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2016 Annual Report

The life & Ministry of Robert McClure United Church

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Contents Minister’s Report ............................................................................................................................................ 2

The Official Board .......................................................................................................................................... 4

Advertising ...................................................................................................................................................... 5

Affirm Ministry ............................................................................................................................................... 9

Bible Study Buddies ..................................................................................................................................... 10

Financial Report ............................................................................................................................................ 11

Additional Financial Report pages follow this report.

Food Pantry ................................................................................................................................................... 12

Fundraising ................................................................................................................................................... 13

Generosity Group .......................................................................................................................................... 14

McClure Fellowship of Gardeners ................................................................................................................ 16

Music Ministry .............................................................................................................................................. 18

Prayer Shawl Ministry .................................................................................................................................. 19

Property and Maintenance ............................................................................................................................ 21

Seniors Ministry ............................................................................................................................................ 22

Trustees ......................................................................................................................................................... 23

United Church Women (“UCW”) ................................................................................................................. 24

Wednesday Evening Learning Circle ........................................................................................................... 26

WonderKids .................................................................................................................................................. 28

Worship Committee ...................................................................................................................................... 29

Youth Group ................................................................................................................................................. 35

Minutes of the 2015 Annual General Meeting - Held March 8, 2016 .......................................................... 36

Minutes of the Congregational Meeting - Held January 17, 2017 ................................................................ 41

Ministry and Personnel (Addendum) ............................................................................................................ 43

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Minister’s Report Annual Reports are a great opportunity to look back at the past year, celebrate the year that was and reflect on the journey we have been through. And speaking of journeys, the highlight of my year as your minister, was my sabbatical. It was an amazing, awakening and difficult journey where I learned progressive theology, travelled to places I had never been, met some new friends, learned about preaching and leading, learned how to rest (oh, that was the hardest part) and actually rested. When I returned to the church in September I really was rested, renewed, recharged and ready for work. I have been thinking more clearly and am happy to be back ministering with and for my people. Sabbatical, successfully accomplished! Here are some things I did on my sabbatical:

In May, we flew to Atlanta, Georgia for the Festival of Homiletics, where some of North American’s top preachers preached. (It’s a geek-fest for preachers.)

In July I took the whole family on a road trip to New Mexico. The end destination was Conspire Conference hosted by the Center for Contemplation and Action with Richard Rohr. On the way, we stayed at Salt Lake City.

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We journeyed to Bandelier National Monument, NM to discover ancient South West aboriginal culture and architecture and Acoma Sky City, NM to witness the living history of the Acoma people.

There are many people who made my sabbatical possible. I want to thank the official board under Rod Rogalsky’s leadership, the M and P committee under Andre Dicaire’s leadership and the Worship Committee under Barb Humphrey’s leadership. Many people volunteered many hours to the life of the church so that I could have sabbatical and I deeply appreciate the work and effort that the many lay leaders and lay preachers contributed. Thank you church. Lovingly submitted, Rev Kelly Osgood

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The Official Board

Rod Rogalsky was the Chairperson of the Official Board for 2016. One of Rod’s favorite things to do is bang the gavel at the end of a meeting. In the United Church of Canada manual it states that “each pastoral charge (also known as the congregation) must have a group of members to oversee its life and work. This group is called the governing body of the pastoral charge. The governing body is the court of the pastoral charge.” At Robert McClure United Church this is called the “Board”. The members of the board include the Chairperson, the Past Chairperson, Treasurer, Board Secretary, Presbytery Representative, Board of Trustees Representative, Ministry and Personnel Chairperson, UCW President, Property & Maintenance Representative, Worship Committee Chairperson, Generosity Chairperson and the Minister. Not only does the Board oversee the life and work of the congregation, we also have the opportunities to grow spiritually through workshops, bible studies, fellowship and, praying for one another and the congregation. Our Behavioural Covenant is our commitment to work together and to engage in spiritual practice as we begin each meeting. We treat each other with respect and dignity, listening carefully to one another, responding with care and attention. We create a space where it is safe to express opinions and ask questions, without an atmosphere of judgement and censure, and every effort is made to resolve concerns, disagreements or conflicts openly and honestly. We support each other in faith and trust, using a respectful, appropriate manner of communication to provide feedback or to express concerns.

As position terms are ending and some people are taking a well-deserved break or their ministry passion as changed, we want to thank everyone that served on the Board in 2016. To know the names of those people you must read the Annual Report! Thanks to everyone on the Board for their support, patience and guidance. And thanks to the congregation for the opportunity for us to serve them. You can be part of this rewarding experience. Just let someone on the Board know that you are interested. Submitted by Barb Humphrey on behalf of the Official Board of Robert McClure United Church

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Advertising This year some new avenues were used to advertise events with a great outcome. Social media is definitely the way of our world. Some of the ways that the advertising was done are:

Online Listings

http://www.salespider.com http://www.kijiji.ca/h-calgary

www.usedcalgary.com

http://www.usedcalgary.com

https://calgary.craigslist.ca

http://buyselltrade.ca/

The Pancake Breakfast and Western Worship Service is posted on the Calgary Stampede breakfast website http://www.freestampedepancakes.com/

Global Calgary http://globalnews.ca/calgary/events/

City TV – community events http://www.citytv.com/calgary/community/sysd-calgary/

Calgary events – suppers, sales, bazaars, etc http://calgaryarea.com/

Swerve Magazine through the Calgary Herald http://swerveevents.com/

Shine FM - events http://www.cjsi.ca/

Calgary Sun - Community Events http://classifieds.calgarysun.com/

Oodle.com http://community.canada.oodle.com/calgary-ab/ Chatterblock.com plus newsletter to subscribers http://www.chatterblock.com/events/calgary-alberta-c528/

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Pinterest

Post a copy of the event poster https://www.pinterest.com/

Email to

Faith Calendar – Calgary Herald Email: [email protected]

CTV Calgary Email: [email protected]

Local community churches

Calgary United Churches – send info to Calgary Presbytery to be forwarded

Facebook

Create a Facebook event

Website

Post the event on our own church website

FAX to

CJAY 92 Community Events FAX: 403-240-5801

Country 105 FM Community Events FAX: 403-716-2111

QR 77 Community Events FAX: 403-716-2111

Calgary Sun Church Notes FAX: 403-250-4180

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Street Sign

• the street sign which is at the front of our property on 26th Avenue;

Announcements & Handouts

• Put announcements in our own church announcements.

• Make handouts with the information from the poster to handout to our own congregation and for them to “invite a friend”. A good size for this is to make four handout cards per 8 ½ x 11 size paper

Post Posters

• Community stores

• Library

• Schools

• Leisure centres

• Community Halls

• Work places

• Gilchrist Manor & Gilchrist Gardens

Mail to

• Strathmore United Church 410 – 4th Street Strathmore, AB T1P 1B4

Street Signs

• Church events fall under the category of “Temporary Signs” through the City of Calgary sign bylaws. I also called “311” to confirm these details.

• Website for the bylaws is: http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/ABS/Pages/Bylaws-by-topic/Signage.aspx

• FAQ’s from the City of Calgary is: http://www.calgary.ca/CSPS/ABS/Pages/Frequently-asked-questions/Signs.aspx

• There are very restricted places and guidelines that signs can be posted such as what streets they can be posted on, how far from the intersections, bus shelters, curbs and sidewalks.

• You do not need a permit.

• The signs can be up no more than 14 days in advance of the event and must be removed within 24 hours following the event

• The signs can be no bigger than 2 ft x 3 ft.

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• The signs must have on the front side the following information (we put this information on a small label in the bottom left hand corner so that it could be replaced the next time we are using the signs):

Name Address Phone Number Date the sign was posted

• Robert McClure United Church Women (UCW) ordered signs for the bazaar from Lionsgate Printing

http://lionsgateprinting.com/ 24” x 24” white coroplast with “H” frame Printed both sides 8 signs for $25.00 each

• The plan is to reuse the signs by changing the date only

All this couldn’t be done without Devynne Wonnacott (Church Administrator) for streamlining the information and for constant contact with our rental groups to keep them aware of the events in our church building. We also need to thank Gord Humphrey for changing the street sign. Thanks to Donna Perry for putting up all the posters around our community. Thanks to Jeanne Trach for making sure that posters are posted at Gilchrist Manor and Gilchrist Gardens. Thanks to everyone that posts on our Facebook page. I still believe that the best kind of advertising we can do is by talking, sharing an event or posting comments and spreading the good word and telling everyone about Robert McClure United Church. Invite a friend to join you on a Sunday morning or to come to a social event. A personal invitation goes a long ways. Spreading the word is just like passing the peace which is like doing the wave at a hockey game. Even sharing your own faith story with someone might just spark an interest or need to join us. If you have any suggestions or questions, please contact me. Submitted by, Barb Humphrey Advertising Coordinator

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Affirm Ministry Three years ago the Wednesday Evening Learning Circle decide to look at the justice issues related to the treatment of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender/Two Spirited, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) that have been ongoing discussion in the United Church of Canada since back in the 1980’s. We started with looking at the Bible and what it really said about sexual orientation. Then we explored individually and in group the issues for individuals from youth to seniors, their families and love ones in both the faith and social treatment. We then explored AFFIRM UNITED and the process a church must go through to become an Affirming congregation. We attended films, group discussions at other churches and our Wednesday Evening Circle, we met folks from the LGBTQ community and heard individual stories of their faith journeys. We placed LGBTQ information items in the RMUC bulletin weekly for a year. We organised a film night specifically about Bible teachings, we had two 2nd hours. We had three guests from the LGBTQ community talk in a Sunday service and share in 2nd hour with us. We submitted a survey to all congregation members with positive results with the congregation feeling comfortable about sexual orientation issues. At another 2nd Hour Feb. 12, 2017 we will be discussing what the RMUC Affirm Faith Statement should look like. This is one of the many requirements to become an Affirm United congregation. We hope to have a call for a vote at the Annual General meeting in March for the congregation to vote to become an Affirm Congregation. If we become an Affirm Church, we have to make a long term commitment and plan to continue to maintain a safe space for all God’s children to have the opportunity to participate fully in all RMUC Ministries.

