2016 PASTOR’S ANNUAL REPORTThe Secretary of the Rome Presbyterian Church is nagging me (in a very gracious manner) to get my annual report done. But I’m having a hard time deciding how to go about it? What is it the congregation wants to know about this past year of the pastor? I mean, if you come to worship regularly, there aren’t a lot of secrets!! But I thought this might be a good time to go through my job description. Perhaps it would be good for us all to recall what it is I am supposed to be doing here!

As I look at the description I have discovered that the last update I have is from 2005, so while I’m at it, I may as well get it all into the computer so that it can become a working document. So here is the current job description with candid and editorial remarks. If you have any further questions, come ask me, please!!

ROME PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ECOJOB DESCRIPTION FOR PASTORFebruary 2017

Expectations:• Spiritual leader of the church with a commitment to the Christian faith - be of strong faith,

dedicated discipleship, and love of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.• Share in the ministry of the church in the governing bodies of the Covenant Order of

Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO) about the Session and in Ecumenical relationships.• Have clarity of vocation and the ability to seek and nurture a vision for the church.• Demonstrate a. on ere for individual and church spiritual growth.

Position Description• Take responsibility for professional and spiritual development - prayer, reading, study, and

participation in continuing education programs.Did you know that these activities are actually in my job description? It’s even at the top of the list! But I confess that I don’t do nearly enough of it. This past year I focused on growing in coaching and discipleship. For my devotions I’ve use the Celtic Daily Prayer and a book published by the Upper Room For All Those Who Seek God. Barry (my very own husband) has challenged me to pray Paul’s prayers for the church over the congregation of Rome so I have been walking through the sanctuary and praying the apostle’s words for all of you. Study? This would be the weak link. I tend not to take time to study as I should and confess that too often I must cram. I find it a challenging task to take the time to read and study on a regular basis.

• Coordinate and lead all aspects of the church’s worship life including Sunday morning worship: vital preaching, administration of sacraments, lay leadership, children and youth participation.

I am doing my best to carry out this responsibility. I love preparing worship for us on Sunday morning. My desire is to include more of you in that. This past year, Colleen Close was available to set up liturgists for us. The problem is I don’t always work far enough ahead to help people feel equipped for their task.

• Be responsible for studying, teaching, and preaching the Word, for administering Baptism and the Lord’s Supper, for praying with and for the congregation. Check.

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• Provide effective pastoral care in various settings, devoting special attention to the poor, the sick, the troubled, and the dying as well as counseling for weddings, baptism, membership, and funerals.

What this job description is missing is the instruction that the pastor is to equip and empower the laity to do some of those things listed above. And we have moved in that direction! More elders and deacons are visiting and helping prepare people for baptism and becoming Covenant Partners with us. I am grateful for the times I can be the hospital with people (but sometimes they are in and out before I even hear about it!). And I cherish being with people near the end of their lives to help pray them into the kingdom. Thank you to all who have let me in to their lives in these situations this past year.

• Be accessible to the congregation - maintain regular office hours, appointments.“Regular is a relative term!” At least that’s what I said when I had kids at home! But since becoming an empty nester I find that it is still true! Meetings, hospital visits, home emergencies (yes, still) can call me out of the office on “regular” days. Fortunately, Peggy Coleman is a great person to share the office with and she keeps pretty good track of me when I am not there.

• Administrate church affairs such as committees, records, by-laws, annual reports, bulletins, newsletters, and certificates (marriage, baptism, membership, officer, etc.).

I along with the team of Peggy Coleman (secretary) and Sylvia Abrams (Clerk) do our best to keep things decent and in order.

• Be the moderator of the Session and advise committees as appropriate. Check

• Be active in ECO government and discipline, serving in governing bodies of the church, and be governed by ECO’s Essential Tenets and Polity

It has been my great joy to serve the Presbytery of the Northeast as its Moderator this past year. Actually I’m not quite done. I will continue to carry that role until we multiply into three presbyteries in July of 2017.

I also serve on the Ministry Partnership Team where I really enjoy using my gifts. I am able to work with other pastors and churches as they come into ECO. Or sometimes when they are struggling and need some guidance. My term continues on this team, but my travel distance will decrease as we become a smaller presbytery.

Over the past year I also served as an assistant director for the Discipleship Initiative which is an effort to help churches develop a culture of discipleship. I worked with two NJ churches and will continue to coach their pastors through May of 2017.

