leading us to focus our gifts and talents in other ministries of this congregation once the Bookkeeper transition and Personnel Policies are completed. Therefore we look to you, the members of St. Paul’s to begin considering your calling to serve on this Team and to have the privilege of supporting our staff in the work of God’s ministry that we all share in together.

Sincerely, Sherry Hunter & Stuart Wells

As a pastor I know that prayer is a powerful thing that centers us in the living presence of God. I believe it is important enough for it to be a regular part of our daily life – as integral as anything else we might do to sustain ourselves in life. I have read about its significance throughout the entirety of scripture, I have heard the stories of prayers answered, and I can even tell my own stories of God working in mysterious ways against all odds, seemingly in the response to prayer.

And yet, in my humanity, at times I find myself wasting away in a desert of my own creation due to my absurd, and yet compelling belief, that I do not have time for deeply dedicated prayer that humbly places me at the feet of Christ. Though I know better, the cultural mindset of being productive, active, and fervent in work (at home and in my vocation) is a powerful tempter that lures me away from the still, “non-productive,” surrendering discipline of contemplative or centering prayer. All too often it is only at the point of my withered soul crying out for mercy that I come to realize the limitations of my own abilities and a need for a relationship with God that is deeper than petitions for my will to be done. In those times my heart begs and pleads for deep, living communion with God, whom I need as the Lord of my life, so that I can see the green pastures he makes me lie down in and the quiet waters he leads me beside even as I walk through darkened valleys.

As we confront the reality of the financial challenge that is before this congregation, and as we spend this next year stepping out into the work that will result from our congregational coaching, the temptation will be to push and strain and work as hard and as long as we can believing that the sheer effort of our will is what is needed to make things work. Though such passion speaks truth of each of our heart’s longing for God’s ministry to flourish through the life and service of this congregation, it is short-sighted in identifying where the true source of our power and salvation is. God and God alone is our strength and our salvation. Even more so, without God at the heart and center of whatever we do, we will fail to offer this community the richness of hope, love, and faith that we are seeking to share.

Thus will you join me in prayer for God’s will (not our will) to be done in our midst? Will you join me in setting aside daily times for individual prayer and possibly some times for communal prayer that our eyes may more readily see and respond to the green pastures and still waters God is providing? Will you join me in surrendering part of our ability to do, in order that we may more fully be attentive to our living, guiding, calling presence of our God?

Knowing my humanity, a year’s long prayer of this type would likely be too much. Despite my best intentions, I am pretty sure it would get lost somewhere along the way. And yet, how desperately we need to surrender ourselves and this church to the movement and working of God’s Holy Spirit in this time! Therefore, I am inviting you, and the entirety of this congregation into a 100 day season of prayer – not for the purpose of trying to win God’s favor, because we already have that, but for the purpose of stilling ourselves to see and to know the will of God so that we may respond with joy and excitement at God’s leading.

If we are to step forward into God’s future, then let us do so, hand in hand with God and with one another.

In the Love of Christ, Pastor Joe

Personnel Report ...continued

Pastor’s Report

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Buildings & Grounds

At the time of printing, details for the Building and Grounds presentation were still being finalized. Therefore, look for a supplemental Building and Grounds Report that will be available by email the week of January 29th and available in hard copy at the church Sunday, Feb. 3rd. The report and presentation are slated to cover the following topics:

1. Accessible Bathrooms

2. Ramp Entrance into the Church

3. Capital Improvement Campaign

Helping Hands

Water & Sewer 240.85

Taxes 3826.74

St. Paul’s General Fund 5000.00

Phone 300.00

R & B Ministries 80.00

March Shoo Fly 2707.23

May AP Cake 1534.94

October Shoo Fly 2957.98

Christmas Bazaar 3265.41

Income Expenses

Since last June's all-church meeting, the congregation approved our call to John Hunter Jr. as a new Elder; later, in December, we wrote and sent 14 Christmas cards to home congregants. Our main work though has been ongoing, as we've dug deeper into an understanding of church membership, examining potential steps when members choose to no longer fulfill their covenantal vows. And so we prayerfully decided to maintain polices already set in place over the last decade.