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Bible Study Buddies A regular night at Bible Study Buddies: We start by eating a pot luck dinner at 6:30, unless Kelly is hosting, then we can start on time at 6:00. We take time to catch-up and socialize. After dinner, we gather for Bible study. Kelly and Sim attempt to keep us on track, while Dayna, Andre, Craig and Rod crack jokes. The kids roll their eyes and move to another room to do their own thing (but sometimes they stay for the Bible study). Sometimes our study is structured, sometimes it is free-flowing. It’s not a REAL Bible study unless Kelly yells at us to “Focus!” at least a few times. We have lively discussions as well as deep, meaningful prayer. We have found the practice of Lectio Divina helps the Bible passage become more personal and relatable. We have found the practice of Lectio Divina helps the Bible passage become more personal and relatable. We have found the practice of Lectio Divina helps the Bible passage become more personal and relatable. (See what we did there?) We often leave our gatherings having either learned something new, or seeing something in a new light. Part of being inclusive within the whole church is to help people find a space where they belong. Bible Study Buddies has become a place where many of us feel that we really belong. To establish personal relationships and a safe environment for sharing, and since we meet in each other’s homes, the group is small and by invitation. We see a future with many small groups developing within the church so that everyone can find a space to belong. If you feel called to start a similar group, feel free to talk to one of our group members so we can extend an invitation to you to join us for an evening to see how we work. A couple highlights:

- Volunteered at the Calgary Reads Booksale

- Yankee gift exchange at the 3rd annual Bible Study Buddies Christmas Party.

Current Members: Sim Gilbert Gord Osborne Karen Dingwall Kelly Osgood Chris Macnab Heather Macnab Emily Macnab Rob Bossler Rod Rogalsky Echo Liknes Craig Wonnacott Devynne Wonnacott Collette Cuthbert Kirk Cuthbert Myla Cuthbert Nevaeh Cuthbert Haleigh Cuthbert Kaylee-Anne Cuthbert Dayna Barr Heather Templeton Cindy Davis Olivia Davis Claire Davis Andre Dicaire Nancy Coleman

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Financial Report

Additional Financial Report pages follow this report.

Here are the financial highlights from 2016: 1) For the month of December we incurred a net surplus of $9,815.52 compared to our budgeted surplus of $9,749.41. On a year to date basis we broke even with a small surplus of $306.55 compared to our budget of zero. During December offerings experienced a significant increase to $14,800 compared to a monthly average of $9,000. In 2016 we booked $11,043 to the offerings to reflect the release of the 2015 Thank Offering to purchase new chairs. The cost of the chairs is booked to the balance sheet as an investment in fixed assets. 2) At December 31, 2016 we had $19,769.91 in the bank made up of $8,598.41 in designated funds and $11,171.20 in operating funds. We also had $2,850 in grocery gift cards on hand. By comparison at December 31, 2015 our cash balance was $34,248.01, made up of $16,638.13 in designated funds and $17,410.13 in operating funds. Operating funds decreased by $6,238.93 in 2016. 3) In 2016 we sold the old chairs for $850 and 9 cots from the Inn From the Cold program for $450. 4) We received rental income of $24,653 and fundraising events provided income of $10,242. We received donations of gifts in kind of $12,141; of this amount $10,161 was for donations of chickens for the Food Pantry ministry. If there are any questions or concerns or you would like more information please let me know by emailing [email protected] or calling 403-969-2140. Respectfully submitted, Karen Dingwall Treasurer

Robert McClure United Church

Balance Sheet As of 31 December 2016

31 Dec 16

ASSETS

Current Assets

Chequing/Savings

First Calgary Savings

Designated Funds

Building & Maintenance 32.50

Evangelism 528.62

Food Pantry 140.20

Inn from the Cold 426.30

Loan Payments 650.00

Memorial Funds 93.26

Refugees 1,492.19

Thank Offering Fund - New 2,345.00

Thank Offering Fund - Old 1,193.37

Training 75.00

Trustees Account 200.00

WELC (Wed Eve Learning Circle) 295.63

Wonder Kids 187.00

Youth Group 939.34

Total Designated Funds 8,598.41

First Calgary Savings - Other 11,171.20

Total First Calgary Savings 19,769.61

First Calgary Share Account 48.75

Hot Dog Float 40.00

Petty cash 100.45

Total Chequing/Savings 19,958.81

Accounts Receivable

Accounts Receivable 495.02

Total Accounts Receivable 495.02

Other Current Assets

Accrued Accounts Receivable 9.95

Prepaid Deposits & Expenses

Alarm System 114.65

Coop Gift Cards 2,550.00

Superstore Gift Cards 300.00

Total Prepaid Deposits & Expenses 2,964.65

Total Other Current Assets 2,974.60

Total Current Assets 23,428.43

Fixed Assets 449,282.20

TOTAL ASSETS 472,710.63

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Balance Sheet As of 31 December 2016

31 Dec 16

LIABILITIES & EQUITY

Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Other Current Liabilities

Accrued Liablities 4,686.70

Deferred Revenue

Building 32.50

Evangelism 528.62

Food Pantry 140.20

Inn From the Cold 426.30

Loan Payments 650.00

Memorial Funds 93.26

Refugees 1,492.19

Thank Offering - New 2,345.00

Thank Offering - Old 1,193.37

Training 75.00

Trustees Account 200.00

WELC (Wed Eve Learning Circle) 295.63

Wonder Kids 187.00

Youth Group 489.22

Total Deferred Revenue 8,148.29

Mission & Service Payable 561.67

Total Other Current Liabilities 13,396.66

Total Current Liabilities 13,396.66

Long Term Liabilities

Presbytery Loan #2 56,350.00





Total Long Term Liabilities 190,750.00

Total Liabilities 204,146.66

Equity

Opening Bal Equity 395,970.34

Retained Earnings (115,156.81)

Net Income (12,249.56)

Total Equity 268,563.97

TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 472,710.63



Profit & Loss Budget Performance December 2016

Dec 16 Budget $ Over Budget Jan - Dec 16 YTD Budget $ Over Budget

Ordinary Income/Expense

Income

Offerings

Building & Maintenance 0.00 367.50

Evangelism 51.38 51.38

Food Pantry 9.80 29.00 (19.20) 387.64 350.00 37.64

General Envelope 14,320.33 14,634.00 (313.67) 112,495.92 132,513.00 (20,017.08) 100,195.29

Healing Sessions 0.00 1,230.00 9108.6627

Inn From The Cold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 (600.00)

Loose Offering 482.40 2,502.10

Memorial Funds 0.00 290.99

Mission & Service 656.67 500.00 156.67 5,920.04 6,000.00 (79.96)

Refugees 0.00 300.00 (300.00) 288.12 1,800.00 (1,511.88)

Thank Offering - new 0.00 11,043.38

WELC (Wed Eve Learning Circle) 0.00 620.00

Total Offerings 15,520.58 15,463.00 57.58 135,197.07 141,263.00 (6,065.93)

Total Income 15,520.58 15,463.00 57.58 135,197.07 141,263.00 (6,065.93)

Expense

Administration

Building Expenses

Building Repairs 42.92 292.00 (249.08) 410.42 3,500.00 (3,089.58)

Building Supplies 98.40 1,798.13

Electricity, water and gas 743.84 817.00 (73.16) 8,890.57 9,800.00 (909.43)

Fire Safety 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,677.14 500.00 1,177.14

Garbage Bin & Pickup 202.95 292.00 (89.05) 3,212.81 3,500.00 (287.19)

Insurance 254.23 275.00 (20.77) 3,294.20 3,300.00 (5.80)

Kitchen Supplies 112.81 16.00 96.81 664.00 200.00 464.00

Property Maintenance 398.57 1,399.50

Security System 57.35 79.00 (21.65) 893.19 950.00 (56.81)

Total Building Expenses 1,911.07 1,771.00 140.07 22,239.96 21,750.00 489.96

Office Expenses

ADP Service Charges 19.64 260.32

Bank Charges 8.00 58.00 (50.00) 232.61 700.00 (467.39)

Computer Software 0.00 102.49

Office Supplies 0.00 142.00 (142.00) 226.66 1,700.00 (1,473.34)

PAR Charges 15.50 176.50

Photocopies 131.18 1,846.78

Telephone 202.05 192.00 10.05 2,383.50 2,300.00 83.50

Website Maintenance 0.00 164.87

Total Office Expenses 376.37 392.00 (15.63) 5,393.73 4,700.00 693.73

Wages & Payroll Expense

Caretaker 883.42 683.42 200.00 8,601.04 8,202.00 399.04

CPP Expense 60.03 198.75 (138.72) 3,005.99 2,385.00 620.99

EI Expense 39.44 198.75 (159.31) 1,867.04 2,385.00 (517.96)

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Employee Benefits 968.22 1,400.75 (432.53) 11,900.61 16,809.00 (4,908.39)

