Annual Meeting Re-Cap
Thank you to all who participated in last week’s first-ever unified Congregational Annual Meeting of First Congregational United Church of Christ and Christ United Methodist Church. Thanks also to the Fellowship Board for lunch! The highlights of the meeting include:
- The adoption of a balance unified budget that:
- Incorporates the Joint Facilities budget (was previously a separate budget managed by the Joint Facilities Committee);
- Provides staff salary adjustments for cost of living and extra work-load related to unification work;
- Continues to fund denominational support to both the UCC and United Methodist Church
- A vote to change the time of worship to 10:00 A.M. The motion did not specify when that time change would take place. Watch for a further announcement to come from the Church Council and/or Worship Board. Until notified, worship will continue at 9:30 A.M.
- Election of new leadership and recognition of those who have completed their terms of service (many of whom are shifting to other leadership responsibilities).
- All boards going forward include elected members from both congregations.
- The approval of two UCC Bylaw revisions:
- Removes associate members from membership count submitted to the denomination
- Adds representative from Joint Facilities Committee as voting member of the Church Council
- Commissioned a unified Exploration Committee to continue the work towards federation of the congregations.
Click on this link for the Annual Report Booklet
