Memorials and Gifts, as a subgroup of Stewardship team, keeps good records of individual receipts and disbursements, communicates with donor families, reviews the congregation’s needs, and recommends memorial expenditures to the Congregation Council. This subgroup does not handle money and has no direct authority over expenditures. Disbursements are handled by the church treasurer with the approval of council. Examples of this subgroup’s duties include:
- Recording gifts purchased with memorial funds in the Memorials Book
- Maintaining and communicating clear policies for their receipt and expenditure
- Assisting Communications Team with its church inventory responsibilities
Memorials and Gifts
2024 Team Leader: Beth Cleland
Recording Secretary: Ruth Nicholson
Members: Gary Black, Kay Black, Sylvia Ford, Linda Griffith, Marie Lybrand, Elizabeth Shealy
2023 Report
The Memorials and Gifts Team oversees the process by which gifts to the church are accepted, acknowledged, and recorded. Particular attention is given to proposed gifts of tangible items, either outright gifts or those to be purchased with monetary contributions made to the church in memory or in honor of someone. The team endeavors to identify items that would benefit the congregation as well as to note which earlier gifts are no longer in use. This team works with the Congregational Council to see that agreed-upon guidelines governing memorials and gifts and their dedication and presentation are followed.
Purchases – Landscaping improvements at the entrance to Our Saviour
Gifts Donated – Monetary gifts
Submitted by Beth Cleland, 2023 Team Leader
Recording Secretary: Ruth Nicholson
Members: Gary Black, Kay Black, Sylvia Ford, Linda Griffith, Elizabeth Shealy