• Coordinate church activities and programs that relate to members and nonmembers.My goal here is to be more of a cheerleader than an instigator. You all have gifts and are aware of needs in the community that need to be met. My goal is to channel your gifts to meet those needs and get out of your way! Look at the ministry that happens at Friday Fellowship Dinners! On the other hand, I am always asking “How can we do this better, reach further, touch more people?” and sometimes those answers lead to a firm idea that we can follow through with.

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• Be responsible for officer development and spiritual growth, nurture non-members of all ages to profession or reaffirmation of Fatih and commitment to growing as a disciple which could include becoming a Covenant Partner or the Rome Presbyterian Church.

Did someone say “spiritual growth”? What else is there! And here again, we have used mentors to prepare folks for joining the church and will continue.

• Encourage the people in worship and service of God; enable and equip them for their tasks within the church and their mission in the world.

Striving to do this as best I can!

• Will work with the Session, Deacons, Trustees and any ministry teams. Check.

• Work with the Rome Methodist and North Orwell United churches for ecumenical services during Lent and Vacation Bible school.

I enjoyed working with Pastor Jackie and this year she left and I am now working with Rev. Phil Swanck. Working with the other churches on the Lenten season is always a great joy and now we’ve added the Living Nativity to our efforts.

Well that was probably more than you wanted to know!

I have continued to teach and lead music at XFA, help with VBS (but thanks to Susan Pifer and crew who really put it together this past year!), and at Christmas time started doing a song with the kids at the start of Sunday School. I love our children!

God has a plan to use us to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the community of Rome. His will is for us to be more than we think we can be. I pray us courage to discover and live into what He wants for us!

Thank you for allowing me to serve you as your Pastor. I count it a high privilege.

Because of Christ,

Pastor Karen

A Report on A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO)

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I would encourage you to go to the ECO website at eco-ores.org to get a better look at who and what we are. But here are some highlights from the past year.

Last January (2016) pastors and elder commissioners met in Santa Barbara, CA for our bi-annual business gathering. We worshiped, fellowshipped, networked, learned, shared, prayed, and had a great time together.

This January (2017) we gathered again in Greenville, SC with around 2000 others for all of the above, minus the business. We came home motivated, educated, reminded, excited, committed and ready to keep moving into our identity as part of the movement we call ECO.

This ain’t your granddaddy’s denomination! This is a body of believers striving to be something more than a collection of status quo churches. We are trying to move into a new way of being that helps us to fulfill the great commandments and the Great Commission.

Here’s the thing. When commissioners go to these events they only collect information about making change and experiencing growth. In order for these things to happen they have to be given to the rest of the church, the church has to accept it and then act on it.

Our great fear is that we stay the same and in twenty years see that we have created just another institution.

By becoming an ECO congregation, we have declared that we want to do things differently. We want to be more than status quo. We want to part of the movers and shakers of faith in our time. The task becomes finding out what that is going to look like in our particular context of ministry. Pray for your leaders: Rome Elders, Cornerstone Presbytery (that will be our new name), and our National Synod leaders.

We are part of a growing movement, now over 320 churches and 500 pastors. Let us STRIVE to THRIVE and live into the will of God for us.

Amen.

Report of the Clerk of Session

The Session, consisting of Pastor Karen, serving as Moderator, and six elders, met on a regular basis and held additional meetings as needed. All actions were recorded in Session Minutes

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and Congregational Meeting Minutes, were approved by Session, and are available for review at the church office. Serving elders in 2016 were Peggy Hughes, Tom LeFever, Judy Madill, Sandy Morris, Ed O’Connor, and Dan Williams

Your elders have a passion to be effective spiritual leaders who desire the development of a discipleship culture within the church and live out the mission of God in the world. Prayer, Worship, and being in the Word lead them to do pastoral care through individual parish groups, leading and being in small groups Bible studies, welcoming and embracing new members, and encouraging the congregation to come alongside the many missions (fellowship dinners, XFA, Sunday school, outreach, etc.) of our church. Throughout the year they continued personal training through ELI (Elder Leadership Institute). Elders shared opinions about working toward becoming a Missional congregation: that is working toward equipping people to express the Gospel in their daily lives and drawing new people to faith in Jesus Christ. Elders prayerfully desire a passion to share their love of Jesus Christ with others and be 100% committed to Christ. Session also is constantly seeking ways to improve communications among our three boards: deacons, trustees, and elders, each functioning independently yet communicating efficiently for a smooth working relationship. Working as Triad groups their goal is to focus on a specific group of people to nurture, encourage, and come alongside one another in ministry – being in service together to create a discipleship culture at RPC.

