Session Update - November 2024

 

The Session met on 10/17 with the Deacons and Trustees to go over the 2025 budget. We started by discussing Proverbs 8 which speaks of wisdom. We should seek wisdom and love wisdom, because it comes from God. It provides abundance, an inheritance and enduring wealth and prosperity. We spent time praying over this and asking God for wisdom.

We have some larger expenses that could come up in 2025 such as the boiler under McLean Hall, landscaping, copier and possibly a Children’s ministry coordinator. We discussed where those funds would come from if needed.

There has been interest in a children’s church/Sunday school committee. We are excited to see how they want to pursue our children and teach them about Christ. We have also had several volunteers for a rapid response team to respond to medical emergencies at the church. If you are interested in either of these teams, please let the office know.

We discussed the devastation from the two recent hurricanes. We have $500 set aside for disaster relief that we will send to an EPC church in the disaster zone. If you have been burdened by the breadth of the devastation in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida and you want to do something, please feel free to contribute. Mark your donations as ‘disaster relief’ and leave them in the office or place in offering boxes.

As always, if you have any comments or concerns, please let a Session member know.

 Karen Lohret for the Session

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