MINUTES

TRANSITIONAL LEADERSHIP TEAM

April 18, 2011 – 7:00 p.m.

PRESENT:
Paul Anderson Monica Heuer Randy Rehling
John Bultsma Bjorn Lervik Jan Tollefson
Julie Burnside Kevin Ludwig Renee White
Derek Hackett Rich Merkouris
Randi Helder Karen Rehling

1. The meeting was lead by Rich Merkouris. Opening prayer by Paul Anderson.

2. Selecting a name for the church. We will not have the word “Lutheran” in the name but we will put NALC
below the name. Solid Rock was on the bottom of the votes so it is ruled. The committee voted between
King of Glory and Hosanna. King of Glory – 7 votes, Hosanna – 3 votes.

3. Constitution/By-Laws – discussion was held on the drafts of both documents and several changes were
made. Constitution and By-Laws will be made available to the group this coming weekend.

4. Budget Review – see budget narrative and budget overview for more specifics.

Two major factors in church budget – staffing and facility.

At the beginning, we will put our assets towards staffing. We will focus on building people over the next few years.
As we have extra income, that can be set aside for a facility. Historically, in church settings, you staff for every 100.
The current game plan lays the foundation to have a staff in place for 350-400 people. It requires a balance of
money dedicated towards staff and a facility. In visiting with other new churches, Rich stated that one theme rang
out – they all wished they had more money for staffing. Another said they put more money into facility and then
they got more people to come.

The third factor is worship services. The budget is completely under the assumption that we stay at Good
Sam for 1 ½ years, even though there are some limitations. If we get to 175 or 180, we could have 2
services. If we stay with 1 service, then we would need to designate more money to the facility expenses.
Currently, we are paying $100/week at Good Samaritan. Sioux Falls Christian could be rented for
$250/week and is a larger facility.

The assumption is that staff will work out of their homes for now.

5. Timeline/Process –

Next Leadership Team meeting – May 2nd

The team is asked to start thinking about nominations for leadership. At the May 2nd meeting we will have
a focused conversation on each area. Will begin talking about marketing items – maybe do a soft rollout in
May and June and possibly spend apx $8,000 in August after the website is fully running and fine tuned
and staff are in place.

Rich has written a letter to all attendees about the upcoming meetings to approve the constitution. He
will add specific prayer passages for people to use.
 There will be a meal next Wednesday followed by a congregational meeting at Good Samaritan Society.
There will also be congregational meetings on May 4th at Good Samaritan and May 11th at the SF Ministry
Center.

June 5th – Opening worship service with possibly a meal.

6. Open Discussion –

Question if Rich has an ordination date – it is in the court of NALC at this time.

New member class - legally speaking whoever attends the meeting on the 11 th where they vote are
actually members. We will have a sign-up sheet for several retreat times and members will be asked to
sign up for the new members class. We will try to offer options to meet everyone’s scheduling needs.

One of our members needs help with dental bills. It was suggested that some of the leadership team
members sponsor the meal on April 27th and we will use the money to give to our member to use for her
bills.

Internet presence – everyone is encouraged to bring cameras and take pictures at church so we can add to
the website. We hope to have the website fully functioning by June 4th.

How do we make visitors aware of what we have to offer? Monica visited a church where they gave out a
DVD to visitors on the church along with brochures explaining activities of the church. Randy visited a
church that stated their beliefs and all the different activities/areas that were available. They focused on
visitors coming in to stay.

Website – hope to add the newsletter, etc. to the site so it is a one-stop shop.

Clarification on Sunday morning worship – Rich and Paul have been doing the service. Eventually, we will
have others read the scriptures, etc.

7. Closing Prayer by Julie.

Submitted by,

Aleen Fisher