Mileage 0.00 42.00 (42.00) 0.00 500.00 (500.00)

Music Director 1,672.00 1,672.00 0.00 20,064.00 20,063.00 1.00

Sabbatical 0.00 1,707.87

Tuition 0.00 162.50 (162.50) 1,224.26 1,950.00 (725.74)

Wages & Salaries 6,624.06 6,792.42 (168.36) 81,644.20 81,509.00 135.20

Total Wages & Payroll Expense 10,247.17 11,150.59 (903.42) 130,015.01 133,803.00 (3,787.99)

Total Administration 12,534.61 13,313.59 (778.98) 157,648.70 160,253.00 (2,604.30)

Miscellaneous

Advertising 33.00 50.00 (17.00) 69.04 100.00 (30.96)

Observer Expenses (25.00) 20.00 (45.00) (27.74) 20.00 (47.74)

Registration Fees 0.00 100.00

Total Miscellaneous 8.00 70.00 (62.00) 141.30 120.00 21.30

Office Supplies 0.00 63.09

Professional Fees

Human Resources 75.94 33.00 42.94 172.29 400.00 (227.71)

Total Professional Fees 75.94 33.00 42.94 172.29 400.00 (227.71)

Program Expense

Evangelism 50.15 50.15

Food Pantry

Donations in kind 973.12 10,961.00

Food Pantry - Other 9.56 29.00 (19.44) 546.92 350.00 196.92

Total Food Pantry 982.68 29.00 953.68 11,507.92 350.00 11,157.92

Inn From the Cold 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 600.00 (600.00)

Mission & Service Expense 656.67 500.00 156.67 5,920.04 6,000.00 (79.96)

Music/Choir Expenses

Piano Tuning 125.00 945.00

Music/Choir Expenses - Other 0.00 42.00 (42.00) 0.00 500.00 (500.00)

Total Music/Choir Expenses 125.00 42.00 83.00 945.00 500.00 445.00

Presbytery Assessment 695.25 695.00 0.25 8,343.00 8,340.00 3.00

Refugees 0.00 300.00 (300.00) 288.12 1,800.00 (1,511.88)

Seniors Tea 62.23 50.00 12.23 262.67 200.00 62.67

Stewardship 33.60 25.00 8.60 101.60 300.00 (198.40)

WELC (Wed Eve Learning Circle) 0.00 620.00

Wonder Kids 0.00 0.00 0.00 438.02 500.00 (61.98)

Workshops 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,300.00 (1,300.00)

Worship

Food for special events 51.97 656.37

Pastoral Supply Minister 150.00 1,950.00

Subscriptions 0.00 32.70

Worship Supplies 272.29 842.78

Worship - Other 0.00 325.00 (325.00) 0.00 3,900.00 (3,900.00)





Total Worship 474.26 325.00 149.26 3,481.85 3,900.00 (418.15)

Youth Group 450.12 450.12

Total Program Expense 3,529.96 1,966.00 1,563.96 32,408.49 23,790.00 8,618.49

Total Expense 16,148.51 15,382.59 765.92 190,433.87 184,563.00 5,870.87

Net Ordinary Income (627.93) 80.41 (708.34) (55,236.80) (43,300.00) (11,936.80)

Other Income/Expense

Other Income

Donations 2,626.00 333.00 2,293.00 4,811.34 1,000.00 3,811.34

Fund Raising

Catering 3,760.78 7,336.00 (3,575.22) 6,786.83 15,000.00 (8,213.17)

Church Supper 0.00 2,798.35

Fund Raising Expenses (170.83) (1,382.29)

Garage Sale 0.00 374.61

Grocery Gift Cards 131.25 1,664.70

Total Fund Raising 3,721.20 7,336.00 (3,614.80) 10,242.20 15,000.00 (4,757.80)

Gifts in Kind 1,513.31 12,141.30

Grants Received

Bill & Anna Jentzsch Endowment 0.00 1,500.00

Hospitality Workshop 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Total Grants Received 0.00 0.00 0.00 1,500.00 0.00 1,500.00

Hot Dog Sunday

Hot Dog Sales 0.00 43.35

Hot Dog Sunday Expense (41.14) (41.14)

Total Hot Dog Sunday (41.14) 2.21

Interest Income 0.71 13.46

Other 0.00 478.29

Rent 1,998.25 2,000.00 (1.75) 24,653.19 24,000.00 653.19

Sale of Furniture & Fixtures 50.00 1,300.00

Weddings, Funerals & Baptisms 125.00 0.00 125.00 (48.76) 300.00 (348.76)

Workshops 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3,000.00 (3,000.00)

Youth Group Fundraising 450.12 450.12

Total Other Income 10,443.45 9,669.00 774.45 55,543.35 43,300.00 12,243.35

Net Surplus (Deficit) Before Amortization 9,815.52 9,749.41 66.11 306.55 0.00 306.55

Amortization Expense 1,045.33 1,050.00 (4.67) 12,556.11 12,600.00 (43.89)

Net Surplus (Deficit) After Amortization 8,770.19 8,699.41 70.78 (12,249.56) (12,600.00) 350.44



2016 YTD Monthly Cash Balances

Cash Accounts - Monthly Balances Dec-15 Jan-16 Feb-16 Mar-16 Apr-16 May-16 Jun-16 Jul-16 Aug-16 Sep-16 Oct-16 Nov-16 Dec-16

First Calgary Savings

Designated Funds

Adult Education 28.34 28.34 28.34 28.34 28.34 28.34 28.34 28.34 28.34 28.34 28.34 0.00 0.00

Building & Maintenance 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 400.00 32.50 32.50

Evangelism 280.00 305.00 330.00 355.00 380.00 405.00 430.00 455.00 480.00 505.00 530.00 555.00 528.62

Food Pantry 352.84 302.84 302.84 231.59 231.59 205.07 174.35 99.35 79.74 56.69 0.00 0.00 140.20

Healing Heart 1,130.00 1,130.00 1,230.00 1,230.00 1,230.00 1,230.00 1,230.00 1,230.00 1,230.00 1,230.00 1,230.00 0.00 0.00

Inn from the Cold 376.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30 426.30

Loan Payments 570.00 1,120.00 1,070.00 1,020.00 970.00 920.00 870.00 870.00 770.00 720.00 670.00 620.00 650.00

Memorial Funds 309.25 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26 93.26

Observer 100.00 150.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Refugees 1,730.31 1,730.31 1,730.31 2,018.43 2,018.43 1,780.31 1,780.31 1,780.31 1,780.31 1,492.19 1,492.19 1,492.19 1,492.19

Thank Offering - Building 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 855.00 2,055.00 2,345.00

Thank Offering - Chairs 10,146.75 12,236.75 12,236.75 12,236.75 12,236.75 12,236.75 12,236.75 12,236.75 12,236.75 1,193.37 1,193.37 1,193.37 1,193.37

Training 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00 75.00

Trustees Account 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 200.00 1,050.00 1,200.00 200.00 200.00

WELC 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 443.25 548.79 173.79 240.04 270.63 295.63

Wonder Kids 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 187.00 187.00

Youth Group 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34 939.34

Total Designated Funds 16,638.13 19,137.14 19,062.14 19,254.01 19,229.01 18,939.37 18,883.65 19,276.90 19,287.83 8,383.28 9,372.84 8,139.59 8,598.41

First Calgary Savings - Other 17,410.13 13,669.69 11,483.30 4,057.18 5,263.73 3,362.48 3,812.64 3,699.05 5,027.02 -1,099.47 (2,007.68) (1,638.07) 11,171.20

Total First Calgary Savings 34,048.26 32,806.83 30,545.44 23,311.19 24,492.74 22,301.85 22,696.29 22,975.95 24,314.85 7,283.81 7,365.16 6,501.52 19,769.61

First Calgary Share Account 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 59.75 48.75

Hot Dog Float 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00 40.00

Petty cash 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

34,248.01 33,006.58 30,745.19 23,510.94 24,692.49 22,501.60 22,896.04 23,175.70 24,514.60 7,483.56 7,564.91 6,701.27 19,958.36

Coop GC 1,250.00 2,000.00 1,450.00 230.00 3,370.00 1,370.00 370.00 420.00 1,020.00 3,245.00 1,495.00 1,025.00 2,550.00

Safeway GC 1,900.00 1,400.00 600.00 5,000.00 3,700.00 3,000.00 2,400.00 1,525.00 925.00 750.00 0.00 0.00 0.00

Superstore GC 0.00 1,900.00 1,500.00 800.00 2,300.00 1,750.00 1,150.00 50.00 0.00 0.00 1,525.00 675.00 300.00

Total Cash including GC 37,398.01 38,306.58 34,295.19 29,540.94 34,062.49 28,621.60 26,816.04 25,170.70 26,459.60 11,478.56 10,584.91 8,401.27 22,808.36

Prior Year Total Cash including GC 33,663.91 27,558.30 24,760.03 22,880.03 25,165.76 23,084.26 26,908.35 21,855.04 21,813.77 21,612.36 23,730.90 22,015.05 37,398.01

Year over year Increase (decrease) in cash 3,734.10 10,748.28 9,535.16 6,660.91 8,896.73 5,537.34 -92.31 3,315.66 4,645.83 -10,133.80 -13,145.99 -13,613.78 -14,589.65



Proposed Budget for 2017

2014 2015 2016 2017

Income Actual Actual Budget Budget Comments

Local Offerings 121,143 119,562 132,513 133,755 Required to balance the budgetRent 21,307 24,088 24,000 25,000 Fund raising (net) 14,622 14,122 15,000 9,500 Farmers Market - - - 2,000 10 stalls @$20 for 10 daysWeddings & Funerals (net) 500 250 300 300 United Way 3,144 7,083 1,000 1,000 Change Workshop - 3,000 - Grant - - - - Gifts in Kind - 558 - 1,000 Other - - - - Thank Offering - chairs - - - - Thank Offering - Building Repairs 6,000 WELC 240 Youth Group 500 Total Income 160,715 165,664 175,813 179,295

Targeted Giving

Mission & Service offerings 6,250 4,540 6,000 6,000 Inn from the Cold 1,027 326 600 420 use the balance of the fundsRefugees 5,872 4,252 1,800 500 Food Pantry 775 6,906 350 11,000 Acadia Place 3,439 - - - CW4W 2,100 - - - Total Targeted Giving 19,463 16,024 8,750 17,920 10%

Tithe Amount 19,463 16,024 8,750 17,920

Expenses

Ministry Expense

Senior's Social 209 145 200 250 Stewardship 237 105 300 100 Food Pantry - - - 250Change Workshop - - 1,300 - Kitchen supplies - 251 200 600 Dishwasher productWonder Kids 149 662 500 500 Youth Group - - - 500 Workshops 294 - - - Worship 2,233 1,981 3,900 2,000 Choir/Music 465 639 500 500 Ministry & Personnel 293 - 400 400 $400 training, first aid, Beth AnnBuilding Maintenance & Repairs 4,169 3,494 3,500 3,500Thank Offering 2017 - Building - - - 6,000Conf.& Presbytery Assessmnt 8,757 9,062 8,340 9,177 Per updated assessment rec'd Dec 14, 2016WELC - 24 - 240 designated fund

Operations

Office 1,663 2,209 1,700 2,000 Advertising 333 47 100 100 FacebookBank 700 715 700 700 ADP, Bank, Paypal & PARInsurance 3,041 3,303 3,300 3,300 Telephone & internet 2,254 2,374 2,300 2,500 Electricity, gas & water 9,547 9,063 9,800 10,000 Security system 890 893 950 1,000 Fire Safety - 1,154 500 1,200 Garbage Pickup 2,801 3,421 3,500 3,400 Observer 34 14 20 25Training 3 - - -

Salaries

Minister's Salary & Benefits 73,965 73,980 81,298 78,044 Office Administrator Salary & Benefits 23,348 24,310 24,240 24,320 Music Director 19,488 19,680 20,063 20,365 Caretaker 7,917 8,040 8,201 8,324

Total Expenses 162,791$ 165,566$ 175,813$ 179,295$

Net Surplus (Deficit) before Depreciation (2,076) 98 0 0

Depreciation (non cash) 12,198 12,689 12,600 12,600

Net Surplus/(Deficit) after Depreciation (14,274)$ (12,591)$ (12,600)$ (12,600)$


Notes:

budget

1) Minister's Salary and Benefits 2017 Increase to level F, category 4 Kelly began at McClure in July of 2010 at C-7 which was the top of category C. Salary 63,107 combined housing allowance & salary

Education 1,374 Jan 1st of 2011 she would have moved to D-8, 2012 D-9, 2013 D-10.

Sabbatical 0 Then 2014 E-11, 2015 E-12, 2016 E-13.

Telephone 500 booked to UCC Pension & Benefits Jan 1st, 2017 she moves to F-14.

Mileage 500 .39/km

EI & CPP Church's portion 3,597 So for Category F for 2017, within the new compensation model and COL group 5, the salary is $67,438.UCC Pension & Benefits Church's portion 8,966

Total 78,044 Con Ed for 2017 is $1374; Mileage is $0.39/km

Pulpit Supply is $206.

2) Office Administrator's Salary and Benefits 2017

Salary 20,303 increased by 1.5% eff Jan 1, 2017

EI & CPP Church's portion 1,363

UCC Pension & Benefits Church's portion 2,655

Total 24,320

3) Music Coordinator 2017


4) Caretaker 2017



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Food Pantry The Robert McClure food pantry has had a substantial growth in numbers of people accessing our services. In the entire year of 2016 we had just under 10,000 people receiving food (9,961 to be exact). This is more that a 3rd more that we served in 2015. With this increase in need, we have also had an increase of volunteers. We now have 2 students helping us from Columbia Training Centre, Community Access Program as well as 10 – 12 students from Lester B. Pearson. These students assist in unloading the food truck and in the spring and summer they assist out front of the church, cleaning out flower beds and picking up garbage. In addition, we still have a dedicated church family volunteering and helping out as needed. The city of Calgary has also appointed a social worker dedicated to the community of Pineridge. She assists in figuring out additional needs of the clients accessing the food pantry. Our food pantry has been labelled “the Hub of the NE”. I would like to thank JC for all of the volunteers and the program that is in place to help our neighbours. Love you JC. Rod Rogalsky, Food Pantry Ministry.

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Fundraising

Fundraising = fun, fellowship, generosity and funds

Thanks so much for all your support and generosity with our Fundraising. We successfully catered and/or hosted the following events: RMUC Turkey Supper – March 23 Oldtime Gliders at Confederation Park – April 30 Junk in the Trunk – June 11 Calgary Presbytery Dinner – June 21 Ring in the New Church Year Luncheon – September 11 RMUC Beef Dinner – October 15 Columbia College Workshop – November 18 Oldtime Gliders at Confederation Park – December 3 Gilchrist Christmas Dinner – December 9 Calgary Presbytery Dinner – December 20 It takes many hours to shop, prepare food, peel, cook and mash potatoes, peel, cook and mash turnips, cook turkeys, barbeque hamburgers, roast and carve beef, make dessert and pies, talk with customers, plan menus, working out costs, serve food, sell tickets, set up tables, take down tables, put up church, make sign-up sheets, advertising, volunteer travel time. All the hours and generosity makes all the events a success. Volunteering is amazing and a great way to meet new people, laugh together, share a meal together and get to know what happens within our church walls and beyond. As a result of us all working together we raised approximately $10,240.00 after expenses (see financial report for exact amount). The money raised helps with the church expenses and supports the ministry at Robert McClure United Church. Fundraising also provides most of the coffee, tea, juice, sugar, hot dog condiments, dishwasher soap, etc. that we all use in the kitchen.

We want to extend “big” thank yous to Andre Decaire and Beth Ann Friesen for providing music and singing during our own dinners at RMUC and to Karen Decarle and Don Martel for cooking the meat for some of the events. The word “THANKS” can’t possibly tell you all how much your help is appreciated. The fellowship around our kitchen island is awesome. We thank each and every one of you. You are why the events are a success. Thanks!

Respectfully submitted, Delores Massey

Darlene Thompson and many others

and everyone at RMUC

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Generosity Group The Generosity Group at Robert McClure United Church is responsible for encouraging the generous giving of monetary donations as well as time and talents. We also promote our church within the local community. Thank you to everyone for their donations and also to the generosity of a donation from each of the two other churches that rent space from us being Cornerstone Community Seventh Day Adventist Church and The Iglesia Pentecostal Monte Sinai Church for the 2015 Thank Offering to purchase new chairs. At the end of January, 2016 a total of $12,146.75 was raised. The chairs were dedicated on September 11, 2016 at the Ring in the New Year Celebration. With the dedication of our faithful editor, Karen Dingwall and contributors, we have been sending out a newsletter “The McClure Messenger” listing upcoming events and often coordinated with the quarterly financial statements. Watch for the featured Robert McClure small group, it may soon be your group’s turn. The Generosity Group has been responsible for giving a Minute for Mission (based on a Mission and Service (“M&S”) outreach project resource provided by the United Church of Canada) usually on the second Sunday of the month during the church service. The Minute for Mission gives the congregation a glimpse of some of the recipients of M&S givings. Every M&S giving is used wisely, to help transform lives and provide healing and hope to people in Canada and around the world. April 14th to 16th, 2016 a Stewardship and Congregational Leadership event called “Inspire, Ask,

Thank – Giving can Grow on the Prairies” held at Gaetz United Church in Red Deer was attended by Rev. Kelly Osgood, Jeannie Trach, Donna Perry, Delores Massey and Jeanette McDonald.The event was an introduction to the 2016-2017 Called to be The Church Congregational Giving Campaign “Salt & Light” and how to promote Mission and Service in our congregation. We will be using the “Salt & Light” as a resource for 2017 Stewardship/Giving Campaign. The organizers of the event praised Robert McClure for all that we do in the Stewardship/Generosity Ministry. In October, 2016 the Generosity Group, with suggestions from congregational members, decided that the “Thank Offering” would be used for building upgrades and finishing projects. The anticipated cost to complete these projects would be approximately $6,000.00. Some of the items that require attention (in no particular priority order) are:

• Remove the carpet from the deep freeze room (Room 10) and paint the cement floor

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• Replace carpet where necessary • Remove the shelving in the Inn from the Cold room (Room 6) and turn the room into an

useable space • Install baseboards in all rooms where required • Painting touch-ups • Build permanent walls in the back corners of the sanctuary to store the extra chairs • Replace the outside light on the west side of building • Replace broken/cracked fluorescent light covers • Replace all toilets to cost-efficient toilets (including an appropriate height toilet for the

handicap stall) • Replace the broken window in the Narthex

To date, some of the items have been completed; others still need to be finished. Also in October, 2016, Karen Dingwall and Rev. Kelly Osgood began looking into the feasibility of RMUC hosting a Farmer’s Market every Friday commencing June 2, 2017 up to and including September 29, 2017 from 3:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. We have applied for approval of an “Alberta Approved Farmer’s Market Program” based on the Sunny Girl Market regulations as well as a United Church grant. This will be an ongoing project. Beth Ann Friesen and Jeanette McDonald are organizing a music concert at Robert McClure on Saturday, February 25, 2017 featuring Robert McClure’s music groups as well as guest musicians. Stewardship is what we do with all we have, all we are and all we can become. It starts with the affirmation that we are children of God. God gives us everything we are and have and we respond in gratitude by giving to God. It is so much more than just giving back to God. Stewardship is the responsible use of God’s gifts in light of God’s purpose as revealed in Jesus. We thank everyone for your dedication to our church congregation through your generous giving of monetary donations as well as time and talents. We celebrate all these gifts as we make a difference in each other’s lives. A special thank you for the diligent work of the Generosity Group consisting of Jeannie Trach, Karen Dingwall, Barbara Humphrey, Kelly Osgood, Donna Perry, Delores Massey and Rod Rogalsky. Respectfully submitted, Jeanette McDonald Chairperson, Generosity Group

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McClure Fellowship of Gardeners

The garden has 50 beds, 2 long beds, 2 herb beds and 8 program beds:

• 8 program beds and 3 garden beds were used by Parent Link families

• 1 beds and ½ of the long bed were used to grow potatoes for the Food Pantry

• 33 gardeners Garden Upgrades:

• Work continues on the irrigation system.

• Continued filling cavities in the grey blocks surrounding the long beds with cement to help control the weeds and grass.

• A picnic table was purchased and placed by the side door of the church.

• New tools were purchased to replace the broken ones. Activities:

• AGM April

• Worked with the NE Resource Centre to help with the Parent Link’s “Grow With Us” program.

• Monthly work bees for gardeners to meet each other and help to maintain the community part of the garden.

• Ten varieties of garlic were harvested. Seven varieties of garlic were sold through the church, garden members and at the fall bazaar. 10 varieties of garlic were planted in the fall. Through the Calgary Horticultural Society we are a part of a group of gardeners saving heritage garlic strains. The garden did not add new varieties this year.

• We planted and grew potatoes for the Food Pantry; individual gardeners also donated surplus produce to the food pantry.

• Grapes were harvested and juice frozen for communion.

• A hive of bees was once again a part of the garden, Breanne was able to take ½ of the bees for a new hive.

• The perennial bed on the east side of the church was planted with potatoes. They were harvested in the fall and donated to the food pantry.

• We joined Facebook and did some updates on the blog

• Mother Nature once again provided some hail but the damage was not as extensive as in 2015.

Donations and Volunteers: With thanks to the following:

• Brent Barr for his continuing work with the irrigation system

• Garden Members and their friends and families

• Community volunteers

• The Attendance Centre came at least twice each month throughout the summer. Their crews are always willing to work. They moved soil, weeded, moved plants, and mowed lawns.

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• Support from Susan Melrose and Gael Blackhall of the Calgary Horticultural Society

• Poplar Bluff for the donation of seed potatoes.

• Sheila Ford, Lorna McKenzie, Maeve Bard, Abraham Neustater, Lynn Macham-Gorhan, Brad Gorham and Joan Liland who served as the board of directors for the garden.

Contributions: Thanks to the many agencies for their contributions:

• Robert McClure United Church for the use of the land, water, power and facilities.

• RMUC UCW for providing a table at their bazaar for our garlic sales.

• The Community Garden Resource Network (Calgary Horticultural Society). Other points:

• The garden provided a place for members of the community with an interest in gardening to meet and share ideas. Fresh organic food was supplied to the food pantry. The garden provided Parent Link a place for children and their parents to experience the joy of growing their own food.

Submitted by Joan Liland

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Music Ministry The groups have all been very busy this year with our main focus being providing music leadership for the worship services. The band meets Monday evenings for some collegiality and also some serious practice...particularly before the annual Stampede Service! Last year the Stampede breakfast was a great success as the band entertained for an hour and then led the service which was written by Sam assisted by Connie. Andre helped by borrowing some speakers to help with the quality of the sound in an outdoor space. Gord and Brent and Beth also helped with setup which is quite integral to the service. Stay tuned for our upcoming performance February 25 at Music to the Ears, a concert hosted by the generosity group. The Choir enjoys singing every month and especially at Christmas and Easter! We are also busy preparing for the concert Feb 25. This will be a combined group with Noteworthy for this upcoming event. We also sang at Monterey Place Manor before Christmas and went carolling at Village Square Co-op on two occasions in December!! We were welcomed in to the store during a snowstorm and given cookies by the manager and then invited back! This is a good way to make our church a known presence in our community! Also at least twice a month the group Noteworthy does music leadership on Sundays and practices Thursday evenings. We enjoy learning new songs from More Voices and keeping a balance of the more well-known hymns from Voices United. We also do a Gospel up-tempo service right before Lent and a Gospel pop service later in the year. This year we have been asked to teach stylization of hymns and introducing other genres of music into worship at the United Church Learning Day. We will be busy preparing for that. Beth has purchased a good portable sound system now which we can take when we perform other places in the city. We enjoy playing in the church and have gone out to other locations before so this equipment will be a big help. Also on the fifth Sunday of the month as well as July (except stampede service) and August we have Open Call. This is open to musicians who would like to sing or play to help lead worship. We practice at 9:00 am that morning and then play at the service at 10:30 am. Please feel welcome to join us! I close by saying a huge thank you to all the musicians for their dedication and sharing of their talents to enhance the worship experience! Thank you to everyone who has participated in open call this past year. You are all so faithful and dedicated to the ministry of our church. Submitted by Beth Friesen.

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Prayer Shawl Ministry

About 12 women from Robert McClure United Church attend a Prayer Shawl Ministry small group. We meet every Monday from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the library at the church to knit or crochet prayer shawls. Novice or experienced knitters or those who crochet are all welcome to join. Lessons are provided, if necessary. What is a prayer shawl ministry you ask? In 1998, Janet Bristow and Victoria Galo, two graduates of the 1997 Women’s Leadership Institute at The Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut began this ministry as result of their affiliation with the Feminist Spirituality program. “Shawls…made for centuries universal

and embracing, symbolic of an inclusive

unconditionally loving, God. They wrap,

enfold, comfort, cover, give solace,

mother, hug, shelter and beautify. Those

who have received these shawls have

been uplifted and affirmed as if given

wings to fly above their troubles….” Janet Bristow – 1998@Copyright 2012

Care and the love of knitting and crocheting have been combined into a prayerful ministry that reaches out to those in need of comfort. The maker begins each shawl with prayers for the unknown recipient. Prayerful intentions are continued throughout the creation of the shawl. Prayers of solace are crocheted or knitted into every stitch. Each shawl is blessed before being given to the recipient. In 2016, our ministry lovingly gave out 27 shawls (from about 40 that were made) to those undergoing medical

procedures, needing comfort after a loss, during bereavement, during an illness or recovery, ministering to some in need or struggling through addictions (male, female, adult, children and infants). If you know of someone who would benefit from receipt of a prayer shawl, please contact the church office at [email protected].

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Shawls were delivered as far away as Afghanistan, Raymond and Olds, Alberta. One woman came to us requesting wool and needles to make a prayer shawl at home for her husband who was having heart surgery as she was unable to come to our gatherings because she needed to care for him and her small children. We gratefully thank Donna Perry for crocheting our rainbow shawl hanging proudly in the Narthex and to others who knit or crochet prayer shawls at home and give them to this Ministry. Being part of the Prayer Shawl Ministry is satisfying to know that you are helping others by providing a gift that brings solace. It is also a time for fellowship and to share the talent of knitting and crocheting with one another. The Prayer Shawl Ministry is making a difference in people’s lives by bringing comfort to those in personal difficult situations.

Respectfully submitted, Jeanette McDonald

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Property and Maintenance

Did you know that everyone is a member of this committee?

If you have emptied the garbage, wiped up water, mopped floors, swept floors, changed a light bulb, cleaned a shelf or oven, repaired a furnace, shoveled a sidewalk, weeded a flower bed, painted a wall, steam cleaned a carpet or a chair, washed a wall, put up a wall, installed baseboards, hung a blind, cleaned a window, shined a counter, plastered a wall, fixed emergency lighting, changed a battery, carried water, moved furniture, upgraded the cistern system, tightened a screw, put locks on some of our storage cupboards, cut the grass, watered the plants and trees, arranged snow removal, moved the big oven, built new shelves, dusted a piano, organized rooms, put up chair rails, fix a chair, hung a picture, hung a white board, and so much more then you a part of this very busy behind the scenes committee.

THANK YOU!

Thank you to Cornerstone Community Seventh Day Adventist Church for stripping and sealing the floors. This floor maintenance is regularly scheduled in August of each year and is part of their rental agreement. Thanks to our own volunteers for helping with this huge undertaking. Also thanks to Inglesia Pentecostal Monte Sinai Church for helping with stacking chairs. We also want to say thank you to Allan Barton for attending the Board Meetings on behalf of Property & Maintenance. He also arranged the repairs of our outside lighting. While Gilchrist Gardens was being built the work crew members parked in our parking lot and as a thank you for our “parking” hospitality they repaired the lighting for us. They also made a monetary donation to the church. Respectfully submitted, By All of Us

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Seniors Ministry This ministry is growing and we get so much enjoyment from our singing, visiting, praying, eating and playing. The cheese buns were the biggest hit of 2016. We hosted four Seniors Social Gatherings in 2016 with an average of 25 people attending each gathering with another six or seven people coming to help make this gathering happen. Special thanks to Kelly Osgood and Beth Ann Friesen for the prayers and music.

