Report From One Church Council

Hello from your OCC members: Lorraine Eaton, Cindy Barnard, Anita Hollon, George Smith, Connie Woehl, Arlene Zufall, Rita Russell, and Jackie Zufall-Holt. We hope that we are guiding the church business to your approval and feel blessed to work with such a helpful congregation.

We have been struggling with 45-year-old furnaces that are too old to find parts for and were running at only 40 percent efficiency. We could not keep the sanctuary warm, and our renter was struggling to keep it warm enough for the children. We sent out for bids and decided to hire Kaspar Air Solutions to replace the two furnaces. The cost was considerably cheaper than the other bid. Kaspar Air Solutions started on Wednesday, Feb. 15 and finished on Feb. 17. Everything was comfortable for the Celebration of Life for Barb Bingemer on Saturday, Feb. 18. We are blessed to have a member of our church pay for that project.

Work continues on the prayer room/memorial room. We are excited to see the finished room that Cindy Barnard and Lorraine Eaton have been designing.

We continue to be without a minister but are so blessed to have attendees who are willing to give the message and read the scriptures. If you haven’t attended in a while, we invite you to attend and hear the thoughtful and uplifting messages given. We continue to have communion on the first Sunday of each month. Our district superintendent blesses the communion elements via phone so that members can distribute the bread and wine.