Larger participation in ECO events is important. Along with Pastor Karen, who serves as Moderator of ECO Presbytery of the Northeast, elders Peggy Hughes and Judy Madill participated in the ECO National Conference (January 26-28th) at Newport Beach, CA. Judy Madill served as Elder Commissioner allowing her, as well as Pastor Karen, voting rights as appropriate. Sylvia Abrams (elder commissioner), Peggy Hughes, and Pastor Karen attended the Presbytery of the Northeast gathering on April 8-9th at Lycoming Center, PA. And for the October ECO Presbytery of the Northeast, Peggy Hughes served as elder commissioner.

Elders rejoiced with MaKaylah Holbert as she became our newest Covenant Partner. MaKaylah completed a one-on-one discipleship study of the Book of Mark with Pastor Karen, reviewed the Essential Tenets of ECO, and shared her faith journey during an interview with two elders. MaKaylah accomplished all this while being a full time college student. The elders and congregation alike, all grieved the loss of our much-loved Covenant Partner, Joan Cowles. Joanie’s love of the Lord and her deep faith was an inspiration to not only to our congregation but also her family and beloved friends. Unique to session this year was to commit spiritually and financially to supporting Brenda Reibson in her growth process as a pastoral candidate. Brenda has completed seminary and has taken her ordination exams. She is currently looking at an internship opportunity. Upon completion of her development plan and internship, she will be certified ready to receive a call.

Many other “jobs” are the responsibility of your session, such as approving communion, participating in home communions, putting in place Safe Sanctuary policy, approving an auditor, leading worship, filling the pulpit as needed, approving the budget and minimum terms of call for Pastor. Session also approved the recommendation of the Nominating Committee to install five rather than our traditional six officers on each of the three boards. Elders, along with the

Nominating Committee and Pastor, all agreed that officers should have a calling to a position, not simply fill a slot.

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Your Session continues to discern where they might need to place future energy to fulfill the mission that God has placed upon the heart of the congregation. And to grow as a flourishing church to make disciples of Jesus Christ.

Statistical Report 2016

Total Male FemaleMembership January 1, 2016 86 27 59Additions 2016

New Covenant Partners 1 0 1 Losses 2016

Death: 1 0 1Transfer 2 1 1Removed/Moved 7 2 5

Ending Total December 31, 2016 77 24 53

Acts of the ChurchNew Members 1 MaKaylah Holbert (August 14, 2016)Baptisms 0Deaths 1 Joan Cowles (November 19, 2016)Weddings 0Births 0

Average Worship Attendance:59

Respectfully submitted,Sylvia Abrams, Clerk of Session

2016 Vacation Bible School

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Paul and the Underground Church, was held from June 13-17. Children from preschool through sixth grade joined a Roman family for the week. They began each day singing under the tents with Pastor Karen in Extollo.Children visited Paul (Pastor Bill Klees) under house arrest in Rome where they were encouraged to keep the faith. They met with friends in the underground church (the church basement) and learned how important it is to worship God, even though it maybe dangerous. Participants took part in chariot races and other games and visited the marketplace shops to make crafts and taste Roman foods.

Volunteers served as family leaders, station leaders, marketplace craftsmen, and actors and truly made the Bible come to life for the children. Thank you to everyone who played a part in it.

Susan Pifer

Mission Committee Annual Report

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2016 began with a somber tone, the dreaded words “cut back” were heard across the budget board. Indeed the budget for the Mission Committee was reduced by more than half. This presented a challenge to the committee and congregation, but it brought on much prayer.That prayer has made the following report possible.

We began the year with a budget of 5000.00. The following donations were made to local and national and international causes and totaled 4983.00Grace ConnectionHezekiah’s HandsLiving WaterFamily Life NetworkRBC MinistriesTACOServicemen and Women’s Christmas BoxSamaritan’s Purse Shoebox Campaign New BeginningsROCCLocal Missions (heating, rent, and emergency aid to local families)Missionary Support (for our local, international and national missionaries)

In addition we supported the following special offerings in 2016 thru fund raising within the church. This was the first time we had attempted to raise additional donations to such a great extent, but in doing so we hoped to also raise awareness of the programs our church has chosen and hoped to support.

International Justice FundEndless Mountains Pregnancy Care CenterBlanket Fund

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One Great Hour of SharingThe Antioch Partners FundThe Outreach Foundation for SyriaMissionary Support (for five missionaries) Melvin Sensenig (In Faith), Leith and Carol Fuji, (PCUSA Thailand), Colton and Tanya Twigg (New Tribes Mission), Patrick and Katie Mentzer (Intervarsity Mission) Don and Teletha Dewing. (Midwest Indian Mission).The Heifer ProjectPostage for the Shoebox Campaign.

For these programs our congregation, including the youth of XFA, gave an additional 4696.16.

Total giving : 9679.16 Hallelujah!!

In summary, the most fantastic response to prayer has been that we gave as a congregation an equal amount in special offerings and weekly donations to the plate, and as a whole nearly as much as we have given in our best years. Our church has a heart of generosity!

Respectfully submitted, Joan Hudyncia

Chow for Children Chow for Children is a volunteer program that supplies meals on the weekends for the families of children attending the Head Start Preschool in Rome, PA. This

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school serves the underprivileged families in the Towanda, Wyalusing, and Northeast Bradford School Districts by working with preschool children, to give them a head start to school in Bradford County.

The funding for Chow for Children is composed of donations from individuals and businesses in our area, as well as food drives and fundraisers conducted locally by individuals and group supporters.

Our funds raised for the school year 2015-2016 were 5347.00. This amount allowed us to support from 21-24 families thru this school year. Our church finances did not support Chow for Children this year as it was fully funded. A wonderful note to be added is that for last year and for this school year the National Honor Society of NEBHS raised significant funds for Chow. Just before Christmas a student from the North Rome Christian School conducted a very successful food drive for us as well. It is really wonderful to see students have awareness for the needs of their community.

For the school year 2016-2017, our funds fell by 43% - to 3049.00. In September our fear was that we would be only able to support families for a half school year. An additional complication developed in that the school buses no longer were able to deliver the food with the children. Parents were asked to pick up the food at the Head Start in Rome. This has reduced the number of families in the program by ½-to 11 families at this time. Although this limitation is an unexpected downfall, it has been a mixed blessing in that we will be able to fund the program until the end of the school year. In the meantime we will be thinking of ways to get the food to those families that lack transportation, as well as seeking funding in new ways to support more families in the following school years to come.

God is GoodJoan Hudyncia

2016 Vacation Bible School

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Paul and the Underground Church, was held from June 13-17. Children from preschool through sixth grade joined a Roman family for the week. They began each day singing under the tents with Pastor Karen in Extollo.Children visited Paul (Pastor Bill Klees) under house arrest in Rome where they were encouraged to keep the faith. They met with friends in the underground church (the church basement) and learned how important it is to worship God, even though it maybe dangerous. Participants took part in chariot races and other games and visited the marketplace shops to make crafts and taste Roman foods.

Volunteers served as family leaders, station leaders, marketplace craftsmen, and actors and truly made the Bible come to life for the children. Thank you to everyone who played a part in it.

Susan Pifer

XFA 2016-2017 School Year

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Yeah! Once again XFA is up and running with great success. I am truly thankful for God’s blessing on this program. There have been many other churches that have started these programs only to close down, not because of lack of children, but the need for adult leadership. Often when I start to think about returning in the fall, I hear of someone, who for personal reasons, can’t return as a leader.

I have learned a very valuable lesson – PRAY – and then surprise, someone new steps up and says I’d like to help this year at XFA. Thank you Jesus.

Attendance has been in the 20’s this year, with students from throughout the school district. Past Karen and Sylvia have been teaching “The Story” with great feedback from students and leaders.

The Christmas program, complete with a snowball fight in the church, was a great success. The church was filled with parents who came to enjoy seeing their children preform giving us a chance to share the message of God’s love with them.

Thanks to NEB for bus transportation. Without their help we couldn’t continue.

This year I have had a lot of health problems and haven’t been able to do much. But it’s not about me. I am so happy that the teachers, leaders, kitchen staff and all have continued to work very faithfully.

Thanks to this church family who love and support this program where we are able to bring children to Christ.

Amen

XFA DirectoryYvonne Cragle

FELLOWSHIP DINNERS

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Greetings church family. This year marks the eighth year of Free Fellowship Dinners. We (the Tuesday night Bible study group – Tom & Karin, Perry, Deb B., Shelba) would like to thank the church for allowing us to hold the dinners in the Education building. We would also like to thank the mission committee for the financial support and a big thank you to all of you for the baked goods, the hams, turkeys and any other donations that you may have made. Thank you to Bev, Barney, Sherry and Andy Potocek and Jessica Miller for helping out in the kitchen. These dinners are a great outreach and enable us to meet and visit with some of our community. We consider it a privilege and honor to cook for and serve those who attend. All are very appreciative.

