Posted on January 10, 2024
Posted By: Julie Tiedemann
Categories: News
Our Annual Council will be held on Sunday, January 21 at 11:00 A.M. in the Auditorium.
Sunday, January 21 will mark the beginning of an 8-day voting period, during which all persons age 16 and above who consider themselves to be a part of Five Forks Church, will have the opportunity to elect three representatives to the Church Board, confirm those who have been recommended to serve on various Committees, and approve the 2024 Spending Plan.
CHURCH BOARD ELECTION: You will be provided with a slate of six candidates and will be asked to vote for three to serve 3-year terms as Congregational Representatives to the Board. The six candidates are Ed Herald, Jean Showalter, Sheri Siner Toth, Brittany Smith, Sharon Smith, Amy Stein. Additional information is available by going HERE in order to get to know more about these six candidates.
CONFIRMATIONS: We will be looking for you to confirm these names for the following positions:
Deacon Board: Jim & Michelle McFerren
Grounds & Maintenance Committee: Phil Benshoff
Finance Committee: Robin Blair, Eric Reitz
SPENDING PLAN: The Church Board is recommending a Spending Plan figure of $932,181 for 2024. This is an increase of $22,006 over last year.
The voting period begins at the conclusion of the Council Meeting and runs through Sunday, January 28th. Paper ballots and ballot boxes will be available in the foyer on the night of Council for those who would choose to vote that morning. However, voting can also be done electronically through the 28th. Paper ballots are being mailed to those households where we do not have an email address.
Please commit this morning to prayer and make plans to attend and participate in this year’s Annual Council Meeting on the 21st!
You will find the Report broken down into the following documents:
