Special Congregational Meeting Minutes Unapproved Minutes of the Special Congregational Meeting - March 22, 2015 Vote for Pastoral Call Committee Members present: 53 voting members. Also present: Pastor David Hanson. Subject: Purpose of the Congregation Meeting was to vote (approve/disapprove) the Call Committee list that was compiled by the Nominating Committee The meeting was called to order at 10:05 am by Norm Bauer. Pastor Hanson opened the meeting in prayer. Shawn Perez, chairperson of the Nominating Committee announced the list of 5 members on the Call Committee that the Nominating Committee compiled. They are: Marty Malmin, Kristi Mittelstaedt, Ann Goebel, Tracy Koppendrayer, Jon Peterson. Beth Seefeldt/Bill Hoernemann move a motion to accept the nominations. Vote carried. Ballots were distributed to qualified members to vote. During the ballot count the various topics were discussed: • Edie Hanson offered thanks to the members that accepted the call to be on the Call Committee • Mary Ann Hoese asked if the congregation could suggest names of Pastors to the Call Committee to research. The answer is YES.
• The church camera is in the Technology desk area and all members are welcome to use to take pictures for Facebook, the yearbook and the newsletter. • Norm mentioned that several of our new members have offered to help in certain areas: - Sarah Glaesner will be the Facebook Administrator although all members are welcome to contribute. - Erik Strand will assist in the Technology area. - Amy Peterson has offered to design and make banners with other women from PLC. John Weinzierl/ Fred Tesch moved a motion to destroy the ballots once the vote is completed. Vote carried. Edie Hanson/Marty Malmin moved a motion to adjourn the meeting. Vote carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:30 am. During Fellowship Hour Shawn Perez reported that the vote for the Call Committee passed by a majority vote. Respectfully submitted by Doreen Seal – MB Secretary
Unapproved Minutes of the Special Congregational Meeting - June 7, 2015 Vote for Mortgage / Building Gift Norm Bauer called the meeting at 10:05 am. Part One: Norm presented the offer by Paul and Joan Nesvold that they will pay $125,000 of the mortgage and the congregation will pay the remaining mortage balance of $37,500.
Part Two of the offer is to accept the Berg Charitable Fund contribution of $850,000 to build an addition to the church. The monies contributed will include internal fixtures and furniture. 72 voting members voted unanimously with a “Yes” to accept the combined offer.
Unapproved Minutes of the Special Congregational Meeting - September 20, 2015 Vote to Extend a Pastoral Call to Pastor David Hanson Members present: Norm Bauer, John Weinzierl, Mary Hausladen, Doreen Seal, Joseph Perez, Andy Johnsrud Also present: 72 voting members from the congregation Devotions: Paul Knutson gave a wonderful talk on what a significant day today was in the history of Peace Lutheran. His theme was ‘Rejoice for the day the Lord has given’. Paul closed with a prayer for us as we moved forward with the vote. Minutes: Norm Bauer thanked the Call Committee (Marty Malmin, Ann Goebel, Kristi Mittelstaedt, Jon Peterson and Tracy Koppendrayer) for their hard work in the interviewing and selecting call process. Marty Malmin, committee leader of the call team, explained the process that they used to select a candidate. u A strategic plan was developed where church members could come for 2 evenings to discuss the future of PLC and the direction they would like to see it go. u A job description was developed that was used in advertising for the Pastor position. u A scope of what the job entailed and expections was developed to use in the search of the candidate. u Mininum requirements were listed in the search to ensure we received resumes from qualified candidates. Forty-five (45) cards were mailed to Augustana District pastors and posted on the LCMC website. Eighteen (18) resumes were received. The Call Committee reviewed all resumes and identified the top 3 candidates to bring in for face-face interviews.
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During the interview process the Call Committee used 3 forms (matrixes) they developed to rate all 3 candidates on the same criteria. After each interview the group completed the 1 matrix independently and then their scores were tallied together for the third matrix. This gave them the high/low scores/rankings of the candidates. From this process Pastor David W. Hanson was identified as the number 1 candidate. The Call Committee then met with the Ministry Board and presented their results to them. The Ministry Board voted and agreed with them on selecting Pastor Hanson as the pastor of Peace Lutheran. The Executive Committee met with Pastor Hanson to review the compensation package using some guidelines and research the Call Committee had provided to them on compensation. Butch Essig / Paul Nesvold made a motion to extend a call to Pastor Hanson. Voting ballots were handed out to voting members of Peace Lutheran. The Call Committee received and counted the ballots. An overwhelming majority of ‘yes’ votes came back in agreement to extend the call. A rousing standing ovation was given when Pastor Hanson came to the pulpit to receive the good news from Norm. John Weinzierl / Joshua Peterson made a motion to destroy the ballots. Pastor Hanson closed our meeting with a prayer. Marty Malmin / Heather Hanson made a motion to adjourn the meeting.