Finance Ministry

Members:

Dennis Dinger

Randy Whitaker

Calvin Smith

Reuel Deppen

Don Young

Rita Trovalli

Mary Sultzaberger

Mike Hengst

Larry Watkins

Ministry Info:

Meetings are held at 7p.m. on the second Monday of the month, September through January and others as needed.

There shall be a Finance Committee, of which the treasurer and financial secretary shall be members ex officio, with voice and vote. It shall prepare a draft budget for the next fiscal year, including this congregation’s full indicated or agreed share in support of the wider ministry being carried on in its behalf by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the synod, and shall submit such draft budget to the Congregation Council for its action and upon such revision and approval thereof, to present the budget at the semi-annual Congregation Meeting at the beginning of the fiscal year. The committee shall exercise oversight of all the financial affairs of the congregation to make sure that they are being conducted efficiently, giving particular attention to the prompt payment of all obligations and to the regular forwarding of benevolence monies to the synodical treasurer. It shall, subject to congregation’s investments, and its total insurance program. It shall also provide for annual audits of the accounts of the treasurer and the financial secretary, if there be one, as well as of the accounts of the schools and organizations within the congregation. (Excerpt from St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church’s bi-laws.)