MYRTLE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
5920 Lillian Highway, Pensacola, FL 32506 -- 850-455-7389
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING ON March 22, 2017
The
Regular
Business
Meeting
was
held
on
March
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
February
22,
2017,
Regular
Business
Meeting
as
presented
in
the
March
Business
Meeting
package.
Motion
to
approve
by
Chuck
Keistler
and
seconded
by
Tony
McFarlane.
APPROVED
by
show of hands.
Requests for letters of church membership
: For February: None.
New members to be approved:
For February:
Statement of Faith:
Faye Westholm.
Profession of Faith
: Charli Denman, and Judy Ayson.
Letter:
Jennifer Fanugao, Gary Thames, Susan Thames, Brenda Reid, and Bill Boyett.
Comment:
Pastor
Ron
Lentine:
One
good
thing
that
we
will
be
doing
in
May
is
that
the
deacons
and
yokefellows
will
be
launching
an
extended
new
members
orientation.
This
will
spill
over
form
the
monthly
orientation
that
I
do.
The
deacons
and
yokefellows
will
carry
that
on
for
a
seven-week
study
going
through
a
book
which
will
help
new
believers,
new
Christians,
to
get
grounded
in
their
faith.
That
should
begin
sometime
in
May.
The
deacons
and
yokefellows
will
teach
this
class
and
the
new
believers
will
get
used
to
coming
on
Sunday
mornings
during
Bible
study
hour.
Sometime
toward
the
end
of
that
Bible
study,
existing
teachers
from
Bible
groups
will
come
to
introduce
themselves.
Then
the
new
members
from
the
seven-week
study
group
will
be
transferred
right
into
a
Bible
study
group to continue on with the small group Bible fellowship. Updates on this class will be provided at a later date.
Motion to approve by George Butler and seconded by Tony McFarlane. APPROVED by show of hands.
TREASURER'S
REPORT:
Richard
Main
presented
the
Financial
Report
for
February
as
presented
in
the
March
Business
Meeting
package.
Motion
to
approve
the
financial
report
presented
for
March
was
made
by
Joe
Cato
and
seconded
by
Ray
Linnville.
APPROVED
by
show of hands.
Comment:
Richard
Main:
The
first
two
months
of
the
year
are
pretty
good.
Our
percentages
are
up.
We
are
approximately
$1,350
short of the Annie Armstrong goal. That goal should be reached by next Sunday.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
None.
OLD BUSINESS:
None.
NEW BUSINESS:
Deacons
Committee:
Chuck
Keistler
presented
a
recommendation
from
the
Committee
regarding
the
Backpack
Ministry
which
Roland
Koomen
initiated.
Roland
has
moved
and
Chris
Gay
has
picked
up
the
slack.
He
is
not
using
outside
sources
as
we
did
before.
This
is
coming
now
from
the
the
gifts
we
get
from
the
church.
This
has
put
Chris
in
a
bind
because
the
money
was
turned
over
to
him.
This
could
be
a
problem
with
the
IRS
so
we
need
to
support
our
deacon
brother
who
wants
to
do
this.
The
deacons
voted
to
continue
this
ministry.
The
Constitution,
Bylaws,
and
Policies
and
Procedure
Committee
put
this
together
along
with
Chris
Larsen.
This
would
come
under
the
Christian
Social
Ministries.
It
will
be
called
The
Food
for
Students
Ministry
(Backpack
Blessings)
because
we
cannot
use
Backpack
Ministries
since
that
is
a
copyright.
The
above
listed
Committees,
along
with
the
blessings
from
the
Deacons,
are
submitting
this
for
approval
by
the
Church.
There
will
be
a
designated
line
item
in
our
budget
entitled
Food
for
Students
Ministry
and
the
money
will
be
provided
through
gifts
from
the
church.
The
Finance
Committee,
in
the
interim,
put
the
funds
in
Love
Offerings
and
they
were
given
to
Chris
Larsen
with
receipts.
The
money
will
be
put
in
the
designated
account
for
this
ministry.
APPROVED
by show of hands.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Pastor
Ron
Lentine
asked
for
a
recommendation
from
the
floor
to
cancel
the
evening
services
for
Easter
and
Homecoming as we do every year. Motion made by Joe Cato and seconded by Chuck Keistler.
APPROVED
by
show of hands.
ADJOURNMENT:
Motion to adjourn by Paul Sauls and seconded by Tony McFarlane.
APPROVED
by show of hands.
Bonnie Quinley, Church Clerk
Ron Lentine, Moderator