Friday Epistle Archives

11/6/2009 The Friday Epistle A project of the North Central Chapter of NACBA, the National Association of Church Business Administration Friday, November 6, 2009             fridayepistle@nacbancc.org           www.nacbancc.org The North Central Chapter of NACBA The National Association of Church Business Administration Our Mission:          To empower Christian ministry through support of church administration. Our Vision:          To equip and reach out to people in church administration through education, connection, and communication. The 2009-2010 meeting schedule is on line at http://www.nacbancc.org/mschedule.asp. Minnesota Association of Church Facility Managers MACFM (www.macfm.org) was established to promote fellowship, networking and educational opportunities for Christian Facilities Professionals (managers, maintenance, custodians), through the form of monthly meetings, discussion groups, and professional training. Come Check us out!                                                  For more information contact: President Ken Reineccius kreineccius@paxchristi.com or call #952-405-7250. Hot News Section Back by Popular Demand! Cheryl Glaeser will be presenting her fabulous “Microsoft Tips & Tricks” session at our regular Thursday morning meeting on November 19 – don’t miss it! Pick up a brochure at http://www.nacbancc.org/images/November2009.pdf . Share the Knowledge Section Treasurer Job Descriptions Needed We are updating our bylaws concerning the role of the Treasurer. If you would be willing to share the way your bylaws address the role and responsibilities of the treasurer, how that person is selected and who he/she reports to I would be grateful. Gordon Thomas Trinity Lutheran Church 601 2nd St E Waconia, MN 55387-1608 (952) 442-4165 #211 GThomas@trinitywaconia.org Absentee Voting Has any church out there had experience with running a congregational vote with secret ballot and with absentee balloting? Do you have any advice? We are trying to avoid potential problems. Thanks! Rebecca KenKnight Christ Lutheran Church 5084 E. Main St. Maple Plain, MN 55359-9647 763-479-2373 bkenknight@mpclc.org. Pension Plan Practices If you have a retirement or pension plan for your employees, could you share how much the church contributes to the employee’s plan each year. Also, please indicate if you provide retirement for full-time, part-time or both. Thanks! Annette Beseman Redeemer Lutheran Church 61 Mississippi Way NE Fridley, MN 55432-4318 (763) 574-7445 ext. 206 a.beseman@redeemerfridley.org Web-Based Drupal Software Can anyone recommend some individuals/companies that you might know of that do website design using web-based Drupal software? We are hoping to re-design our web site and I want to send out a Request for Proposal to companies/individuals who are used to working with non-profits AND Drupal. Let me know. (I know recent issues have mentioned names of some web services, but I don't know their capabilities.) Thanks for your anticipated assistance. Jeanne Messersmith Saint John the Evangelist 380 Little Canada Road Little Canada, MN 55117-1627 (651) 288-3270 jmessersmith@stjohnsoflc.org Bulletin Software I'm wondering what software other churches use for Sunday bulletin production. We are currently using PageMaker but it is no longer supported and we are looking into other options. Thanks! Wendy Slade Central Presbyterian Church 500 Cedar St Saint Paul, MN 55101-2245 (651) 224-4728 ext. 100 office@cpcstpaul.org Beg, Buy, Sell, or Give-Away Section Bath Towels Needed! Dear Congregation friends: I’m sending this out to lots and lots of people, with a request that you place this notice in your congregation’s newsletter, bulletin, website, etc. Families Moving Forward needs bath towels! Do you have any extra around? They can be new, but also can be gently used. Each person who comes to live in the Families Moving Forward emergency shelter gets a bath towel, and gets to keep it when they move out. They use up a lot of towels – and need some more. If you can bring any towels to _________, we will see that they get to FMF. Thanks! There is no deadline on this, except that we’re down to our last two bath towels – so this notice can run as soon as you can fit it in, and can run for as many weeks as you are able – there are NEVER too many bath towels. Thanks! Leslie M. Frost Families Moving Forward® 1808 Emerson Ave. No. Minneapolis MN 55411-3229 612-529-2185 (voice) executivedirector@familiesmovingforward.org Choir Robes for Sale 17 green adult choir robes with gold collars...$10.00 each or best offer 25 gray junior choir robes with maroon collars...$10.00 each or best offer Gold shawls...2 large, 12 medium, 13 small...$5.00 each or best offer. Contact: Faith United Methodist Church 1530 Oakdale Avenue West St Paul, MN 55118 651-457-5686 faithumc@usfamily.net File Cabinets – Cheap! House of Prayer Lutheran Church has several extra 4-drawer metal filing cabinets, various colors. In great condition! $25 each, OBO. Please call or email for more information. Stefanie Fiser House of Prayer Lutheran Church 7625 Chicago Avenue Richfield, MN 55423-4451 612-866-8471 office@house-of-prayer.com 3’ T8 Fluorescent Tubes I have 8 3-foot long T8 Fluorescent tubes in apparent good order; I have no use for them. Free for pick-up. Craig M. Wiester University Lutheran Church of Hope 601 13th Ave. SE Minneapolis, MN 55414-1437 (612) 331-5988 craigw@ulch.org For Sale - Our loss is your GAIN! - Konica Minolta Di5510 Multifunction Copier We needed to switch copier vendors, and only had this machine for 3 ½ years (purchased new). Priced well below value at only $1,000.00. Features include: 55ppm, ADF, 2 letter-size paper drawers, 2 additional drawers which hold up to 11x17, side by-pass tray (50 sheet max capacity), fiery print controller (drivers easily downloaded from Konica Minolta website), finisher with fold, staple and booklet (center fold/saddle stitch) capability. We used this for copying and network printing.    Email office@stlukes.ws or call 952-881-5801 and ask for David. Purchaser would be responsible for moving equipment. Maintenance agreement was cancelled. See photos at www.nacbancc.org/images/CopierA.jpg and www.nacbancc.org/images/CopierB.jpg. Kelly Meyers Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church 1701 W. Old Shakopee Rd. Bloomington, MN 55431-3025 952-881-5801    ext. 109 kellym@stlukes.ws For Sale HP LaserJet 4100 black & white printer in very good condition, $100. Please contact Marlene Dolney Hope Evangelical Free Church 7910 15th St N Oakdale, MN 55128-5606 (651) 738-9652, ext. 209 marlene.dolney@hopechurchoakdale.com Job Line Find the Job Line at www.nacbancc.org/images/JobLine.pdf . Meeting Schedule Our chapter’s meeting schedule, complete with maps and hyperlinks, is on our web site at http://www.nacbancc.org/mschedule.asp. Check it out! About Us The Friday Epistle, a project of the North Central Chapter of NACBA, the National Association of Church Business Administration, is a free e-mail service for church administrators available to anyone who wants it. Feel free to pass this document to anyone who may be interested! To subscribe, please send your e-mail address to Craig M. 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