In short, members who show no signs of maintaining their fellowship and discipleship with St. Paul's will, over about a 10-month period, receive both phone calls and a series of personal cards (offering a fresh, new approach). It's hoped that through this outreach, contact can be made and covenant reestablished. If our efforts are met with silence, however, that conveys its own message. These people will then be released from membership – understanding that doors and hearts will always remain open to them. Ultimately the goal is to "catch" people long before they take such final steps away.

The Elders continue to pray for specific needs within our congregation, and to tend to our souls, supporting one another on faith's journey. Please be sure to share with us any comments, questions, or concerns!

Respectfully submitted,

Janeen Adil, Elders Ministry Team Chair

Minister of Christian Spirituality

Dear friends in Christ,

My ministry always reflects a combination of roles: Minister of Christian Spirituality; Hungry Soul Ministries; congregational volunteer. Following are selected highlights:

+ Over the summer I preached and lead worship on three Sundays, along with providing some weeks of emergency pastoral coverage

+ During the fall two local UCC congregations invited me to return and offer teaching workshops, totaling five sessions. (Both churches had previously brought me in to teach under the auspices of the PSEC grant I was awarded for 2017-2018.)

+ Following discernment, I released Prayer Around the Cross, with a final gathering on November 28.

+ Sometime in 2019 I hope to offer a full two-hour experiential workshop involving the labyrinth. This would include teaching, a related family-appropriate craft, plus time to walk a floor labyrinth.

+ As I've already shared, the PSEC tapped me to facilitate a Community of Practice. Briefly stated, once a month I lead seven active pastors in exploring spiritual disciplines, plus group spiritual direction.

As always, I hold our church in love – her members, leaders, and pastor. I pray too for our shared mission to one another and to the wider community, seeking your prayers for me as well.

In the love of Jesus, Janeen Adil

Elders

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Regional & National Updates to the United Church of Christ

An exciting accomplishment for PSEC churches

I am incredibly proud and deeply grateful for the news I am about to share. With the impending close of our Conference financial books for 2018, our OCWM receipts from local churches and individuals were within $1,500 of our 2018 OCWM budget of $848,682. Since coming to our Conference five years ago, our OCWM shortfall has been in the $20,000-$30,000 range. In one year we cut that shortfall by more than 94 percent!

Furthermore, in the last week of the year, we received an anonymous, individual contribution to our Conference for $2500. So dear friends, we can say, faithfully and legitimately, that we ended 2018 over our OCWM contribution budget by $1,000!!! We will also close out the expense side of our financials under budget.

This could not have happened without the generous hearts and souls of brothers and sisters in every local church making a difference on every Sunday with every offering. It could not have happened without the hard work of the lay and ordained leaders of our Conference who facilitate programs and events with a mindful eye on the faithful stewardship of our resources. And it could not have happened without the support of a dedicated Conference staff who push us every day in a “collaborative direction to effect for God and for good the lives of all people living in Southeast Pennsylvania and beyond.”

I am beyond proud of what we have accomplished. It’s hard NOT to wonder, what great thing can (and will) we do next? Whatever it is, by the grace of God, it will be so!

Thanks be to God and to you! ~ Bill Worley

Have you heard members talking about MTB or Mission Trip Birdsboro? Are you familiar with these terms? Would you know how to get involved?

Mission Trip Birdsboro was born six years ago. Where members of St. Paul’s starting asking “What would a Mission Trip look like if we stayed in our own area?” How would we organize people? Who would we help? Out of faith and prayer, “Mission Trip Birdsboro” was created in 2014.

In 2014, our church was the only participants of the Mission Trip. In 2015, we were joined by St. John-Hill church in Boyertown, and the now closed Alice Focht church in Birdsboro. In 2016, we added St. Paul’s UCC in Amityville and Church of Nazarene in Birdsboro. In 2017, St. Paul’s Lutheran, Douglassville joined and this year, St. Mark’s Luther-an in Birdsboro joined. As you can see this ministry has really grown these past 6 years.

The work days on the job sites begin on Wednesday, July 17th and end on Saturday, July 20th with Sunday, July 21st being a celebration day. There will also be a kick-off / orientation meeting on Sunday, July 14th. We have found this to be a great meeting to help participants know what to expect and get familiar with some of the other participants. We need all types of volunteers such as runners from job site to job site, kitchen help, actual site workers, people to pray, listeners to sit with the homeowners and more. No skills are required, only a willingness to help our community!

