| I. Opening and Prayer The meeting was opened at 4:30 PM in the Conference Room with Mellicent reading the 19th Psalm. II. Minutes It was noted that the church runs on a calendar year. The reference to funds to be donated to the lighting fund should be to the 2007 budget. Bill West moved that the minutes be approved as amended. III. New: A. Interaction with Deacons Mitzi and Ken met with Betsy Steele regarding the place of the deacons. The by-laws assign spiritual care to the deacons. In recent years, their function has been primarily one of “nuts and bolts”. Many deacons joined that group with more spiritual participation in mind. It was agreed that concerns about parishioners can be shared. B. By-Laws Should the Membership committee be institutionalized and included in the by-laws? It was suggested that by not being mentioned in the by-laws, the committee maintains more freedom. C. Credo Mitzi and Mellicent are writing a Credo for the committee. IV. Ongoing. A. Lighting Mellicent reported that the lighting display met with a most enthusiastic reception. The wire is under the paving and the pole is going in. The ceremony is scheduled for November 3. It will be an ice cream social with Membership Committee Members creating and serving the sundaes. The slogan will be “Help Make it Shine”, as suggested by Mellicent. It is too late to insert information in Passages. A yellow flyer will be inserted in bulletins. Money will be collected inside with additional offerings encouraged outside after the results have been seen. B. Video Ken is guiding the creation of the video. Bill West suggested that we should feature history and Social Action. Mitzi prefers to focus on “ Who we Want to Be” . C. Signs Because the church is in a Village Residential Zone, we must apply to the zoning Board of Appeals. Fees are being waived. ZEO Staye could not give any guidance on the interpretation of 10 candlepower. D. Eagle Festival Paper work has been filled out for the Eagle Festival. Serving chili here seems to be acceptable. An art display was suggested and rejected. Bird Migration and Owls seem to be likely topics to be covered here. The bus stop is still in question. E. Publicity The attempt to discuss and coordinate publicity with other committees has not yet been effective. It will be tried again at Council. The value of advertising in Essex Events was questioned. Bill West suggested publishing invitations for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. Other publications were considered. School publications were considered. “News” items and photos will be frequently submitted to the weeklies. Children painting pumpkins should be the next one. Comcast training to shoot events for submission was considered. F. Directory There is no news about the proposed directory. G. Letters to new residents Jane reported that all but six of the 33 letters were delivered. H. Thank You The “Document of Appreciation” was presented to Doris at Tea on the Hill Wednesday, October 3. The next meeting will be at 4:30 on November 1, 2007. Rev. West gave the closing prayer. Respectfully submitted, Wini Olson | 
