For our 2024 Annual Meeting
January 25, 2024
From Dave Kinnear, Sr. Warden:
The annual meeting is fast approaching, and I would like to strongly encourage all members of St. Paul’s to come and participate, after the service, on February 4. This is one of the very important events in the life of our parish. We will be updating everyone on the work being done by each of our ministries and will be electing Vestry members and wardens. You will also learn about the budget and how we will invest your generous contributions to advance our ministries.
The congregation will be asked to vote on updated bylaws at the annual meeting. The bylaws are the framework on which we build the policies and procedures we use to operate the parish. The bylaws committee has been working, all year, to modernize the bylaws and to make them consistent with the Canons of The Episcopal Church and the Colorado Diocese of the Episcopal Church. While bylaws are not the most exciting part of our ministry, they are important, so please come and give us your vote.
The annual meeting will include a potluck brunch, so please bring an item to share if you can. If you are unable to bring a food item, don’t worry, we will have plenty for everyone.
I look forward to seeing you at the annual meeting!
Dave Kinnear
Senior Warden
January 16, 2024
From Dave Kinnear, Sr. Warden:
Dear People of St. Paul’s,
Thank you for a successful stewardship drive. The commitment demonstrated by the people of St. Paul’s will enable us to continue and grow our ministry in 2024 and beyond. All of us on the Vestry are excited to see where the Holy Spirit leads us.
We will take our next step into the future of St. Paul’s at the annual meeting. I would like to encourage everyone to come and participate on February 4, after the 9:30 a.m. service. We will meet in the parish hall as soon as everyone has had a chance to grab a snack and get settled.
We have several important issues to address at the annual meeting this year. The Bylaws Committee has been working, all year, to bring the St. Paul’s bylaws into agreement with the Canons of The Episcopal Church and the Diocese of Colorado.
Below this note, you will see a note from the Bylaws Committee and three attachments for your review. Members of the Bylaws Committee will be available after this Sunday's service, January 21, to answer any questions you might have about the update. The congregation will be asked to approve the updated bylaws at the annual meeting.
The congregation will also be voting for Vestry members and wardens on February 4. The Leadership Committee is nominating Duane Erwin and Jim Ferguson for three-year terms on the Vestry. The wardens are elected to one-year terms. Bruce Givnish is the nominee for Junior Warden and I will be running for another year as Senior Warden.
Finally, we will be voting on the 2024 St. Paul’s budget, which has been enabled by our stewardship drive.
I look forward to the future of our ministry at St. Paul’s!
Dave Kinnear,
Senior Warden
dkinnear@gmail.com
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From the Bylaws Committee:
David Kinnear, Susan Cahoon and Tom Chaney
It was determined before the 2023 Annual Meeting that St. Paul’s Bylaws did not meet the requirements of the Diocese of Colorado regarding the election of Wardens. Limited revisions to the Bylaws were developed and approved by the membership of the Parish before the conduct of the 2023 Annual Meeting which corrected the Bylaws.
A Bylaws Committee was then appointed to do a complete review of the Bylaws to address the needs of the Parish and changes in the National and Diocesan Canons that have evolved since St. Paul’s Bylaws were last changed. The Bylaws Committee is composed of David Kinnear, Susan Cahoon and Tom Chaney.
The Bylaws Committee was required to submit the proposed Bylaws to the Vestry thirty days before the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Parish, which it did. Subsequent to submitting the proposed Bylaws to the Vestry, the Bylaws Committee is proposing two additional changes. The Committee will offer those additional changes as amendments to the proposed Bylaws at the Annual Meeting. There are therefore three attachments for review below. Click on each.
Attachment #1 shows the proposed changes, as edits relative to the original Bylaws text, that were submitted to the Vestry.
Attachment #2 shows these same proposed changes, incorporated into the Bylaws as a final copy.
Attachment #3 is a 1 page summary of all proposed changes including, in red, the two additional changes the Committee plans to offer as amendments to the proposed Bylaws.
As Dave mentions in his letter above, members of the Bylaws Committee will be available after this Sunday's service, January 21, to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you
Dave, Susan & Tom