If you need assistance on your home, we can help!! Applications for assistance will be ready in early February. No task is too small! Forms will be available on our website, at both doors in the Church, or contact the church office at 610-582-8461.

Look for participant forms to be available March 17, 2019. The registration fee is $15 for each participant or $50 maximum per family. You will receive one Mission Trip shirt per registration.

If you would like more information, please contact Pastor Joe or Dawn Fear.

Dawn Fear, Mission Trip Birdsboro

Mission Trip Birdsboro 2019

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A special Congregational Meeting of St. Paul’s United Church of Christ was called to order at 11:00am by Consistory Vice-President, Sherry Hunter. 23 members were in attendance. Childcare was provided.

Coaching

Dawn Fear did a presentation on Consistory’s recommendation for Coaching. The recommendation would be for Val Hastings from Coaching 4 Clergy. The one year program would include four (4) Leadership Group Coaching Sessions and 12 individual Coaching Sessions that are typically done with the Pastor. Each group session would be held at St. Paul’s, would need 10-12 members from the Congregation to participate, length of meeting would be approximately 2-3 hours, and a fifth group session could be added. The individual Coaching session would last approximately 45 minutes, majority of meeting would be held over the phone and a second person from St. Paul’s can join these ses-sions.

Would need a diversified group of individuals that would include different age group and members from various min-istries. Expectations of the individual would be to faithfully participate in the meetings, follow through with tasks giv-en at meetings and would need to commit to a minimum of one year.

The cost for this 12 month program is $3,500 and would be covered by our Coaching grant. If we were to continue for a 2nd year, a new contract and cost would be developed based upon our needs, objectives, and related sessions at that time.

Consistory made a motion to approve Val Hastings for Coaching and Pat Babel seconded the motion. 31 members approved either in person or by proxy and one abstained. Motion was passed.

Members volunteering to be on Coaching team were Sherry Hunter, Pat Babel, Rachel Flanagan, Eloise Stevens, Barb Kerper, Ethan Nuss, Jeanne and Joe Nuss.

2019 Budget

Richard Wolf presented the Budget for 2019.

Some items to note for 2018 Income:

1) We did use the $10,000 line of credit in October 2018

2) $2,600 was transferred from Ameriprise Asset Account to Vist Checking Account to reconcile the Harvey Hafer Account

3) Projecting 2018 to be 3% over budget

Expenses for 2018 budget include 69% for staffing, 23% for property, and 4% for office. Missions line includes $1,500 to make up a projected shortfall in OCWM pledge. Building and Grounds is over by $5,195 due to new air conditioner needed in CE Building, and $6,200 for boiler repairs in Church. Administration includes $1,000 for new computer which was already budgeted. Finance line includes finance charges for use of line of credit for October-December 2018.

2019 Budget figures:

Starting balance – ($15,389)

Ending – ($40,000)

November Congregational Meeting Minutes

November 18, 2018

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Income is being projected with a 2% growth in tithes and offerings, increase in rental contracts with groups that use CE Building, Parsonage increase in rent of $200 a month, and an increase from hoagie sales due to price increase, and a $5,000 reduction in the Helping Hands contribution.

The Ministry Budget Requests came to:

71% for Covenanted Staff

18% for Building & Grounds

Ministry Investments:

43% for Pastor; 20% for Building and Grounds; 16% for Administration; 13% for Missions;

keeping OCWM at $4,800

1) Wider Church ministries – All line items at 2018 levels. Looking to redefine Touching 1,000 Lives mis-sion to support the role for the ministry outreach.

2) Worship – Request to allocate funds for special worship services. Reduction in instrument care due to ap-proving new organ.

3) Stewardship – no longer exists.

4) Christian Formation

5) Community Enrichment ($700) – For 2019 Special Events will be chaired by Barb Kerper and Richard Wolf will assist.

