a. Report from Pam on the St. Andrew financials through December 2004. At the present we are behind in total revenue. Due to strong expense control by Staff we are still ahead of plan. But we are behind in giving. The expense control side will not hold for the next 6 months with the planned expenditures. One of the reasons we are still ahead is the pension contribution has not been made.

b. Review of St. Andrew statistics from PC (USA) through 2003. One key statistic revealed our giving per worship attendee in 2003 is $ 1,435 as compared to the average for PC (USA) attendee average $ 1,734. And the St. Andrew numbers for 2003 are slightly down from 2002.

c. Rich challenged Session (from provided memo) to consider the concept of our St. Andrew operating budget needs to be self-supporting. All other fund raising efforts would focus on Mission. Session must be 100% behind in these actions in modeling the stewardship through word and deed. Steps considered: (1) read the Treasurer principle together (Session); (2) ask the Congregation on a quarterly basis to become current to their pledges to God at the end of each quarter.

d. Catch-up Sunday was moved by Pat with a second by Tim and approved by Session with the first Sunday January 30th.

e. Bill Dempsey - volunteered to write a letter to the Congregation for the “Catch-up Sunday.”

f. Jim Morgan - develop a mini financial scorecard for the weekly bulletin.

3. Strategic Plan Progress Reports

a. Enhancement of worship: (1) launching Greeters & Ushers; (2) techie training session; (3) bring a friend to St. Andrew Sunday each month; (4) recruit Teri Griffin to look at capacity.
b. Alternative Service: current concept is a family focused service (appears to be on-track);
c. Leadership Development:
V Job Descriptions - in-process and now need to determine which job descriptions are missing.

4. Ratify special offering for tsunami disaster relief. Pat & Tim motion and 2nd and approved by Session.

5. Session Retreat: January 22, 2005: 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Rich reviewed the general outline of the Day’s activities.

6. Clerk’s Report: Approve minutes from previous meeting. Approved by Session.

7. Operations:

a. Approval of Building use contracts for the 1st six months of 2005. Sylvia motion and 2nd by Jim McFarland. Approved by Session.

8. Three Minute reports from…

a. Evangelism: use money from the donut sales for purchase of visitor mugs. New members class begins on January 16th. We need Elders to come on February 20th.

b. Discipleship: several new programs launching on January 12th.

c. Christian Education: need help to work on the Children’s play ground.

d. Youth: there is an effort to launch a Middle School Youth group in February led by Stephanie Parsons and Paul ______.

e. Mission: no report

f. Worship: nothing

g. Pastor’s Report: Rich is alive.

h. Associate Pastor’s Report. Tim is old(er); looking at different ways of teaching people in our devotional life.

9. Closing Prayer

10. Meeting Adjourn. Motion by Sylvia and second by Caryn.