Church Council
A Word From Council...
April 2008
Dear Members of Trinity,
The recent Ministry Fair has given all of us a chance to reflect on the various
duties and accomplishments of our ministries. We have Ministry leaders and
teams doing wonderful things. We are also blessed with strong and dedicated
staff. I would like to share some thoughts about them with you.
Our office manager, Linda Bleich has adjusted well to being salaried staff and
does a great job of managing her hours and keeping the office running
efficiently and producing our publications. Under her guidance our income for
building use is nearly $12,000, a real bonus at budget time. Deb Schwartz, our
Financial Secretary works a little over half time. In these hours she
accomplishes all our payroll, bookkeeping and financial reporting as well as
preparing and participating in financial planning. As the volunteers who work
weekly with these women will attest, they are a joy.
This fall Joe Ayers became our custodian. He is a full time employee of Christ
Community Church and works for us about 10 hours per week usually early
mornings and evenings. Joe takes great pride in "his buildings" and the results
show.
The work of our music staff Marcia Yernberg and James McCray is before us nearly
every Sunday inspiring our worship. They also have combined to plan and produce
our "Concert Series" opening Trinity to many. Saturday's are full of "Praise"
because of Greg, David and Mira. We are truly fortunate to have these
professionals among us.
Erin and Andy Sprain our Youth and Family directors, have been a huge part of
making us a more welcoming congregation as they attend to visitors and our
current families. They have expanded the definition of "family" at Trinity to
include all of us with inter-generational activities and program. Since we
essentially have each of them "half time" we have partnered with Lutheran
Ranches of the Rockies to fill out Andy's professional life. This "job share"
arrangement is primarily being very flexible with the time Andy spends with us
and LRR. An obvious example is that LRR is very active in the summer when our
program is at a lull. Erin is hoping to begin her nursing education this fall
after working on prerequisites this past year. Again, we will be flexible and
supportive as Andy and Erin create their future.
It has been a pleasure for me to work with Pastor Jim this last year or so. I
especially appreciate his passion for strong ministries here at Trinity. He is
genuinely interested and spends time with all groups offering gentle leadership
and support. We are a congregation just under the number of members where the
Synod recommends an associate Pastor. This means Pastor Jim is a busy man. To
my observation, he relishes his call to God's work every day.
Join me in thanking and being grateful to have these folks in our midst.
Worship, Welcome and Serve,
Bob Beckman