6) Administration – Reduction in 2019 due to more electronic communications

7) Finance – increase due to line of credit

8) Personnel – increase due to allocating money for background checks

9) Covenant Staff – Wage freeze

Financial Trajectory

2018-2022 anticipate a 2% income growth. But this includes the sale of the Parsonage in 2020, paying off the line of credit, investing money in to the Church, but by 2023 we are back in the same spot.

2018-2025 anticipate a 6% long term growth. But would still have to sell Church by 2022.

Richard Wolf made a motion we accept the 2019 presented budget proposal as follows:

2019 General Fund starting balance – ($15,389)

Income - $165,445

Expenses - $190,352

2019 General Fund ending balance – ($40,296)

Barb Kerper seconded the motion. There was some discussion and Eloise Stevens commented that she appreciates the hard work and diligence that the budget team put in to coming up with tough budget. Ultimately, 28 members ap-proved either in person or by proxy to accept the 2019 budget, 3 members voted no, and 1 abstained. The motion was passed.

It is to be noted that Sherry Hunter, Pastor Joe, Richard Wolf, Janeen Adil, Luwaina Baker, and Rachel Flanagan were all a part of the budget process team and we thank them for their hard work!

Anna Oister made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Rachel Flanagan seconded the motion. The meeting ended at 12:19pm.

Respectfully submitted, Dawn Fear

November Congregational Meeting Minutes ...continued

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Attendance Report

Average Monthly Sunday Worship Attendance

Membership Report

Pastoral Acts

Baptism: 0

Wedding: 0

Funeral/Memorial Services : 5

Deaths

Mary Jane Doaty April 16, 1923 – February 1, 2018

Jane Mountz October 5, 1925 – April 2, 2018

Peter Knerr May 16, 1943 – October 21, 2018

John Marquet February 12, 1923 – October 26, 2018

January 1, 2018 Membership : 146

December 31, 2018 Membership : 147

2019 Monthly Special Offering

February – Hopewell Love

March – One Great Hour of Sharing

April – Easter Food Baskets

May – Harvey Hafer Fund

June – VBS

July – Mission Trip Birdsboro

August – None

September – CROP Walk

October – All Saints

November – Harvest Home

December – Christmas Food Baskets

Ongoing – Box Tops

Ongoing – Compassion

Ongoing – OCWM

2018 Special Offering Totals

OCWM - $4,335

One Great Hour of Sharing - $1,229

Harvest Home/Thanksgiving - $552

CROP Walk - $401

Harvey Hafer Fund - $240

Christmas/Easter Food Baskets - $229

Compassion - $223

VBS Good Gifts - $207

Asylum Seekers – 194

All Saints - $112

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2016 53 56 66 56 53 32 58 43 44 42 51 49 50

2017 47 51 50 60 50 45 49 30 60 48 60 53 50

2018 44 37 55 64 61 43 46 39 47 51 51 52 49

New Members

Joe & Krista Strohl

John & Mary Herold

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Ways to stay in contact with St. Paul’s

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St. Paul’s UCC Leadership

Ministers of the Gospel of Christ

All Members

Supporting Ministers

Rev. Joseph Motz, Pastor pastormotz@stpaulsbirdsboro.org

Grace Griffith, Organist organist@stpaulsbirdsboro.org

Janeen Adil, Minister of Christian Spirituality jadil@stpaulsbirdsboro.org

Luwaina Baker, Administrative Asst. office@stpaulsbirdsboro.org

Barbara Kerper, Sexton sexton@stpaulsbirdsboro.org

Richard Wolf, Treasurer treasurer@stpaulsbirdsboro.org

TBD bookkeeper@stpaulsbirdsboro.org

Consistory

Stuart Wells, President

Sherry Hunter, Vice President

Dawn Fear, Secretary

Richard Wolf, Treasurer

Carole Audette

Barb Kerper

Lenette Wells

Ministry Team Leaders

Anna Oister— Helping Hands

Sherry Hunter— Hoagie Sales, Personnel

John Hunter Jr— Buildings & Grounds

Barb Kerper & Richard Wolf—Special Events Rev. Joseph Motz—Touching 1,000 Lives, Mission Trip Birdsboro

Janeen Adil—Elders

Eloise Stevens—VBS

Rachel Flanagan—Christian Education

Holly Bretzius—Mission: Birdsboro 5K

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