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| Minutes for the Church Council Meeting
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| On: Wednesday 11th July at 20h00
| At: the Chaplain’s Apartment
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| Present:
| Stephen Coffin (Chaplain), David Bailey (Churchwarden), Elizabeth Cherhal (Secretary), Richard Sheppard (Treasurer), Suzanne Bréant, Alison Coulavin, Howard Diehl (invited), Dante Thomas, Penny Vincent-Sweet
| | Excused:
| Neil Brownrigg, Marie Col bert (Churchwarden), Jason Kern, Alan and Val Golton
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Minutes:
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| Prayers and Apologies (please inform Stephen or Elizabeth)
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| Approval of last meeting's minutes & any matter arising from these (& not otherwise on the agenda)
The minutes were approved. Matters arising were:
- FNAC token still needs to be given to the auditor..
- Website: Before Mark leaves Stephen and Elizabeth will look at it with him and ensure they know enough about its maintenance.
- Siret number: We now have the declaration in the Journal Officiel. We now need to do something with INSEE (in Burgundy!)
- Room naming: Rooms are being named after famous 20th Century Christians.
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| Proposed cooption of Howard Diehl onto the Council
This was adopted unanimously.
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| Treasurer’s Report
We are still solvent, but collection money is down. Richard presented graphs showing that not enough money was coming in. However, Richard stated that he was not particularly worried. The Lord is watching over us and will take care of us. Stephen said that we need to inform people properly and at the right time (ie when their minds aren’t taken up with matters of la rentrée). If we are praying about this, then the Lord will provide.
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| Renovations to the Chaplain’s apartment following the fire
The apartment has been cleaned. Belongings have been returned. The church’s insurance will cover all fittings (kitchen, curtains…), Stephen and Marian’s personal insurance will pay for other things and the copropriété’s insurance will pay for the cleaning of the VMC. The electricity should soon be restored and the fuse box replaced. Some discussion took place regarding quotes on fitted kitchen replacements. The council is happy for Stephen and Marian to decide, with the help of Richard. The bathroom will be redone if the insurance covers it. It might be a good idea to replace the existing “tiles on tiles” by parquet flottant. As windows need replacing, we should also get double glazing. Penny will enquire about possible aids or tax rebates if double glazing is installed everywhere.
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| Report on Mark and Carine’s project
Tickets are being booked for about Sept 20th. They have met 80% of their target so far.
The visit to the ICG went well, as did the once to St Michael’s church in Paris. They have agreed to donate a once-off sum and 1/12th provision every year ! They need extra money for going away: for taking medicine, a computer etc, and as Mark’s temporary job has come to an end, more money would be appreciated.
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| Vision & direction for the Church
Dante made a point about home groups: not all church members are involved in one. How can we take forward the lent groups? He would like to identify people with a gift for teaching and prepared to offer hospitality.
Penny brought up the matter of the still unheld meeting about Islam. Howard knows someone in the pastorale évangélique who would be prepared to help on this.
Jason has lent some welcome material for home groups.
Penny would welcome a discussion about music.
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| Any other matters
- Alison had set up an account for Tilly. The money is being transferred to a pastor out there. Several people wanted to know what support the children previously in Tilly’s care were getting.
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| Closing Prayer
The meeting closed in prayer.
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