Or… whatever it’s called. I forget the actual name that Morningstar calls it… but yes, we had our annual meeting yesterday, where we pass budgets and such.
It was pretty.. mundane. Regular stuff, I guess you could say, except it’s the first without Pastor John (and thus an annual general meeting without a senior pastor). So what really came out is kind of buckling down.. in anticipation for whatever direction that a new senior pastor (which they kept saying was imminent) would bring to the congregation.
It made sense to me…
Anyway. There were some.. frustrating moments. Namely the questions that came up regarding the Future Hope Fund. I dunno… it just seemed to me that people somehow has this idea that the Future Hope Fund is for the sole purpose of aquiring new property. And so they were upset that parts of the fund was being used to pay for needed projects on the current property.
I dunno… I thought the elders quite eloquently explained the situation.. Namely that this “Future Hope” we are investing in is the lives of people that God will save through Morningstar, and not necessarily just for a new building. But some just didn’t get it and seemed to be more interested in ensuring that there’s money for purchasing a new lot… even though it is not even clear that this is the direction the church is headed towards….
Bah forget it, I’m not going to say any more.. I might just offend someone.
Anyway, here are some pictures from the evening. We have this tradition of sitting at the very back.. haha. It’s different from where we sit during services, which is usually right up front.
Ok… that is all… yeahh… funn… back to studying now…