Attendance varies from 45 to 100 with the average between 60-85. December's meal being ham and turkey was a big hit. With peoples busy schedules, we never know how many to plan for but God always provides for us.

Speaking of providing – we decided to start a summer lunch program. There are a lot of children in our community who receive free or reduced lunches and this has quite an impact on parents providing lunches for them when school is out for the summer. We had a sign up sheet and started with 16 lunches, which jumped to 35 and at the end of summer we were packing 55 lunches, 2 days a week. Thanks Shelba & Bev and our two junior helpers – Ella & Jocelyn, we packed a lot of lunches. At the end of summer we gave away back packs and $25 gift cards to Payless shoe store. Twenty four children received gift cards for new shoes. The kids were happy and the parents were ecstatic! We were asked by several parents if this could be repeated for the following year and we replied, "if the Lord is willing.”

We as a church should always be thinking of ways to be involved in our community, so as Rome Trick or Treat rolled around I asked Sylvia if it would be okay to hand out candy in front of the Education building. Secretary Peggy graciously made up small

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notes for us to attach to the candy with XFA and church hours on it. Shelba and I gave away a lot of candy.

Thanks again to anyone who helps out in a big or small way. We always welcome help in the kitchen, but mostly it would be great for church family to come and sit among the diners and visit with them, get to know this community that is around us. This is not a fancy restaurant – but these people are real and they need to hear about Christ.

We would invite you to join our small group on Tuesday evenings or start your own small group. You will develop friendships and have great fellowship – we do. This is where mission starts – right here in our community, with us.

 

Respectfully - Karin

2016 OUTREACH

Healing Journey

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Healing Journey is a 29 week bible study for men and women that is designed to transform lives and strengthen ones relationship with God. Each week a lesson is presented based on scripture which deals with one aspect of the healing process. After the lesson, participants break into small groups of 5-7 people led by a trained facilitator. During this small group time, participants process the truths of the lesson as they apply to their own personal lives. Some of the main themes of the lessons include:

Understanding our beliefs, shedding false beliefs and embracing the Truth Understanding how we have become our own god trusting in ourselves for our provision,

protection and power Understanding how and why our perspectives are different from God’s Understanding our victim identities and how to be transformed to be victorious Understanding the steps to freedom from our wounds Understanding how to live as victorious people

Currently we host a women’s class at the church in addition to one held in Towanda which also includes a men’s group. This year the Towanda group was hosted by the Independent Baptist church. Anyone in the community is invited to attend. The classes generally begin in the fall.

Having facilitated the women’s group for the past three years, I have witnessed the power of God as He has healed deep wounds in women’s lives and transformed them to live victoriously in Christ. Their relationship with the Lord continues to be strengthened and deepened as they embrace God’s love, grace, mercy and truth.

Here are some of what participants have said about this class….” I didn’t realize how I was living as a victim instead of in my true identity in Christ”…..” I want to get past these deep hurts so that I can live more fully in Christ and Healing Journey class is helping me to move forward and not remain stuck” ….”I appreciate the time we spend in confession and prayer” ….”I have found it helpful to identify my false beliefs so I can replace them with God’s truth”…”Everyone would benefit from taking this class” …”It is good to have a safe, confident place to talk about my past wounds”…”In all my years in church, this is the first time I can be honest about my doubts”…”I am finally able to know how much God loves me”.

Last year after Healing Journey class was completed, 8 women went on to complete the next study, “Resting in Jesus”. Again the comments from the participants was positive as they developed a new discipline of devotion time with the Lord.

Future plans are to continue to grow this ministry as the need is great. Next year we hope to offer more classes at different locations and times.

MOM’s Group

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This is the second year for the MOM’s group that meets twice a month (Sept-May) at the church. It is open to all mothers in our community and provides for a time of fellowship and learning new ideas. A dedicated group of 6 people provide child care for the children as the Mom’s meet. A devotion and time of prayer is included in their time together as well as topics about canning, meals, adoption, education options. The women are appreciative of being able to have space for the group to meet and are looking for ways to invite and include other mom’s in our community to join.

Bradford County Jail Ministry (women)

Church service is provided to the women on the 4th and 5th Sunday of each month. Attendance for church in the past has ranged from 2-14. The service provides for the gospel to be preached as well as a time of prayer. This past year during one of the services a young woman spoke up and said she was ready to have a relationship with Jesus. She prayed and then we all prayed for her. During the same service two women who had a previous conflict decided to openly confess their sin towards one another and seek forgiveness from the other person as well as God. It is always amazing to see how God shapes and defines our worship time together.

