MYRTLE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
5920 Lillian Highway, Pensacola, FL 32506 -- 850-455-7389
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING ON February 22, 2017
The
Regular
Business
Meeting
was
held
on
February
22,
2017,
at
6:00
pm.
The
meeting
was
held
in
the
fellowship
hall
and
was
opened
in
prayer.
CLERKâS
BUSINESS:
Bonnie
Quinley
presented
the
minutes
of
the
January
18,
2017,
Regular
Business
Meeting
as
presented
in
the
February
Business
Meeting
package.
Motion
to
approve
by
Chuck
Keistler
and
seconded
by
Norman
Robertson.
APPROVED
by
show
of
hands.
Requests for letters of church membership
: For January:
Request from First Baptist Church, Pensacola, Florida for the letters of Ken and Becky Richmond.
New members to be approved:
For January:
Statement of Faith:
None.
Profession of Faith
: None.
Letter:
None.
Motion to approve by George Butler and seconded by Sylvia Sauls. APPROVED by show of hands.
TREASURER'S REPORT:
Richard Main presented the Financial Report for January as presented in the February Business Meeting package.
Motion
to
approve
the
financial
report
presented
for
January
was
made
by
Gene
Mitchell
and
seconded
by
Horace
Neely.
APPROVED
by
show of hands.
Comment:
Richard
Main:
We
did
quite
well
in
January.
As
you
can
see,
we
had
an
excess
for
the
month
and
our
percentages
are
going
up. We had a very good gift in January which put us at 118%.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
None.
OLD BUSINESS:
None.
NEW BUSINESS:
Committee on Committees:
Joe Cato presented the following nominations.
Baptismal Committee:
Debra Knight, Jake Knight, chairman, and Jerald Reeser.
APPROVED
by show of hands.
Lord's Supper Committee:
Ray Linnville.
APPROVED
by show of hands.
Missions Committee:
Carol Sande and Marilyn Lentine.
APPROVED
by show of hands.
Chris
Larsen
presented
the
recommendation
that
the
goal
for
the
Annie
Armstrong
be
set
at
$5,000.
The
recommendation
was
APPROVED
by Tony McFarlane and seconded by George Butler.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pastor Ron Lentine made the following announcements.
-AWANA
needs
further
leadership.
The
AWANA
program
is
a
scripture-filled
program
which
instills
the
word
of
God
into
young
children's
hearts
and
minds.
Freddie
and
Carol
are
seeking
help
in
lay
leadership
of
this
program.
Carol
has
the
definite
makings
to
be
a
great
leader because of her knowledge of the scriptures. AWANA will be held on Sundays between 4:30 pm and 6:00 pm.
-Leadership
Team.
We
have
about
30
core
men
and
women
who
are
meeting
monthly.
The
next
meeting
will
be
this
coming
Sunday
evening
at
5:00
pm.
The
team
will
work
on
implementing
the
greeter's
ministry,
preparation
of
new
brochures,
and
a
number
of
other
planned items.
--Senior Adult Revival will be held on March 13, 14, and 15.
-Strength Team will be at Myrtle Grove Baptist Church on March 17 and 18 at 6:30 pm.
-Unity in our Community's march and rally will be on Sunday, March 19 from 5pm to 8pm.
-Margaret
Jerauld
announced
that
the
next
meeting
for
the
Caregiver's
Support
Group
be
tomorrow,
February
23,
at
9:00
am.
Dorothy
Lee from the Escambia County Extension Service will be the guest speaker.
ADJOURNMENT:
Motion to adjourn by Paul Sauls and seconded by Tony McFarlane.
APPROVED
by show of hands.
_____________________________
____________________
Bonnie Quinley, Church Clerk
Ron Lentine, Moderator