Posted on January 10, 2025
Posted By: Julie Tiedemann
Categories: News
Our Annual Council will be held on Sunday, January 19 at 11:00 A.M. in the Auditorium.
Sunday, January 19 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 2025 Spending Plan.
CHURCH BOARD ELECTION: You will be provided with a slate of five candidates and will be asked to vote for three to serve 3-year terms as Congregational Representatives to the Board. The five candidates are Brian Egolf, Denise Gelsinger, Angie Petersheim, Chris Shindledecker, Katie Wilmot. Additional information is available by going HERE in order to get to know more about these five candidates.
CONFIRMATIONS: We will be looking for you to confirm these names for the following positions:
Deacon Board: Penny Bakner, Bart & Michelle Graham, Larry Stumbaugh, Jim & Sandy Walker
Grounds & Maintenance Committee: Dave Bumbaugh, John Cordell, Lloyd Mills
Finance Committee: Lori Depies
SPENDING PLAN: The Church Board is recommending a Spending Plan figure of $973,231 for 2025. This is an increase of $41,853 over last year.
The voting period begins at the conclusion of the Council Meeting and runs through Sunday, January 26th. 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 26th. 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 19th!
You will find the Report broken down into the following documents:
