February, 2020 Council Summary
Greetings members of ACC,
This is to let the Congregation know what is going on in Council. Our first meeting of the “new” 2020 Council was on Thursday the 20th. You have a lively bunch looking out for ACC and are welcome to visit any Third Thursday. We regularly hear a report from Nate, summarizing his work for the month, and hear reports regarding our finances. We discuss and make decisions regarding operations of the Church, improving the building, and programming. One recent project has been reviewing and revising all our church policies. Sara Laferte is coordinating that work, and we are nearly finished updating all policies. When those are complete (probably this Spring), we’ll give you information about how to access the Bylaws and the updated policies.
Many of our capital improvements are nearing or at completion including the installation of the Labyrinth, and Landscaping of the Patio. (Plants will be mulched soon.) Our next step in capital improvements are repairing the sidewalk above the church in front. David Hertzer is managing that project and it will be funded by a bequest and some of our surplus funds. In the meantime, we were just presented with architect drawings of options for remodeling the bathrooms in the Narthex. We wish to expand capacity and to comply with ADA requirements. An ad hoc committee is forming to review those options in detail, narrow down options, and have a feasibility study done. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please see me. The options are helping us think creatively about use of limited space. Given the large groups that use our facility it Is more important that ever that bathrooms are accessible and long lines can be avoided.
Soon a new sign will be hanging on the railing above our entry with the name of our church and directions to office, sanctuary, and social hall. The new small signs that Nate and Jacob have already put in place have been a good beginning to help visitors find their way around the church.. Nate, Joe and Elena are working on the new sign project.
If you have questions, feel free to ask any of the members,
Linda Young, Moderator
Faith Able, Vice Moderator
Randy Laferte, Treasurer
Elena Caruthers, Financial Secretary
Sara Laferte, Secretary
Joe Pratt, At Large Member
Eleanor Crump, At Large Member
David Hertzer, At Large Member
Nate Klug, Pastor