Thanks to Devynne Wonnacott, our Office Administrator, for making the invitations to our gatherings. A personal invitation is the most welcomed way to invite someone.

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For You!For You!For You!For You! And thanks to all the wonderful people that help. Everyone is welcomed. The more the merrier. Please join us as a senior, or just about senior or someone who wants to come and help make this happen. Submitted by, Delores Massey Darlene Thompson and many other helpers

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Trustees

Board of Trustees – Mandate:

The board of trustees is an appointed committee comprising at least four registered RMUC members and the church minister (chair) and is responsible for the ongoing well-being of the church property, building and capital assets within. The trustees also must serve as a chamber of sober second thought regarding certain decisions/proposals/suggestions from the official board, church committee and any external institution which might affect RMUC’s property or assets. Occasionally the official board is required to refer decisions regarding church property or financing to the board of trustees for direction on a particular issue or in rare instances to render a final decision on issues which do not fall within its authority. The board of trustees does not involve itself with the on-going operations of the church or staffing– that is the responsibility of the official board.

Current Trustee Members:

Rev. Kelly Osgood; Carolyn Stuber; Barbara Humphrey; Jack Lough; Wayne Wonnacott

Issues / Topics of discussion:

The annual church rental agreement updates were discussed. Changes in rental fees were proposed as well as minor changes made to renters’ use of facilities, cleaning and storage. The hourly rental rates remain substantially unchanged as increases had been implemented in the previous year for: Mt. Sinai Pentecostal Church and Cornerstone 7th Day Adventist Church. Rental agreements to be reviewed in June, 2017. Discussion regarding the annual updates/fee adjustments for insurance coverage of the church building and contents. Building & staff security/safety measures discussed – recommendations proposed along with updated presbytery directives. Forwarded to official board. Barb Humphrey and Carolyn Stuber met in June/July with reps from Silvera, AHC (Alberta Housing Corporation) and the developer of the new Gilchrist building next door regarding the right-of-way easement and surface water drainage requirements/costs for both properties. AHC had indicated its agreement to cover or partially cover RMUC’s portion of those costs – discussions remain on-going. An inventory of church property assets (contents) was completed / filed. City of Calgary 2016 RMUC property assessment notice indicated a valuation of $3,680,000.

Access Trustees:

Individuals, small groups, committees may contact any trustee member at any time if there are items of concern regarding RMUC property/assets which need to be discussed/investigated but which would not normally be addressed by the official board. Respectfully, Wayne Wonnacott For the RMUC Board of Trustees

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United Church Women (“UCW”) Throughout Canada, for 54 years, UCW has been uniting women of the congregation for the total mission of the church and to provide a medium through which we may express our loyalty and devotion to Jesus Christ in Christian witness, study, fellowship and service.

Our UCW group usually meets monthly on Saturday mornings to allow working women to attend. We are very active and one of the youngest groups in the Calgary Presbyterial. On May 28, 2016, we supplied lunch for the Habitat for Humanity Women’s Build - Pineridge. We work diligently raising our funds through our UnTea and Bake Sale, frozen pie sales and the Christmas Bazaar. We enjoy fellowship and support one another during these events. Hours and hours are put in by dedicated women making fruit and meat pies, setting up and baking for the UnTea and Bake Sale, Christmas Bazaar, Fashion Show

and serving food at Bob’s Café. We would like to thank everyone in our congregation that helps with these functions. In 2016 we raised $3,184.59, all of which was donated back to the community. These funds were donated to Campus Ministry, Mission and Service, CUPS – A Place to Call Home, St. Stephen’s College, Calgary Women’s Emergency Shelter, Student Ministers, Children’s Cottage, Habitat for Humanity – Interfaith Build Pineridge, L’Arche, Food Grains Bank, Servants Anonymous, Senior’s Secret Service and the RMUC Food Pantry. Our UCW also assists our own congregation with funds for our mortgage and pays for the Music LicenSing each year. We had guest speakers from both L’Arche and Senior’s Secret Service to learn more about their organizations. We supported the Senior’s Secret Service by providing $500.00 in Walmart Gift Cards at Christmas as well as an extra donation of $200.00 with our allocations. These gifts were gratefully accepted and we hope the shut-in seniors and those in need benefitted from our monetary gifts. With the grand opening of Gilchrist Gardens the UCW made 45 gift bags containing toiletry items, playing cards, note pads, pens, RMUC book mark (with church information), invitation to the RMUC Senior’s Socials for the year and information about the library. These gift bags were greatly appreciated by the residents. We will be called upon by the Silvera Coordinator for Gilchrist Gardens when the rest of the residents move in to provide the remaining welcome bags.

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We had a very meaningful Candlelight Service led by Linda Bossler on November 28, 2016 followed by our Christmas Sunshine Friend Dessert Party. We had a sock exchange where one sock was filled with toiletry items which were given by UCW at the White Gift Service for Senior’s Secret Service or the RMUC Food Pantry and the socks were kept by the receiver after Barbara Humphrey told us a story involving the exchanging of the socks. It was great fun. And what party wouldn’t be the same without delicious desserts to share.

The Executive of UCW for the coming year is: Chairperson: Jeanette McDonald Secretary: Darlene Thompson Treasurer: Maureen Routley Sunshine Friend Coordinator: Maureen Routley Cradle Roll Coordinator: Trina Pentony Thank you to all of the women who have contributed to our group. The UCW is open to ALL women of the congregation over 12 years of age. Respectfully submitted, Jeanette McDonald Chairperson

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Wednesday Evening Learning Circle On Wednesday evenings at 7 pm an eclectic group of people who are seekers and sojourners, gather in the library to deepen their experience of the Sacred Presence. The evening usually begins with a meditation, an opportunity to decompress from the day we’ve had, and a chance to just breathe and be in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Then there’s the “work” of the evening … usually discussion and examination of a particular topic, sometimes with bible study, sometimes with watching a dvd, sometimes based on a particular book or resource, always lively and invigorating and sometimes challenging. Over the past few years two main topics have emerged that have captured the interest and the energy of the group – Indigenous Peoples’ Issues and Becoming an Affirming Congregation. Universally, the plight of generations of children separated from their families, institutionalized in an attempt to destroy their cultural heritage, and the subsequent turmoil in indigenous peoples’ communities have touched our hearts and emboldened our sense of justice. Once you have listened to the stories, and heard cries from the heart, you cannot remain unmoved. Listening to Gord Downie’s words and music describing the short life of Chanie Wenjack, a little boy running from a residential school, trying to return to his home, freezing to death in the attempt, had a profound effect that strengthened our commitment to reconciliation with our indigenous sisters and brothers. Prejudice and stereotyping and probably fear underlies the response many in our society have towards the LGBTQ community. Through prayer and study it has become evident that is not our role to be gatekeepers denying God’s grace to anyone. It is our role to be compassionate providers of radical hospitality. We hosted a number of educational events about what it means to be an Affirming Congregation. This title signals to the community that this is a safe space for everyone. As Desmond Tutu has said: We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. All are

welcome: black, white, red, yellow, rich, poor, educated, not educated, male, female, gay,

straight, All, All, All. We All belong to this family, this human family, God’s family. Respectfully, we add that regardless of colour, creed, ethnicity, race, ability, age, social status, economic status, gender, sexual orientation, or any other barrier one could name, YOU belong here. Some highlights of 2016 include:

• Provided soup lunch for various events such as Mardi Gras, World Cafes, Workshops

• Lent Study – Learning to Walk in the Dark; book by Barbara Brown Taylor

• Affirming Ministry – as a group, attended the AM Network gathering at Deer Park

United along with 60 from other congregations on this journey

• World Cafes – Affirming Ministry and Indigenous Issues such as Residential School

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• Weekend of Reconciliation – Movie The Making of an Elder, RunaMUCs Band playing

Johnny Cash music, Worship with the Blanket Ceremony, soup & bannock lunch

• Inukshuks – remembering our Inuit sisters and brothers and celebrating their heritage

through the art of building individual inukshuks, which are meant to point one in a certain

direction

• September 30th – Orange Shirt Day (Every Child Matters), remembering a little

indigenous girl named Phyllis on her first day at residential school in Williams Lake, BC

who had her hair cut short and her beautiful orange shirt taken away

• Greening Our Churches Workshop with Norman Levesque of the Green Churches

Network

• Living the Questions – study covering topics such as The Bible, Creation and Thinking

Theologically

• Advent Study – The Peace Box – we learned about the plight of Palestinian farmers and

supported the Zatoun initiative through sales of Peace Box products such as olive oil,

thyme spice mix, and olive oil soap

If you would like to join us on this journey, you are invited and most welcome! Here you will find people who want to be known, want to be accepted, want to belong, want to learn about the Big Issues in the world; who want to make a difference, who want to ask questions about faith and God and justice issues in a non-judgmental atmosphere, who are respected and treated with dignity, who want to engage with spiritual practice and discipline. In ending this Report, a quote from Joan Chittister, a favourite theologian: Spirituality is not

what we do to satisfy the requirements of religion; it is the way we come into contact with the

Holy. However we do it – the mantra of devotions, the rhythms of nature, the face of the other,

the mysteriousness of deep meditation – spirituality makes real what religion talks about.

Spirituality is what galvanizes us to do more than go through the motions.

