Youth Team Meeting

November 1, 2009

11:30-1:00

Present: Pastor Rhonda, Bruce  Riebe, Mindy Peterson, Betsy Vincent, Tina Anderson, Brandi Engren, Laura Schmidt, Kim Schmidt, Logan Anderson, Michael Beckensten

Absent: Lisa Lynn

1.       Fundraising-Mission Funds/Youth General Funds

A.       Mission Fund Raising Events

1.       Sweetheart Dinner

2.       Easter Breakfast         

3.       Christmas Flowers

4.       Easter Flowers

5.       Car Wash/Carmel Rolls

6.       Bingo Dinner

7.       Flower/Plant Sale

8.       Thanksgiving Eve Silent Auction ½ proceeds to Mission ½ to Youth Fund

B.       Youth  Funding Raising Events

1.       T-Shirt/Sweatshirt Sales

2.       Summer Festival (ice cream, candy, pop, water)

3.       Aluminum Cans

4.       Thanksgiving Eve Silent Auction ½ proceeds to Mission ½ to Youth Fund

C.       Each event will have a leader who will organize the event and keep Pastor Rhonda informed of the progress and any needs for the fundraising event.

Thanksgiving Auction-Jan Tuhkanen-Laidly

T-shirt/Sweatshirt Sale-Laura Schmidt

Christmas/Easter Alter Flowers-Tina Anderson

2.       What are the general youth funds used for at this time?

Scholarships

Confirmation Retreats

Lock-ins

Youth Quake

Feed My Starving Children

Other youth events

3.       Youth Finances

There are two youth accounts: the Workcamp Account and the Youth Fund

Both accounts will be “audited” be the new CPA this week

4.       Future Meeting Agenda Items:

Soup Suppers-More info needed

Operation Christmas Child

Youth singing at nursing home in December

Why we use Luther Point Bible Camp/Alternative Camps

Need for another male and someone who’s children are grown to serve on Youth Team

Youth Finances

5.       Pastor Rhonda shared that we will have three youth reps who will not have a vote at council meetings however will be encouraged to attend council meetings and youth meetings and give their feedback. The three proposed youth reps are: Kim Schmidt 11^th grade, Logan Anderson 10^th grade, Chance Laidly 9^th grade.

6.       Formal thank-you needs to be made to the nursery for their generous contribution to the youth mission for the plant sale. Kim will provide a thank-you on Weds Nov 4th and get signatures from the other youth who attended the mission trip.

7.       South Dakota Mission trip has tentative registrations of 13 youth. Pastor Rhonda will be a chaperone and we will need a male chaperone for the trip to South Dakota.

Re-Submitted by: Laura Schmidt

Edited by Pastor Rhonda for Website Submission 11/4/09