May God’s peace which passes all human understanding be with us all.
I would like to share with you some activities underway here at Zion.
In December, the Voters Assembly approved the purchase of the property east of our
parking lot. This transaction has been completed as of late December. For the near term, our
goal is to get the house and garage emptied of some leftover items. We also need to remove
some of the brush as well as the two trees on the southwest corner of the house. Our head
Trustee, Mike Twenhafel, has initiated some plans and perhaps leading this work. Presently,
the plan is to have a Saturday workday to remove the brush first and have a dumpster dropped
off to empty the house and garage at the same time. We then would look at a second Saturday
workday to remove the two trees, as the one will take a lift and need to be cut from the top
down. We will appreciate all volunteers for these projects!
Thank you to all who have donated towards the purchase of the property. As of the
January council meeting, $8200.00 has been donated. This will probably continue to grow, and
we thank everyone for considering this. Please continue to support this!
Our Strategic Planning committee will be meeting soon to study our church’s long range
goals. This would include opportunities presented with the new property. Geoff Phillips has
agreed to head this committee as we go forward. Thank you, Geoff!
We have talked about a review of our church constitution for a while now, with Covid
slowing down this progress. Alan Kneschke has agreed to head this committee. Thank you,
Alan! Each board has been asked to review the constitution and identify any items that need to
be reviewed. The majority of the constitution is just fine, however, there are probably a few
items that we need to think about and update. I would ask each of you to do the same and if
you identify something to review, please let Alan know. Alan will then meet with his committee and study all the recommendations, and make a final recommendation to the Voters Assembly. This can be a lengthy process, with changes needing to be approved by the District.
Perhaps we can do our internal review rather soon, and by the end of the year have this finalized with District.
We continue to have issues with our HVAC system. Several have recently said that evening meetings have been cold, while we have had excess heat at other times! Matt Sink and
Mark Wehmeyer have been a wonderful resource in reviewing the HVAC equipment. We have
invited Weeke Sales and Service from Okawville to come and do a complete review of our system. They said they are very familiar with our equipment and do service others like this in the
area. They have noted numerous things that either need replaced or upgraded and given us a
bid to do the upgrade and repairs for $38,200. This might be adjusted some yet, as Matt continues to look at the details of the bid. We hope to finalize this soon, and present to the next Voters Assembly. If you get a chance, send Matt and Mark a huge thank you! This has been a lot
of work.
A special thank you to the members of Zion. We have a lot going on, and your sharing
and support is very much appreciated.
God’s Blessing to you.
Dale Wehmeyer, President
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