Respectfully submitted, Barb Lough Small Group Ministry Leader

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WonderKids The WonderKids is a Sunday school program for children age 4 to 12, which takes place Sundays during worship service. It is a continuation of the service, but in a child friendly manner. While in the program, the children worship and grow their faith through, songs, prayers, Devotionals, bible passages, crafts, and offerings. The program strengthen their relationship with God, while forming great friendships, builds their self-confidence, teaches leadership skills and helps them discover new talents, all in a safe and inclusive environment. They learn the importance of serving God and serving the community, through activities in the program. The program provides fellowship in an age appropriate fun loving atmosphere, where each child feels part of the program, all voices are heard, and all options are respected. Submitted by, Colette Cuthbert

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Worship Committee The support and help that I get from all of you is overwhelming. I want to especially say thanks to the members of the Worship Committee – Beth Ann Friesen, Sim Gilbert, Aleeta Levey, Rob Bossler, Colette Cuthbert, Delores Massey, Kelly Osgood and Rod Rogalsky. Your continued participation in planning, changing banners and table runners, caring for the prayer and candle table, setting up the coloring table, making coffee, clean-up, welcoming our church family, organizing communion servers, arranging worship, fun and food for special days in our church calendar, ushering and so much more are a big part of what make the worship services and Sundays flow smoothly. Special thanks to:

• Linda and Sam Bossler who help with church and special display set-up. And for their continued support for me as chairperson.

• Barb Lough for all those roasters of yummy soup. We are so well-fed!

• Donna Perry and Jeannie Trach for running the PowerPoint and for helping with set-up.

• Gord Osborne for cooking sausages and hamburgers for our special events.

• Don Martel for cooking hamburgers for our special events, fixing nativity animals, making a memorial chair plaque wall hanging, church set-up.

• Youth Group for cooking pancakes.

• Hot Dog or so commonly called “tube steaks” cookers.

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• Thanks to everyone who helped decorate the church for Christmas and for making our Advent Second Hour Decorating Party a success.

• Thank you to my husband, Gord Humphrey. He gets to help just because he is associated with me. And Rod Rogalsky can say the same thing about Echo Liknes – thanks for your help too.

• All the people that led worship while Kelly Osgood was on sabbatical – Barb Lough, Jeanette McDonald, Pat Massey, Sim Gilbert, Rob Bossler, Linda Bossler, Karen Dingwall, Sam Bossler, and Wednesday Evening Learning Circle.

• Heather and Emily Macnab for painting the windows with the “I Am” statements for Advent.

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• All that helped plan the intergenerational services (worship for all ages especially to engage the children and youth during the service) and special occasions such as Pancake or Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Ash Sunday, Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday (traditional Jewish Seder Supper), Easter Sunrise, Easter, Stampede Breakfast and Western Worship, Thanksgiving, Pentecost, WonderKids and Youth Wind-up Worship and Picnic, Ring in the New Church Year (welcome back in September), 40th Anniversary service, and “I Am” statements for Advent and Christmas. We appreciate everyone that plays a part in these services from planning, to imaginations, to acting, to singing, to reading, to playing musical instruments and to so much more. With all this combined these services and indeed all worship services are a meaningful experience.

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• Colette Cuthbert for her dedication to the WonderKids program and to all the volunteers as Sunday School teachers. And thanks to Heather Macnab, Emily Macnab, Claire Davis and Olivia Davis for helping with the WonderKids too.

• Rob Bossler for his dedication and commitment to our Youth Group.

• Thanks to the WonderKids and the Youth Group for doing the White Gift and Christmas Pageant. Everyone was amazing. Thanks to the Youth Group for adding their own style to the play script, for reading, and to the WonderKids

for singing. We know that we have our future choir in the making! The White Gifts this year supported our Emergency Food Pantry and Secret Seniors Service. We ended the successful Sunday worship by sharing birthday cake and singing “Happy Birthday Jesus”. Thanks to Nancy Coleman and Karen Dingwall for baking the birthday cake and helping the young people with the decorating. Thanks to Mac Dingwall for stepping up to the plate and playing Joseph at the last minute. Such a trooper!

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• All the Advent candle lighters sharing the meaning of each advent gift – Pat & Terry Hlady lit the candle of Hope; Andre Dicaire & Nancy Coleman lit the candle of Peace; the Youth Group spread their joy when they lit the Joy candle and Steve Davis with his daughters, Claire and Olivia, shared what love meant to them. And the candle lighters on Christmas Eve sharing the gift of the baby Jesus – Barb and Jack Lough and Beth Ann Friesen and Ron Becker.

• Beth Ann Friesen for her music ministry and leadership with all the talented musical groups within our church – Choir, Noteworthy, RunaMUC’s band, Special Groups and Open Call during the summer months. Thanks to you all. We have such talent within the walls of our church.

• Lay Leaders (ordinary people just like you and I) that led worship services while Kelly Osgood was away on continuing education, vacation and the fifth Sundays (any month that has five Sundays she gets the fifth Sunday off to rest).

• The Worship Planning Committee – Linda Bossler, Karen Dingwall, Rob Bossler, Kelly Osgood and myself who plan some of the special services and seasons of the year.

• Thanks to the RunaMUC’s band, Sam Bossler and Connie MacRury for planning the Stampede Western Worship Service. It keeps getting better and bigger.

• Thanks to everyone that has joined us for worship on the first Sunday of the month as we continue to build a team of people who have a love for ministry to seniors at Monterey Place located at 4288 Catalina Blvd NE (the corner of 68th Street and McKnight Blvd). We sing, pray, worship together and visit. If you have gifts in music, hospitality, prayer, listening, or compassion, please join us.

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• Roseanne Mauratt for the yummy baking she brings to share just because.

• The Sound System operators and sound set-up each Sunday and special occasions.

• The offering counters.

• The ushers.

• If I have missed mentioning someone it is because of my forgetful mind and not because you aren’t appreciated. Everyone makes the worship experience meaningful.

• And the list is like a never ending circle – there is no end and no beginning. All I can say is THANK YOU!

There isn’t a thank you big enough to say to Devynne Wonnacott, our Church Administrator. Not only does she prepare the PowerPoint, announcements and all the office duties that people dream up for her but she is my support every day. I can’t say it enough times “She is the greatest!” Devynne is always willing to do anything for anyone but please remember that she doesn’t work on Sundays. Sunday is a day of rest for her. And we probably should all be trying to practice the Sabbath. No church business would be ideal. And, of course, we must extend our gratitude and thanks to our minister, Kelly Osgood. She provides thought provoking messages and leadership to our congregation. And have you noticed that she preaches without her shoes on? She’s standing on holy ground. If you have any suggestions or recommendations, please contact anyone on the Worship Committee. Serving on the Worship Committee is a rewarding and wonderful experience. Please consider being part of this group. Submitted by, Barb Humphrey Worship Chairperson

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Youth Group Early in 2016 the Youth Group made a change from meeting during the Sunday service to meeting Sunday evenings. This change was made primarily in an effort to make it easier for the youth to attend as sometimes on Sunday mornings youth are involved in other activities. We did not find that the move to Sunday evenings facilitated a growth in attendance, so, when we started up again in the fall, our meeting time was changed again to Friday evenings, twice a month (a schedule that does seem to be more convenient for the youth and the youth leader). An unintended benefit of moving the meeting from Sunday mornings is that some of the youth are now able to take a leadership role within the Wonder Kids program. During the year the youth participated in the Shrove Tuesday celebrations, we held a discussion series around Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity/Expression, and we explored the Bible using The World’s Most Dangerous Bible Study (a format that pairs exploration of modern song lyrics with the exploration of Bible passages). We held a couple of BBQs with the youth just before the summer break, and began the new school year by having a fire (outside in a fire pit) at the church. For the first half of 2016 I was honoured to share the leadership responsibilities with Robert Massey. His wisdom, energy, and input have been missed, but we all wish him luck as he moves forward with his life and career goals. As always, the youth and Wonder Kids took part in the presentation of the Christmas Pageant during the White Gift service; this year, however, the youth also wrote and led the remaining parts of the service. They have big ideas for an additional service or a play, so look forward to more from the youth in 2017! Submitted by Robert Bossler

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Minutes of the 2015 Annual General Meeting - Held March 8, 2016 Minutes of the 2015 Annual General Meeting of Robert McClure United Church, Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at Robert McClure United Church, 5510 26 Avenue NE, Calgary, Alberta, at the call of the Chair, Rod Rogalsky.

ATTENDANCE Linda Bossler Jean Dale Don Dale Sheila Ford Robert Bossler Darlene Thompson Maeve Bard Sam Bossler Patsy Lane Gordon Humphrey Delores Massey Jeanette McDonald Barbara Humphrey Rod Rogalsky Jack Lough Andre Dicaire Maureen Routley

Willem Dekker Devynne Wonnacott Brent Barr Caryle Barr Margot Aftergood Collette Cuthbert Donna Perry Pat Bears Lorna McKenzie Karen Dingwall Mac Dingwall Jane Barton Allan Barton Joan Liland Barb Fox Jeannie Trach

CALL TO ORDER Chair Rod Rogalsky, called the meeting to order at 7:02 pm. OPENING PRAYER: Reverend Kelly Osgood ENABLING MOTION: Motion: Moved by Jack Lough that all present be allowed to vote. Seconded by Andre Dicaire Discussion: No discussion Motion Carried. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion: Moved by Jeanette McDonald that the agenda be approved as presented. Seconded by Carolyn Stuber Discussion: No discussion. Motion carried.

