Moderator Report
Updated
June 2025
May was wet. Summer is here. Jesus is Lord!
Seek Justice. Love
Mercy. Walk Humbly with your God. Micah 6:8
Missions.
In the outreach arena, we, as a church, contributed $100,
and the MA contributed $300 towards rent for Susan Kroeker. We helped with food,
and Sam McConnell cut her grass. Please put her on your prayer lists. She is
trying to make it on her own in Burns Flat. I will share details at the meeting.
Worship.
A worship review was conducted on 4 June. See Report.
Education
VBS is completed. A draft F4 Schedule is included in your
packets.
Building and Grounds.
The AC guys came and fixed two units. The invoice will be
mailed, so I don’t have an estimate at this time. Derrick fixed the sink (spray nozzle) in the
west kitchen sink. We have a notice from Brotherhood Mutual of a rate change. I
contacted them and forwarded their response, including the new rate.
Fellowship
The next fellowship meal is scheduled for 29 June 2025 (Team
2). Heard it from a friend who, heard it from a friend who… Received a
call from someone searching for Tom Collins. She was calling for a relative who
used to talk to Tom all the time—I passed on the phone number. Hopefully, this
will uplift Tom’s spirits.
Other
Elder Retreat. The Elder Retreat is scheduled for 9
August 2025. Please submit your agenda items and any supporting materials to me
by 9 July 2025 so as to promulgate the agenda with time to provide all
attendees a chance to review them sufficiently beforehand.
Elders. Please begin your prayer and meditation on whom
to nominate as our next elders to serve on the session. Please review the Cumberland
Presbyterian Constitution 2.70. I have requested those elders not currently serving
to verify their intentions towards future service. We typically begin the
nomination process in September or October. I will update this list as responses
are received; however, the pace of responses should not detract from your
prayer time. See Kathy for elder rotation.
Ethan
Delp Yes
Danny
Rush Not at this time
Rick
Reeves No response
Kathy
Stegall No response
Larry
Walker No response
Rodney
Chilton As a last resort
Carolyn
Murray No response
Considering
the number of elders available and those willing to serve, we should consider
reducing the number of elders serving on the session to 3. This would require a
congregational meeting prior to one to elect elders (which may be delayed for a
year if we changed); however, the session should first decide whether to pursue
this option or not. If we want to do this, the time is now, and the reduction,
if approved, would be accomplished by the expiration of two terms at the end of
this year. A new rotation schedule to have one term expire each year would be desirable.
Michael Ashmore (580 225 9046) from Dobson stopped by
to let us know that they are ready to sign up people and businesses for fiber
internet service.
Financial. I attempted to negotiate a lower rate for
our church's phone and internet service. Kinetic did not authorize me to
conduct business on this account. Many here in Burns Flat have received
substantial rate cuts since Dobson’s arrival. The worst Kinetic can say is no.
Session Meetings.
I suggest two December meetings. The first would be our regular December
meeting on 21 December 2025. We would conduct the normal session business. The
second would be on 28 December 25 with the Moderator Pro Tempore as a
confirmation meeting for what is ahead.
Pastor Turnover. 1 January 2026 remains the target
date for a seamless turnover, though some time without a pastor is not
necessarily a bad thing. I suggest that serious searching begin about 1 October
2025.
Tom Personal, I will be away for two consecutive Sundays
in August/September. My last Sunday in
the pulpit is scheduled for 21 December and my last day as pastor is 31
December 2025.
Projects
in Search of a Champion.
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