COUNCIL

FOR YOUR ATTENTION
COMMITTEE REPORTS for the February Meeting of Council
WORSHIP
The Worship Committee gives GOD and GOD’s faithful stewards thanksgiving for the efforts of so many in keeping the Worship life of FSA alive during these Covid lock-down times.
PREACHING kudos go to Rev. Ann Corbet, Rev. Tom Hiscock and to Rev. Dr. David McKane—as well as to the many UCCs who have made their on-line services available to us.
MUSIC: Erich Knapp, our Minister of Music, continues to find an amazing variety of ways to ensure that melody of our worship through not only his own amazing repertoire but also the gifts of the sextets and trios he has assembled through this very challenging time.
TAPED SERVICES: We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the tech team (Kathryn Skelly, Merran Neville, and Jim Silcox) for their amazing skill in allowing the rest of us to feel as we watch as if we were virtually present in services.
NARTHEX CO-ORDINATOR: In the wake of Charlotte Oldham’s health issues Catherine Charlton has graciously stepped forward to fill this position.
GOING FORWARD: We will continue to worship at a social distance from one another for a yet-to-be determined Covid time—but look forward to the time when we might become a virtual community again.
CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT
CHURCH SCHOOL-
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Church school families made and sent Valentines Day cards to members of FSA
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Zoom church school will be offered as well as a lesson via email until we can return in person.
YOUTH GROUP
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Will be offering a zoom youth group in February and hopefully we will be able to offer something in person once restrictions ease.
ADULT EDUCATION
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We are working on an environmental series that will most likely be in the fall due to energy around leadership and zoom sessions.
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We may consider an informal Lenten series if we open up to in person worship during Lent.
CONFIRMATION
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We are hoping to offer a confirmation group for the fall of 2021.Anyone who is in Grade 9 and Grade 10 in the fall should contact us.
COLLABORATION
1. We are in the opening stages of conversation with other United Churches about sharing and collaborating in youth ministry.
MEMBERSHIP & NURTURE
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Our committee has continued to devote considerable energy to reaching out to members of the FSA family to ensure that they continue to feel connected to the church. With the help of Jan Hendry we are also trialing a Zoom Social Hour beginning Thursday morning for four weeks. Stay tuned for feedback re the success of this project.
Despite requests through the eblast and reaching out in person to several people I am sad to report that the Affirm Committee is without leadership and in fact has not met for over 18 months. Without a functioning Affirm Committee it will be hard to call ourselves an Affirming Congregation.
PROPERTY
The Property Committee met in January to review the previous year activities and to plan for the upcoming year.
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The main concern at this time is around our heating system. Significant failures were detected and corrected in December and January which cost in the neighbourhood of $15 000.00. As a result we are now beginning the process to consider a complete upgrade and modernization of the heating systems at FSA. The Avis report of 2008 indicated at that time that this work would be necessary in the future. The Property Committee along with the Planning Committee are working to discern if that future is now. This would represent a significant capital project which would require Trustee support and a Capital Campaign to raise the funds required.
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Other Property projects in 2021:
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Dry well improvements on the west lawn to better handle roof drain water in heavy downpour situations.
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Security gates in the south Narthex entrance (completed)
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Completing Stained Glass repair
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Completing Heat trace cables on rear west roof.
COUNCIL COMMITTEES
WORSHIP
Jo Ann Silcox, chair
Stephen Adams
Joan Bancroft
Susan McKane
David McKane
David Pederson
Jean Wright
Catherine Charlton
TBD, staff
FINANCE
Kerry Hill, chair
Tristin Hill
Ivana Klouda
Lesley Pergau
Barb Ridgewell
Laura Wood
Heather Vouvalidis, staff
MEMBERSHIP & NURTURE
Heather Locking-Cusolito,
chair
Glenna Hall
Annabelle Logan
Gerry Meacham
Deanne Pederson
Jo Ann Silcox
Donna Thompson
TBD, staff
MINISTRY & PERSONNEL
Bruce Moor, chair
Linda Badke
Stuart Eberhard
Ardath Finnbogason-Hill
Kathryn Patton
Barb Plante
David Wake
David Wardlaw
Barrie Evans
MISSION & OUTREACH
Barb Dalrymple
Pat Pettit,
Linda Badke
Marilyn Beach
Janice Elliott
Liz Galbraith
Natasha Roberts
Jan Hendry
Bill Knowles
Laurel Kenney
Donna Thompson
TBD, staff
MUSIC
Merran Neville, chair
Jane Archer Smith
Glenda Baldwin
Igor Saika-Voivod
Paul Cooper
Ardath Finnbogason-Hill
Ann MacPhail
Janis Wallace
Margaret Wardlaw
Erich Knapp, staff
CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT
Allyson Watson, chair
Heather Lake
Katie Glaves
Christina Lindsay
Kathryn Skelly
Elizabeth Stewart, staff
PLANNING
Steve Elson
Barrie Evans
Kerry Hill, chair
Bob Swartman
Kathryn Patton
TBD, Staff
PROPERTY
George Jolink, chair
Ron Bradley
Bill Guthrie, secretary
Peter Ross
Tim Miedema, staff
Heather Vouvalidis, staff
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
(not a Council committee but reports regularly to it)
Doug Jones, co-chair
Jackie Williams, co-chair
Paul Cooper
John Eberhard
Janice Elliott
Russ Gonder
Jane Hill
Don Jones
Bob Kennedy
David Manness
Al Salmoni
Jim Silcox
Mary Vernon
Kay Hillier
Jean Wright
Heather Vouvalidis, staff
+ advisors Kaitlin Norman, Del McLennan, Bob Schram, Michael Cooney
UCW
(not a Council committee but reports regularly to it)
To get the names of the current UCW executive, contact the church office
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