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Las Cruces, NM

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Congregational Life and Outreach

December 11, 2012

Minutes

Present: Stephen Taylor, Bea Connor, Donna Mathis, Kathy Story and Nora Yaryan

Absent: Lon Anderson

Donna opened the meeting with prayer.

2013 Budget: As suggested by Session; 2012 has been reduced by 10%.APPROVED BY CLO

Line item:                                 2012                 2013_________

20601 Fellowship Hour             900.00             900.00

20602 Fellowship Supper             0.00             200.00

20604 Programs/ Reception         400.00         200.00

20605Advertising/Promotion      3000.00         2500.00

20607 Outreach Resources         200.00         200.00

20608 Special Projects             500.00         500.00

TOTALS                      5000.00        4500.00

Nora will work on reducing/combining/renaming the line items to make bookkeeping easier.

2013 CALENDAR – Please note the firm dates versus the tentative(*)

February: 12 – Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday)

Pancake Supper – Host: CLO

“Session Team Build Up” – inviting the congregation to sit with the team they would like to specifically support. This is a recruitment effort.

5:30 – 7:00 PM

13 – Ash Wednesday

March: 3 – First Sunday in Lent

10 – Daylight Savings Time Begins

17 – St. Patrick’s Day (Sunday)

Irish Theme Church wide Pot Luck – TBA

Our first Meet and Eat event inviting new members to meet the congregation

24 –Palm Sunday

31 – EASTER

Annual after worship egg hunt

April: First Hike of the year – TBA*

May: 12 – Mother’s Day/Graduation Celebration

17* – 18 Las Cruces Graduation Dates – tentative

June: 2 – Annual Salad Luncheon and Hymn Sing

July: 21 – Annual Ice Cream Social after Worship Fellowship

August: 4* or 11 Blessing of the Backpacks – Pot luck after worship fellowship inviting the Spanish congregation.Prefer 8/11

October: 27* or 31* – Annual Trunk or Treat – Prefer 10/31

Steven closed with prayer. Respectfully submitted by Nora Yaryan

 


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