FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (U.S.A.), LAS CRUCES, NM

ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2014

 Reverend Dr. Norm Story opened the meeting in prayer at 11:25 AM, immediately after the regular church Sunday service.

 Establish Quorum: The Clerk of Session established that a quorum was present. 

 Reverend Story announced that the purpose of the meeting was twofold; first, to present his Terms of Call to the congregation for their review, discussion and vote to either accept them as approved by the Session or to modify or reject them as the congregation say fit.  The second purpose was to conduct the annual meeting of the First Presbyterian Church of Las Cruces Corporation.

 He turned the meeting over to Elder Lyn Ames the Administration Ministry Teams Moderator and left the Sanctuary.  Moderator Ames presented Reverend Story’s Term of Call to the congregation after copies were handed out to all the members in attendance.  He explained the Terms of Call and called for any questions or discussions.  Hearing none, a motion was made and seconded to approve Reverend Story’s Terms of Call as presented.  The motion was approved by acclamation.

 Moderator Ames proceeded to discuss the Church’s financial status as presented in the 2013 Annual Report, pointing out that we had closed out 2013 over $8,000 in the red and while the church had sufficient reserves to cover this shortfall, we could not do so for an extended period.  He told the members that it was his opinion that all of the church’s ministry teams were being very frugal and with the funds available to them, but that we really needed to increase the giving by our members.  During the next few months, they should expect more emphasis on member giving and clearer explanations about how and where their contributions are spent.

 Moderator Ames placed the Congregational meeting in temporary recess at 11:30 for the annual meeting of the members of the First Presbyterian Church of Las Cruces Corporation.

 The Annual Congregational meeting was reconvened by the Clerk of Session at the direction of the Moderator at 11:36.

 Acting Moderator Connor reminded everyone that the various Ministry Teams would be presenting more information about their team’s activities after lunch in Reeves/Watkins Hall.  He invited everyone to join him for the meal and their briefings after the meeting.

 Adjournment: Acting Moderator Connor adjourned the meeting with prayer at 11:38.

 

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Carlton Connor                                    Lyn Ames                                            Date Approved

Clerk of Session                                 Acting Moderator