August Minutes

LEHIGH VALLEY DISTRICT MEETING
AUGUST 2008


The L.V.D.M. was held on Saturday, August 2, 2008 at Christ Church, Allentown. The meeting began with scripture reading and prayer. Rev. Dick Reigle is the new facilitator. Elections were held with the following results:

Rev. Paul Barber, Treasurer
Rev. Don Wert, Secretary
Rev. Trent Stehr – Lay Representative to National Ministry Team
Rev. Bob Bast – Pastoral Representative to National Ministry Team
Mrs. Lois Pfeffer – Alternate Lay Representative to National Ministry Team
Rev. Brett Kindig – Alternate Pastoral Representative to National Ministry Team (pending his approval)

The Treasurer reported that the balance in our checking account is $2,521.37.

Rev. Dick Reigle announced that he will prepare a monthly newsletter for the Lehigh Valley Churches listing up-coming events. Please send all announcement of events to Rev. Reigle.

Discussion was held about advertising in the Morning Call newspaper. It was decided to advertise at Christmas and Easter only due to the high cost.

Christ Church will host a district-wide Good Friday service in 2009. The Good Friday offering to launch Liberia was $172.00.

A district-wide Thanksgiving Eve service will be held at St. Matthew’s E. C. Church, Emmaus, on November 26th. Offering will go to help Everlasting Ministries food drive.

Terry Jacobs has requested the District to host a Prayer Summit this fall. St. John’s agreed to host this event on Sunday, October 26, 2008 between 3 and 5 PM.

Christ Church will host the Maranatha Choir on Thursday, July 16, 2009. Rev. Reigle is looking for help to house the students for one evening. There will be approximately 80 students.

We discussed having Karl Kettering present a series of services this fall. It was decided to put this off until spring or fall of 2009.

A Pastors’ gathering will be held on Wednesday, September 24 at 8:30 AM at the new Borderline Restaurant the corner of Union Boulevard and Pennsylvania Street in East Allentown.

Our next L.V.D.M. will be held on November 15 at 8:30 AM in the First E. C. Church, Easton.

Respectfully submitted,

Rev. Don Wert, Secretary


QUESTIONNAIRE

In order to research the possibility of consolidating our white copy paper purchases, we are asking each church to determine the amount of white paper (8-1/2” x 11”) used in one year. We are also asking for the type of printer ink refills you use. Once this information is obtained, we will see if we can cut our costs with a bulk purchase commitment. Information will be sent to all churches before any commitment is made. Please send this information to Rev. Don Wert, c/o St. Matthew’s E. C. Church, P.O. Box 433, Emmaus, PA 18049; stmattec@ptd.net.