MAY 2008 SESSION HIGHLIGHTS 
 

The May Regular Stated Session meeting was held Thursday, May 15, 2008.  In addition to Moderator Don Barger, attending were Ruling Elders Shirley Bailey, Ray Brust, Audrey Edwards, Helen Mungle, Ted Mungle, Julie Palmer, Betty Smith and Velva Yeomans.  Church Treasurer Rob Edwards also attended.  Elder Bailey presented the devotional using “Signs of Spring.”  Pastor Don presented Continuing Elder Training basing his comments on Chapter G-10.0302(a), Inactive Members, Book of Order.  Some actions taken and reports given included: 
 

• Pastor Don distributed a printed report of his activities 4/18/08 through 5/15/08, which in addition to his worship planning responsibilities, included 21 visits to the hospitalized and home bound; meeting twice with the Pastor Nominating Committee; and videotaping a 30-minute interview to be shown on Channel 2 for Paducah Cooperative Ministry.
• Special offerings taken totaled:  Living Waters for the World $165; PCM $130; One Great Hour of Sharing $203; and Pentecost $203.  The Church and Society Committee recommended that the 40% of the Pentecost offering to remain in the local community be given to the local Bellewood organization.
• Each time communion is celebrated, teams take communion to the hospitalized and homebound. 
• Memorial Fund:  A table has been located for the Narthex area.  Quotes for carpeting in the Narthex area, including the stairway and areas adjacent to the pastor and secretary’s offices, is being secured.  Anyone wishing to make a contribution to this project should make checks payable to Westminster Memorial Fund and mark for the Narthex improvements.
• A church family has offered to finance the cost of upgrading and elevating the walkways at the rear entrance.  A contractor has been hired and work should begin soon.
• Barbeque-on-the-River:  Session approved Westminster participating in 2008 and approved the $330 to participate.  A chairman will be approved at the June meeting.
• Homecoming will be held sometime during the summer.  Members of the planning committee, working with the Church and Society Committee, will include Pastor Don, Shirley Bailey, Vernon Brown, Mike and Julie Golightly, Debbie Gray, and Julie Palmer.
• Elder Ted Mungle served as commissioner to the May 13 meeting held at First Presbyterian Church, Murray.  A highlight was a videotape presentation of the latest clean water installation in Ticul, Yucatan, Mexico, by the Living Waters of the World team.  Next presbytery meeting will be held Saturday, August 9, at Highland Presbyterian Church, Hopkinsville.
• Presbytery State Clerk Charlie Owens will review the Westminster Minutes Books on July 19 in Hopkinsville.