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The Church Council met on Monday, August 10th.  Here are a few of the topics we discussed.

Event Advertising

Our church is very active and holds a lot of events. However, we recently had a situation arise when an event was advertised with conflicting information. To prevent this from happening again, the Council would like all event advertising to be coordinated through Colleen Fipps, our webmaster. Colleen has developed a brief form for event organizers to fill out, and she will then get the information posted to our website and social media. This will help ensure the advertising is consistent across all platforms.

Church Use

The Board of Health requires someone under our church permit to be in attendance and oversee  any event that includes serving food and having a ServSafe Certified individual at the event. All ServSafe Certified individuals must have a copy of their ServSafe Certification and Allergen Certificate on file with the Board of Health.  This includes any BCC-sponsored events where food is being served. It is the responsibility of the event organizer, not Helping Hands or church staff, to arrange for a ServSafe Certified individual to be in attendance. The need for a ServSafe Certified person will also be included on a new checklist being created that will be given to anyone from our church that will be planning food events and will be available in the church office.  Our current ServSafe people are: Darlene Dean, Pat Jeznach, Gary Jeznach, and Jake Oxman. Jake can run the event but must have a person over 18 to assist.  People from outside the church who fill out a church use form and will be representing their own food event (and not the church), they will be responsible for their own permits and ServSafe representatives. ServSafe individuals for non-church sponsored events must still have a copy of their certifications included/listed under the Church with the Board of Health.  This requirement will be reviewed with those involved with non-church sponsored events at the church when they fill out a church use form.

Financial Updates

The Council agreed to eliminate the weekly financial information from the Sunday Bulletins. Instead, a financial update will be provided in the monthly newsletter with some brief explanatory comments. The Council also agreed to provide an update in the Sunday Bulletin once a quarter.

Sincerely yours,

Matt Mullen, Church Moderator