News From Council President

It is hard to believe that it is already April. Wow…Time flies when we are having fun, growing, and serving. Council has been very busy the first three months of 2020 doing the administrative work of the church. This month I wanted to share with you a few of the projects that Council has been working on and has approved for next steps. You will see and hear more about these projects in the coming months.  

Council has approved a new ministry team structure, which was started by our 2019 Council. The new structure is centered around the ministries of Christian Education, Congregational Care, Discipleship, Property, Stewardship, Worship and Music, Staff and Safety. We will be scheduling meetings with our team leaders to roll out the new structure and share responsibilities and expectations. More information will be shared in next month’s newsletter.  

We have approved the use of a new mass email communication tool. We are working through the details to set up the new tool to share events and happenings at the church to our members who have email access. More to come as the tool is implemented.  

The Director of Choirs/Organist job description was approved at our March meeting. Staff Support will be working with Pastor David as we move forward to advertise for this position.  

Lastly, we continue to work on our goals as shared last month. Meetings will be scheduled to further discuss our plans and direction for each of the goals in April. Watch for these meetings and join in the discussion as we move forward in working through our goals in support of our NALC values – “Christ-Centered”, “Mission Driven”, “Traditionally Grounded”, and “Congregationally Focused”. So…. Who are we? We are St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church – SJLC! Serving Jesus Loving Community!  

God Bless!  

Sherrie