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January 28, 2007

The Reverend Mark Cannaday opened the Annual Parish meeting of The Church of the Holy Trinity at 11:43 a.m. with a prayer followed by his opening comments in which he thanked Karen Parnell and the Children’s Day Out Program for the brunch.

Jim Newman, Senior Warden and meeting chair began the meeting with all present joining in and singing "Alleluia." Mr. Newman asked the parishioners to read the minutes of the previous Annual Parish meeting of January 29, 2006, as printed in the annual report. A motion was made and seconded that the minutes be approved as printed. The motion passed. A quorum was established and declared by parliamentarian Anne Hover.

Jim Newman, representative of the Nominating Committee presented the slate of Vestry nominees. The nominees were: Carol Armstrong, Lea Crump, Lucia Gray, Julie Harvey, Bill Holmes, Nick Taylor, Bill Wallace, and Fred Westmoreland. Jim explained that we would be filling 5 Vestry seats instead of the usual 4. Mike Senich has resigned from the Vestry along with the 4 whose terms have expired. A motion was made to fill Mike Senich’s Vestry seat with the 5^th position on the ballot. The motion was seconded and approved. Jim then asked if there were any nominations from the floor. Karen Wurster made a motion to nominate Karen Mason. The motion was seconded, approved and Karen Mason was added to the list of Vestry Delegates. Kenny Jastrow moved that the nominations cease. This motion was seconded and approved.

Jim announced the slate of nominees for Delegate to Convention. The nominees were: Deborah Chester, Bob Eubanks, Jim Newman, Liza Philpy and Mark Wheeler. Jim asked if there were any nominations from the floor. A motion was made and seconded to add Terry Joliffe to the list of delegates to convention. The motion was approved and Terry Joliffe was added to the list of Delegates to Convention. Kenny Jastrow moved that nominations cease. The motion was seconded and approved.

Mark Philpy explained the voting procedure for election of Vestry and Delegate members.

4--Vestry members will be elected by a majority of votes on the first ballot. If a second ballot is required then the Vestry member will be elected by a plurality. The Vestry nominee receiving 5^th place in votes will serve a 1—year term for a resigned seat. Vestry ballots are yellow.

3--Delegates will be elected by a simple plurality, followed by the first, second and third alternates. Delegate ballots are white.

The ballots were distributed by the tellers. The members voted and the ballots were collected for counting.

Jim Newman introduced the "Blues Brothers"--- Cindy Olive and Paula Howbert presented "The Blues Brothers", to raise funds for UTO—United Thank Offering.

Kim Henderson, treasurer, presented the Financial Statements dated December 31, 2006 as printed in the annual report:

For 2006, 201 Pledges were received totaling $690,432.

Pledges collected totaled $704,630 or 99.7% of total pledges were collected.

Of the $704,630 collected, $110,862 were prepaid and collected in prior year 2005; $593,768 was collected in current year 2006.

Plate collections for 2006 totaled $131,231; Interest income $7,711; Other income $400. $92,280 of 2007 pledges were prepaid and collected in 2006.  Resulting in total income of $825,390.

Total expenses were $843,811. Resulting in a net operating loss for 2006 of $18,421.  We originally had a deficit budget in 2006 of $70,108. Be aware that your gross income for 2006 compared to 2005 was down by $107,861.

2007—Every Member Canvas summary thru 01/19/07:

Sent 348 Pledge cards and have received a total of 206

6 died or left 6/348 = 1.7%

200 Cards Returned of 200/348 = 57%

200 Cards pledging a total of $723,025

Of this number the pre-paid pledges were $70,640

Pledge No Amount 12/200 (6% of those returned) of these are pledging no amount

95/200 (47% of those returned) are withholding from ECUSA

Kim Henderson announced that Chip Smith, chairman of the Fiscal Affairs Committee recommended and the Vestry approved a budget/total expense of $905,831, a $41,258 or 5.3% increase from last year, for a projected deficit budget of ($126,999).

Some key changes considered and included in this budget:

Full time assistant Rector

10% raise in base salary for all employees. Employees have not had a raise or salary adjustment even to the level of consumer price increases in over three years. This raise is much delayed.

In addition, Joyce Petrich has done an excellent job of reducing our insurance and utility bills during a period that they were rising significantly.

Also attached are the financial statements for the Holy Trinity Trust Fund—please note $15,500 was given in outreach. Holy Trinity gave an additional $6,000, totaling $21,500 for the church as a whole.

Bob Klemme brought up the fact that the Diocese had voted down the resolution to withhold funds from the National Church, but Holy Trinity would honor the request to withhold from the National Church.

Kenny Jastrow made a motion to approve the 2007 Budget. The motion was seconded and approved.

Jim gave us the election results:  

Vestry members by majority—  Lea Crump and Julie Harvey.

A motion was made and seconded to fill the remaining positions by a plurality. The motion was approved. Karen Mason requested that her name be withdrawn from the slate of Vestry nominees. It was removed. Yellow ballots were again handed out by the tellers. The members voted for two Vestrymen and the ballots were collected for counting.

Election results for Delegate to Convention were given by Jim Newman:

Deborah Chester, Jim Newman and Mark Wheeler

Alternates: Bob Eubanks, Terry Joliffe, Liza Philpy.

An All Parish Picture Review by Deborah Chester was greatly enjoyed by all at the Annual meeting. Thank you Deborah.

Election results for Vestry: Lea Crump, Julie Harvey, Carol Armstrong, Bill Holmes, Bill Wallace (1 year).

Senior Warden, Jim Newman recognized the outgoing Vestry members; Eric Hanson, Frank McCabe, Mike Senich and Katy Brunner. He also gave a huge Thank You to Junior Warden John Holmes. Jim then turned the meeting over to Father Mark Cannaday.

Father Mark began by reading a list of those that had departed in 2006. May they rest in peace. He then thanked Doris Cannaday, the entire staff at Holy Trinity, Father Powell, Father Whitman, and Deacon Mary for their service. A special thank you was given to retiring Altar Guild chair, Liz Wheeler for her service. Father Mark next recognized the outgoing Vestry members, Eric Hanson, Frank McCabe, Mike Senich and Katy Brunner with a gift. A huge Thank You and gift were given to Senior Warden, Jim Newman for his service at Holy Trinity. Bill Granberry was introduced as the Senior Warden for 2007 and the meeting was turned over to him.

Bill Granberry announced that on January 28, Holy Trinity will begin "40 Days of Discernment" a process of prayer, study, fasting, worship and discussion. A guide book and calendar has been made available for each individual to use. The process will begin January 28 and will last through Sunday, March 4. Bill stated that the Vestry members are quite clear in our own minds that The Episcopal Church has chosen to walk apart from the Anglican Communion and catholic Christianity. Our hope is that this process will allow you as an individual member and the parish as a whole, to make a prayerful and reasoned decision on a way forward. We are asking all of you to participate as fully as possible in this discernment process of prayer, study, fasting, worship and discussion. This guide book has been provided as an aid for those seeking to discern how God is leading in response to this question: Can orthodox, biblically committed congregations continue to remain affiliated with the Episcopal Church, or has the time come to seek alternative affiliation with some other branch of Anglicanism?

Father Mark Cannaday closed the meeting with prayer.

The Annual Parish Meeting was adjourned at 1:20 p.m.

Katy Brunner,

Clerk to the Vestry

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