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APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion: Moved by Allan Barton that the Minutes of the Annual General Meeting held Tuesday, March 10, 2015 be approved as amended to add in classroom doors under Financial Report 2014 and under Closing Prayer should read “You Shall Go Out with Joy.” Seconded by Darlene Thompson Discussion: No discussion Motion carried. APPROVAL OF MINUTES of Congregational Meeting Motion: Moved by Andre Dicaire that the Minutes of the Congregational Meeting held Tuesday, November 10, 2015 be approved as amended – 2016 Budget Local Offerings to read $131,933., Total Income to read $175233., Under Operations Fire Safety to read $500. Seconded by Barbara Humphrey Discussion: No discussion Motion carried. BUSINESS ARISING FROM MINUTES (a) Explore possible development of the front property. Andre Dicaire noted this item will be revisited in the coming year. APPROVAL OF ANNUAL REPORTS Motion: Moved by Robert Bossler that the 2015 Annual Reports be approved as printed and circulated. Seconded by Delores Massey Discussion: No Discussion Motion carried. Financial Report for 2015 Karen Dingwall presented Financial Report for 2015 Motion: Karen Dingwall moved that the 2015 financial report be approved as submitted. Seconded by Linda Bossler Discussion: No further discussion. Motion carried. Budget for 2016 Karen Dingwall presented the 2016 Proposed Budget. 2016 Local Offerings should read $132,513. bringing Total Income to $175,813. Under Operations Fire Safety should read $500. bringing Total Expenses to $175,813. Discussions: Budget line for Change Workshop will remain as is. Workshop did not occur but allotted funds will remain in budget. Inn from The Cold funds will stay in the budget. It does not affect bottom line and will have to decide what to do with those funds at a later date.

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The Thank Offering collected for new chairs is included in designated funds not as an expense but as a capital expenditure. Motion: Karen Dingwall moved that the 2016 Proposed Budget that was approved at the Congregational Meeting held on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 be approved as amended. Seconded by Sheila Ford Discussion: No further discussion. Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS Robert McClure United Church Official Board structure: Question: Is it necessary to chair a committee before becoming Board Chair? Response: Any member who expresses an interest may attend Official Board meetings to become familiar with role of Chair. Member does not have to chair a committee.

Motion: Moved by Andre Dicaire that the term of the Chair of the Official Board be set to two (2) years. Seconded by Allan Barton Discussion: No further Motion carried

Rationale to remove the position of Youth and Children Ministry Coordinator(s) from Official Board and move to the Worship Committee:

• Size of Board

• Commitment to the Board

• Curriculum and all aspects of curriculum is part of worship

• Relieves the responsibility of having to attend Board meetings

Motion: Moved by Andre Dicaire that the position of Youth and Children Ministry Coordinator(s) be removed from the Official Board and move to the Worship Committee. Seconded by Jack Lough Discussion: No further discussion Motion carried

Motion: Moved by Andre Dicaire that the position of Past Chair is a two (2) year commitment on the Official Board; the first year as a voting member of the Official Board and the second year as a non-voting member responsible solely for the nominating committee. Seconded by Robert Bossler Discussion: No further discussion Motion carried

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Human Resources name change to Ministry and Personnel: Motion: Moved by Andre Dicaire that the name of the Human Resources committee be changed to the Ministry and Personnel per the United Church manual. Seconded by Margot Aftergood Discussion: No further discussion Motion carried. Action: Duty of Care to be updated with new motions. Vision Statement: Committee presented “Intentionally creating space where the Holy Spirit sets our hearts ablaze and bursts out.” Discussion: Question: Is there a reason for the way it’s worded – “Holy Spirit sets our hearts ablaze and bursts out”? Response: The Holy Spirit works through us and is an active part of this. Explanation of the Mission Statement guides us how we do what we do next and the Vision Statement guides us on what we do. Question: Importance of creating space? Response: The only way we can be active is to have an intentional invitation set aside for the Holy Spirit. Question: Bursts out feels like its left dangling. What would be the result of bursts out? What does it do for us? Response: We don’t want to put limits on what the Holy Spirit can do through us. Leaving open ended puts no limits on what the Holy Spirit can do. Motion: Moved by Andre Dicaire that the Vision Statement be accepted as presented. Seconded by Devynne Wonnacott Discussion: No further discussion 23 members in favour, 5 members opposed, 4 abstentions. Don Dale requested that it be noted that he was 1 of the members that opposed the motion. Motion carried. NAMING OF THE 2016 LEADERSHIP TEAM Andre Dicaire, Chair of the Nominations Committee presented the Leadership Team and asked for further nominations from the floor. Chair: Rod Rogalsky Past Chair: Andre Dicaire Secretary: Maureen Routley Treasurer: Karen Dingwall Presbytery Representative: Darlene Thompson Property and Maintenance: Allan Barton Worship Committee Chair: Barbara Humphrey

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Ministry and Personnel Chair: Andre Dicaire Generosity Group: Jeanette McDonald UCW Chair: Jeanette McDonald APPROVAL OF 2016 LEADERSHIP TEAM Motion: Moved by Andre Dicaire that pending Duty of Care Policy clearance, the congregation approves the 2016 Leadership Team as presented. Seconded by Linda Bossler Discussion: No further discussion Motion carried.

Andre Dicaire, Chair of the Nominations Committee presented the Ministry and Personnel committee and asked for further nominations from the floor.

Ministry and Personnel

Chair Person: Andre Dicaire

Members Pat Bears

Sim Gilbert

Donna Pederson

Motion: Moved by Lorna McKenzie that the congregation approves the 2016 Ministry and Personnel as presented. Seconded by Patsy Lane Discussion: No further discussion Motion carried. Thank you to outgoing committee members Linda Bossler thanked Delores Massey, past Fundraising Co-Chair Jeanette McDonald thanked Sandra Burgess past United Church Women Co-Chair Barbara Humphrey thanked Aleeta Levey, past Youth and Children Ministry Co-Coordinator Rod Rogalsky extended a thank you to fundraising group for the meal. Closing prayer: Reverend Kelly Osgood ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned on motion of Robert Bossler at 8:42 pm.

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Minutes of the Congregational Meeting - Held January 17, 2017 Minutes of the Congregational Meeting of Robert McClure United Church, Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at Robert McClure United Church, 5510 26 Avenue NE, Calgary, Alberta, at the call of the Chair, Rod Rogalsky.

ATTENDANCE Darlene Thompson Sim Gilbert Barbara Humphrey Rod Rogalsky Mac Dingwall Darlene Kormos Karen Dingwall Jack Lough Beverlee Hofer Maureen Routley

Aleeta Levey Carolyn Stuber Sam Bossler Linda Bossler Delores Massey Jeanette McDonald Gordon Humphrey Robert Bossler Jeannie Trach Kelly Osgood

CALL TO ORDER Chair Rod Rogalsky, called the meeting to order at 8:12 pm. OPENING PRAYER: Reverend Kelly Osgood ENABLING MOTION: Motion: Moved by Carolyn Stuber that all present be allowed to vote. Seconded by Robert Bossler. Motion Carried. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion: Moved by Darlene Thompson that the agenda be approved as amended to remove 2016 Financial Report. Seconded by Barbara Humphrey. Motion carried. PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 2017 Karen Dingwall presented the 2017 Proposed Budget Discussion: Line items reviewed, followed by questions and answers. Motion: Karen Dingwall moved that the 2017 budget be approved as amended to:

• under Income include WELC - $240. and Youth Group-$500. as a line item.

• amend Local Offerings budget total to $133,755.

• amend Total Income line to $179,295.

• under Expenses add Youth Group - $500. as a line item

• amend Electricity, gas and water to $10,000.

• amend Minister’s Salary and Benefits to $78,044

• amend Total Expense line to $179,295 Seconded by Linda Bossler.

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Motion carried. CLOSING PRAYER: Reverend Kelly Osgood ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned on motion of the Chair at 8:53 pm.

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Ministry and Personnel 2016 was a special year for Robert McClure United Church as our minister Kelly Osgood took her well earned sabbatical. Kelly is eligible for sabbatical every 5 years of continuous service with a ministry position, but chose to honor the original meaning of Sabbatical and waited for her 7th year. During this time the congregation, with lay members and groups, took on the responsibility for Sunday worship. As a result, the church did not require pulpit services from replacement ministers. Pastoral care was provided by several ministers who were on call during Kelly’s absence, and two ministers helped the Church Board hold their monthly meetings as mandated by the United Church Manual. Several Job Descriptions in the Duty of Care manual were updated to reflect the actual practices and requirements of those ministries. In particular, a new procedure was identified for emergency response in case of Fire Alarm events. The procedure identifies roles for certain individuals and instructs people on building evacuation paths and mustering in a location that does not interfere with emergency services. Updated floor plans now show recommended evacuation paths. A review of employee and contractor contracts was undertaken, with an emphasis on the Caretaker position. These contracts had not been renewed since 2013. Signatures are still pending. Although annual salary reviews have been done, and employee evaluations were done in 2015, none of these were reflected in their employment contracts. The M&P committee has started a process of reviewing all volunteer forms in order to get these updated. This also included identifying all volunteers that require background checks and ensure these are all up to date. In 2017, the M&P committee will again undertake a review with employees and contractors to provide them with an opportunity to provide feedback on their jobs and to identify any areas for change that can improve their work environment and training. Respectfully submitted by the Ministry and Personnel Committee Andre Dicaire Ministry and Personnel Committee Chair.

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