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    Meeting Minutes

    March 30, 2010 Meeting (Annual Meeting Continued)

    April 18, 2010 (Annual Meeting Concluded)

    December 20, 2009 (First vote to withdraw from ELCA and join LCMC)

    May 12, 2010 (Second vote to withdraw from ELCA)

     

    May 12, 2010, 6 p.m.

    Members present: Mary Bucholz, Orvilla McIntosh, Alice and Bernard Olson, Ruth Raap, Doris and Norman Townsend, Norman Anderson, Wally Loe, Ron Ask and Paul and Tina Kosel.

    Meeting called to order by Ron Ask. Paul Kosel had a prayer.

    Roger Noor, Aberdeen, representing the bishop’s office, talked to the congregation about withdrawing from the ELCA and he representing the office for the consultation. He outlined the procedure for withdrawing from the ELCA and answered questions.

    The following resolution was approved on a motion by Norman Townsend, seconded by Orvilla McIntosh:

    WHEREAS, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Pierpont, SD, (“the congregation”) accepts the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the authoritative source and norm of its proclamation, faith and life; and

    WHEREAS, this congregation accepts the Unaltered Augsburg Confession as a true witness to the Gospel and accepts the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord as further valid interpretations of the faith of the church; and

    WHEREAS, this congregation wishes to uphold the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and the Lutheran Confessions as its Confession of Faith; and

    WHEREAS, the ELCA, at its 2009 Churchwide Assembly voted to “commit itself to finding ways to allow congregations that choose to do so to recognize, support and hold publicly accountable life-long, monogamous, same gender relations” although the Word of God has made it clear from the beginning, that, whether one understands oneself to be heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual or transgendered, chastity is the call for those who are single and fidelity is the call for those who are married - and those who are eligible for marriage are a male and a female, as God explicitly designed and ordained and as Jesus Himself reiterated; and

    WHEREAS, this congregation’s primary objections to the policies and practices of the ELCA have to do with the authority of Scripture and the holiness of the Name of God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit, therefore be it

    RESOLVED, that this congregation, hereby initiates the process of withdrawal from membership in the ELCA; and be it further

    RESOLVED, that this congregation is herby authorized to take all actions necessary to carry out the purposes of the foregoing resolution.

    The resolution was passed on a 12-0 vote.

    Members of the congregation thanked Noor for coming to the meeting and for his conversation.

    Moved by Norman Anderson, seconded by Doris Townsend to adjourn. Motion carried.

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December 20, 2009 (First Vote to withdraw from ELCA, join LCMC Synod)

Bethlehem Lutheran Church

Pierpont, SD

Special Meeting

President Wally Loe called the meeting to order on December 20, 2009 at 11am with the following members present: Wally Loe, Norman Anderson, Norman and Doris Townsend, Ron Ask, Orvilla McIntosh, Opal Mydland, Clayton Litch, Bernard and Alice Olson, Paul and Tina Kosel

A resolution to withdraw from the ELCA synod was passed on a motion by Orvilla McIntosh, seconded by Norman Townsend. All members present voted aye. Motion carried. (Be it resolved that the voting members present on December 20 voted to terminate its relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America)

Moved by Ron Ask, seconded by Norman Townsend to join the LCMC Synod. All members present voted aye. Motion carried.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Tina Kosel, Secretary

Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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March 30 2010

Annual Meeting Continued

Meeting called to order by President Wally Loe.

Agenda is to vote on the ELCA membership and who are active members of the church.

The meeting was recessed to April 18, 2010

Continued on April 18, 2010

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April 18, 2010 - Annual Meeting Concluded

President Wally Loe called the meeting to order. Ron Ask volunteered to be the new president.

Orvilla McIntosh made a motion, seconded by Ruth Raap to nominate Ron Ask as president. All members present voted aye. Motion carried.

Ron asked Doris Townsend for an updated treasurer’s report for the following Sunday.

Annual meeting was adjourned on a motion by Doris Townsend, seconded by Orvilla McIntosh. Motion carried.

Respectfully Submitted

Tina Kosel, Secretary

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