Welcome members to the Resurrection & Life Lutheran blog. Members have been expressing interest in hearing updates from our various leadership teams. This blog is being created to help facilitate getting the updates out to our members, as well as, asking members to use the blog to provide feedback and questions to our various leadership teams.
On Tuesday, January 19th, our Boards, Committees and Church Council all met on one night. We start with a 30-minute Bible Study, broke out for Board and Committee meetings, and then Church Council came together for their meeting to close out the night.
Attached you will find a summary of our Council Meeting Minutes. Please note that our Council Meeting have a new revised format and not the traditional format you may have seen in the past. This new format was adopted based on input from the WELS Grace In Action team that worked with our Council back in March 2017.
Church Council Meeting – 2018_01_16
Also attached is a Financial Summary. This is a simplified summary view. When reviewing the Financial Summary, there are some key notes to understand as you are assessing our current outlook.
- December Financial Summary shows the Church Offering below budget by $51,070.
- School Tuition is higher than budget due to some school families choosing to pay a higher amount of tuition earlier in the year. This will level out through out the remainder of the year
- School Affiliate Revenue is slightly behind, however, this is more of a timing issue as we are expecting additional support payments in early part of January.
- From a compensation view, we will continue to see some slight savings due to not have a full time School Principal through the end of the current school year
Overview from a financial outlook, we need to continue focus on our Unified Budget giving. Currently our actuals compared to the budget, we are running behind in our offerings by about $23,523. We are spending less than what we have budgeted and seeing some savings by not having a full time principal.
We encourage all members to consider their giving in 2018. Please keep our various ministries in your prayers and ask God to continue to bless His work here in Rochester!
If you have any questions, please contact Tim Martens (Treasurer) or Daryl Schultz (President).
In Christ Alone,
Daryl Schultz, Resurrection & Life Lutheran President