Respectfully submitted,

Peggy Hughes

DEACONS REPORT FOR 2016

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When I think about Celebration and the Deacon’s roll in our Church, I was drawn to Ephesians 2:10 “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do”

We serve our Church Family and their Families and our Individual Parish Lists with Care, Concern and Love. Whether it be with a phone call or a card or a visit, we are here to support, nurture, serve and celebrate!

How do we do this you might ask? While it is never easy to lose a member of our Church Family, we mourn and tend to the needs of the families and we celebrate the life we were blessed to be a part of. We continue to celebrate the accomplishments of our College Students by sending them care packages during exam week to let them know we love them and wish them well with their studies. Same with our Shut-Ins—we send cards and goodie baskets during the Holidays so they know they are important and loved even though we don’t see them as often as we’d like.

And we get to celebrate Pastor Karen during Pastor Appreciation Month by sending uplifting cards, giving gifts and holding a Luncheon to thank Pastor Karen for all she does for us and to let her know how important she is to us, her Church Family.

And you never know what the last Sunday of the Month will bring. The Deacons host the Cookie Mingle/Fellowship Hour/Crumbs on the Carpet but most of the time it’s not cookies! It’s a feast! It’s when we get a chance to sit down and visit and relax and laugh while we catch up with each other.

We are a very busy group that feels that we could always do so much more! We are serving the God we love and the Church Family that we love and we encourage all to reach out to us and to members of our Church Family as “we are created in Christ Jesus to do good works” and to love one another!

Sincerely Submitted,

Liz Kline

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Missional Affinity Group (MAG)

This past April, Sylvia Abrams, Peggy Hughes, and myself traveled to Endicott, New York, to participate in our MAG meeting. We were joined by members of the Hallstead, Endicott and Sylvania Churches. Because our presbytery is growing, our MAG group will look different the next time that we meet, with different Churches added to our group. What a great thing to celebrate. It was a time to review our previous goals, and to make a new goal. Our decision was to evaluate the success of our discipleship groups, and to do a “40 Days of Prayer Journal,” which would begin in the Fall. The first year of our discipleship groups were very successful, with believers going deeper in their faith, and closer relationships being built. The prayer journal was tailored to the Narrative on the Health of Mission and Ministry, and was made specific to our Church and community. For forty days, beginning September 18th and ending October 27th, we prayed together as a Church, and listened to God as He gave us direction. That was pretty amazing. We’ll evaluate our goals as we meet again at our next MAG meeting.

Judy Madill

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2016 PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN OF ROME ACCOUNT

Balance as of 12-31-15 $ 1222.14

Receipts

Pledges $ 87.50

$ 1309.64

Expenses

Bradford County Manor Volunteers 50.00Hands Across Northeast 50.00Abuse, Rape and Crisis Center 50.00T.A.C.O. 50.00International Village of Hope 50.00 $ 250.00

Balance as of 12-31-16 $ 1059.64

Respectfully submitted,

Lisa Lewis

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2016 Trustee Annual Report

“Celebration” The Rome Presbyterian Trustee’s meet on the third Thursday of every month. This year, we accomplished updating our website, installed exterior lighting, new church signs that were placed on the north and south parts of town, a new ramp leading up to the CE building, repairment of the church ramp and sidewalk, door repair to meet safe sanctuary codes in the CE building, a new phone and internet service, pew rearrangement to make room for wheelchairs, and purchased kitchen accessories. Various housekeeping tasks, misc repairs, lawn care and snow removal were completed. We discuss monthly income, expenses, memorial fund dispersal and fiscal management at each meeting. Serving as trustee’s for 2016 were Cliff Robinson, Karin LeFever, Mickey Morris, Sherry Potocek, Brian Pifer, Faye Daum.

Moderator,

Faye Daum

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MEMORIAL FUND

Beginning Balance as of January 201: $6769.78

INCOME:

Money was contributed by:Reuben Brimmer $50,000.00

$56769.78

EXPENSES:

4/13 Library Cart $ 185.009/14 Vinyl Lettering Signs 300.009/28 Ed O’Connor (new ramp) 2940.9311/1 M R Dirt (Paving) 870.0012/14 Quill (can opener, stock pots) 201.89

$ 4497.82

Balance as of 12/31/2016: $52271.96

Peggy ColemanTreasurer

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