A succesful Church Conference!

We're underway!

Attending to the business at hand

A good turnout tonight

An attentive group!

Rev. Derf  Bergman guiding the discussion

Stevi UMC held its annual church conference tonight with twenty in attendance. The Rev. Derg Bergman, pastor of Mission Valley UMC, was the presiding elder.

The agenda included:
+Approval of Pastor Charles' compensation package for 2017.
+Approval of the Lay Leadership report. These positions will be listed in the December Glad Tider as well as other SUMC communication means.
+Approval of the Membership Cultivation report. Our membership currently stands at 130 (including eleven college students and three residents of the Living Center). Additionally, we have ninety-eight on the constituent roll (including twenty-nine children/youth).


From the 2016 membership report:
+Three baptisms
+New Members (7): Two by profession of faith, three by transfer from other UMCs, and two by transfer from other denominations.
+ Removed from the roll (17): Five by church conference vote (following second reading), three by death (Roy Haarman, Mary Lyon, and Kim Treis), and nine by requested withdrawal.

+A lengthy discussion was undertaken to discuss the status of the youth ministry personnel search (accepted by the charge conference last January). We are continuing to pursue this ministry opportunity with instructions to the Ad Board to determine funding options for the position.

Thanks to the following for attending tonight's meeting:  
Belinda Alkula, Mary Costello, Dean & joey Diers, Cale Fisher, John Fisher, Amber, Dave, & Palmer Maclay-Schulte, Ben Longbottom, Bryan & Janet Lonski, Paul & Julie Ludington, Don Nelson, Marcia Prather, Ed Sperry, and Bonita Ziegler.