February 2023

 

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE CREATOR

Regular Meeting of the Vestry

 

Present:  Bob Blanton (Priest in Charge) Ross Turner (Senior Warden), Tommy Mills (Treasurer), Isabel Mills, John Lanford, Bob White, and Dianne Martin (Clerk)

Call to Order:  Ross called the meeting to order and led the opening prayer at 6:35 P.M. 

Approval of Minutes from Last Vestry Meeting: John made a motion to accept the January meeting minutes. Bob White seconded the motion. The motion passed.           

Treasurer Report

We had $10,300.99 in expenditures and $8,877.00 in revenue in January resulting in our reserve going to 1.95 months.

Jr. Warden Report

There are some on-going maintenance tasks that need to be addressed.  Ross will get with Austin concerning these items.

Old Business

Clean-out of Storage Room (Removal of Remaining items Tuesday)

Unneeded items will be cleaned out of the storage room this coming Tuesday and Beth will contact Good Will or the 4C’s to have them picked up.

Resignation of Pastor Shelli and Safe Harbor / Creator Relations

The relationship between Creator and Safe Harbor has been evolving in the last few months.  Pastor Shelli Poe of Safe Harbor is moving out of the area in the latter part of March and will no longer be the pastor at Safe Harbor.  There exist some differing opinions between Safe Harbor and Creator as to what each party should expect from the other.  Creator would like Safe Harbor to acknowledge Creator in their promotional materials such as advertisements, Facebook, etc.  Safe Harbor, however, wants to make sure that they retain their own identity.  Safe Harbor would like to have a legal contract for a yearly rental agreement and to no longer be expected to donate supplies for both churches’ use.  Pastor Bob and Ross will meet with Safe Harbor leadership to clarify and address these issues.

 

Adjournment

The next Vestry Meeting will be held March 20, 2023, at 6:30 PM.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:12 P.M.

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Ross Turner

Senior Warden

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Dianne Martin

Clerk of the Vestry