Our Savior's Lutheran Church
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Our Savior’s Lutheran Church
Church Council Minutes: January 8, 2026
Council Members Present: Pr. Brandon W., Dawn G., Pastor Dennis R., and Rick H.
Brandon called meeting to order.
Approval of Agenda: Dawn made a motion to approve the agenda; Rick 2nd; all in favor, MC
Pastor’s Report:
Minutes:
Treasurer’s Report:
Committee Reports:
Worship:
Education:
Youth:
Property:
Old Business:
Dawn made a motion to approve the minutes; Rick 2nd, all in favor, MC
Dawn made a motion to approve the treasurer’s report; Pastor 2nd; all in favor; MC
Dawn will check on CD rates, terms and amounts before the next meeting.
No report.
Have not met.
Has not met.
There was a discussion on the ice in the parking lot and the electrical work for the parsonage.
Snow removal wage was discussed with a plan to negotiate with Kelsey.
New Business:
A. Budget:
We received the Center/Stanton Parish Budget and the Annual Our Savior’s report to be
approved at the annual meeting.
B. Discussion was held on fogging the church for bugs.
C. Annual Meeting: Pastor Dennis made a motion to hold the Annual Meeting February 15 after church with a potluck to follow, Dawn 2nd; all in favor; MC
Upcoming Events: Annual Meeting on February 15, 2026.
Correspondence:
Calendar dates and next meeting:
Meeting adjourned with the Lord’s Prayer
Respectfully Submitted,
Dawn Grannis, VP
Next meeting: February 15th after the annual meeting
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
