Our Governance

St. John’s has a Board of Trustees composed of seven members: President, Vice-President, Immediate Past President, Finance Director, Program Director, Member at-Large, and Secretary of the Board. Generally, a person serves as VP, then President, then Immediate Past President for a three-year commitment.

On behalf of the congregation, the Board is responsible for policy development and compliance, and the administrative management of the real and personal property of the church, its business affairs, and all contracts. The Board shall keep the congregation informed of its decisions and activities.

Here are the most recent Congregational Bylaws.

Here are the most recent Policy Manuals:

General Board Policies

Personnel Policies

Safe Congregation Policies

Finance Policies

2023 Congregational Meeting June 4, 2023

The agenda included voting on a budget, for bylaw changes, and for leadership candidates.

Here is the 2022-2023 annual report from church and team leaders.

This is the proposed budge t that was accepted.

Among bylaw changes proposed, the first five here were approved. The last was separated into two, with the “call” portion approved and “dismissal” portion voted down:

Status of President and VP

Ministerial Search Committee

Membership Amendment regarding imminent danger

Update to Financial Audit/Assessment

Update to Committee on Ministry

Call and Dismissal of Minister

Candidates for board positions were all approved by member vote:

Melissa Rowland – President – two-year term (president, then immediate past president)
Joetta Prost – V.P. – three-year term
Lyn O’Brien – Finance director – three-year term
Susan Small – Member at Large – three-year term
Ann Schuur – Program Director – two-year term
Monica Pellman – Secretary – one-year term
Alicia Rosselot – Member of Leadership Committee

David Strecker – Member of Leadership Committee

This link has short biographies of all candidates.

→ Update to Special Congregational Meeting July 24, 2022 ←

We reached a quorum and addressed the vote from the June 5 annual meeting, voting to rescind the wage increases approved at the June 5 meeting and grant a 5% cost-of-living increase for all compensated positions and to adjust the budget accordingly.

In order to help us understand the difference in budgets, treasurer Chris Wagner created these slides to show compensation levels in the approved and proposed amounts and their effect on the budget. Note a highlighted and footnoted area that has been added to show potential additional costs that come with a passed motion in June.

Here is the revised accepted budget for 2022-2023.

→ 2022 Congregational Meeting June 5, 2022 ←

ST. JOHN’S ANNUAL CONGREGATIONAL MEETING June 5, 2022 AGENDA

Call to Order
Chalice Lighting
Verify Quorum
Approve Prior Meeting (June 2021) Minutes and special April 2022 meeting minutes
Election of 2022-2023 Members of the Board
Election of Leadership Committee
Election of Fund Trustees
Vote on 2022-2023 Budget
Vote on Proposed Bylaw Changes
Update from Master Planning Team
Vote on Capital Campaign
Announcements