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Our Savior’s Lutheran Church Council Meeting Minutes
March 19th 2026
Members Present: Pastor Dennis, Brandon W., Ed G., Dawn G., Kelsey G., and
Destiny C. Members Absent: Cathy H.
Opening prayer by Pastor Dennis. Meeting called to order by Brandon at 6:02pm
Pastor made a motion for Ed, Kelsey, and Destiny to become members of OSLC. Dawn 2nd: Brandon approved.
Motion to approve the agenda was made by Dawn, seconded by Kelsey. MC.
Pastor reported he was preparing for Easter. He and Theresa will be going on vacation April 25th-May 8th to Norway. May the Lord bless them with a safe and fun trip! Val will be doing the services in his absence.
The council did have some questions regarding the Treasure’s report. With Cathy not being in attendance, the council agreed to table this until the next meeting.
The Worship Committee met 3/19/26. Dawn will be calling people for Good Friday parts. Val is working to get kids together for the Easter Sunrise Service.
Brandon reported there are some lights at the Parsonage that need to be replaced. Brandon will get in touch with Mark Olson. Additionally, the renters will be moving out by possibly the end of April. It was discussed that once they are moved out, it would be a good time to get any updates completed.
The Parish Councils next meeting is April 23rd 2026 at 6:30pm at St. Paul’s.
The snow removal wage was discussed. No changes made at this time.
The lawn care for the Church and the Parsonage was discussed. Kelsey will contact the Brost family to see if they will do both. Hunter Garrett will continue to do lawn care at the cemetery.
There was discussion regarding the sidewalks and what needs to be done to fix the parking lot regarding the water issue. Kelsey will have Jeremy put together a quote for the required materials. Brandon would be willing to do the hauling of gravel when it is needed. There will be a need for volunteers when this project is going to be completed. More information to come.
WELCA did send money to Camp of the Cross.
Next meeting will be April 16th at 6pm.
Meeting adjourned at 7:05pm. Closed with The Lord’s Prayer
Respectfully Submitted
Destiny Chapman, Secretary
OSLC Council minutes (following the Annual Meeting)
February 15, 2026
Present were Brandon W., Destiny C., Rick H., Dawn G. and new members Cathy H. and Ed G.. Pastor Dennis nominated Brandon W. for Council President, Cathy H. seconded, all in favor, MC. Pastor Dennis nominated Ed G. for Council Vice President, Destiny C. seconded, all in favor, MC.
Brandon W. nominated Destiny C. for Council Secretary, Cathy H. seconded, all in favor, MC. Brandon W. nominated Cathy H. for Council Treasurer, Destiny C. seconded, all in favor, MC.
The next meeting will be Thursday, March 19, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.
Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted, Dawn Grannis
STANTON JOINT PARISH COUNCIL MEETING
The meeting was opened by Dallas.
Members present were Mark A., Dale S., Joel’l N., Tricia L., Darcy W., and Pr. Dennis. Absent: Billie Jo S.
Reviewed previous minutes, no corrections, Joel’l made a motion to approve previous minutes, Dale S. 2nd, MC.
Financial report – Mark A. made a motion to approve the financial report. Joel’l 2nd the motion – MC.
Old Business: None to report
New Business – Election of officers. New elected positions.
President – Dallas M.
Vice President – Joel’l N.
Secretary Tricia L.
Dale S. made a motion to approve the new positions and Mark. 2nd - MC
Dale moved to continue the CD with USB for 6 months with a rate of 3.8%. Mark 2nd : MC
September 1, we will be switching the time for church services for each church.
The next meeting is October 13, 2025, at 6:30 at Our Savior’s.
The meeting closed with the Lord’s Prayer.
Respectfully submitted by Tricia L. upon approval at the October meeting.
WELCA MEETING Nov. 9, 2025
No minutes to read. Valerie will bring copies of minutes from now on.
Dawn led the meeting; Treasurer’s Report: $15,124.69
Fall cluster-paid for 4 people; Love offering-$150; Dues-$50; CCM Retreat-$180 Turkey Dinner: Expenses-$561.35 Income: Dinner-$5621 (Give to church): Baskets-$2322 .There were about 330 peopleand many people of community helped and supported the church. We did not run out of food. Next time use bigger plates, have knives available, use fall designed napkins, smaller containers for pie.
Thrivent Cards -Used for food, one to be used for batting Trudy made a motion to accept treasurer’s report, Nancy 2nd. Motion passed. Helping Hands group: We may need to reorganize some
groups. Check your group out and give corrections back to Dawn.
Holiday Fair-December 6; We will have a bake sale; bring Christmas goodies. Trudy, Lynn and Jennifer will help. Joel’l moved to give $500 to WARC plus money received from a basket set out for congregation Nov. 30 and Dec. 7th. Trudy 2nd. Motion passed Valerie made motion to give Pastor and Theresa $300 for
Christmas gift. Linda 2nd. Motion passed. Linda made a motion to give $1000 to Food Pantry at
Summit to buy meat/protein for Nov. and Dec. $500 will be given in November and $500 will be given in Dec. Trudy 2nd. Motion passed. Joel’l made motion to give $1000 to city for kitchen upgrade in Civic Center. Trudy 2nd. Motion passed. Elevator discussion was held. This is the Church Council’s Duty.
Discussion on the Triennial Fund-$7000+ is in the fund. The next one is in Des Moines, Iowa. Valerie is going. The price of registration is $475 before Jan 6, 2026 and $525 after Jan. 6, 2026. Linda made a motion to put $5000 into a CD for 6 Months. Jennifer 2nd. Motion passed. We sent 25 quilts to Summit, 12 to Bridges of Hope, 27 school kits to LWR.
Submitted by: Valerie Sayler
