Moving Forward Together
We will hold our Annual Business Meeting (see our church constitution, article 6 section 2a) during our Sunday worship services on November 23, 2025. This year, the items we will vote on at the Annual Business Meeting will include the 2026 proposed church budget, church officers, and elder & deacon candidates. In the meantime, please feel free to interact with these candidates, and to ask questions about the proposed budget.
Continue to check this page for more information as it becomes available.
We’ll vote to affirm the calling of elder candidates.
Candidates:
- Chris Miller
Biography & Questionnaire - Trent Rogers
Biography & Questionnaire
We’ll vote to affirm the calling of deacon candidates.
Candidates:
- Carey Blalock
- Jared Gillespie
- Dan Howdyshell
- Erin Krizo
- Dave McFarlane
- Chris Sultan
- James Veldt
- Rebekah Wallace
- Nate Wilson
- Debbie Zavodney
We’ll vote to approve the 2026 Proposed Budget. Paper copies are available in the Cafe area or in the Foyer.
Total Proposed Budget: $2,020,000 (includes $404,000 in Missions spending)
View Proposed Budget Executive Summary
View Proposed GBC Budget
Proposed Missions Budget
We’ll vote to affirm the calling of our Administrative Church Officers as described in our church constitution (see article 7 section 1b).
Candidates (click here to see pictures):
- Treasurer – Laurie Cook (returning)
Job Description - Financial Secretary – Janelle Mazelin (returning)
Job Description - Church Clerk – Jodi Jackson (returning)
Job Description
We’ll approve the minutes for church business (membership approvals & removals, last year’s annual meeting items & voting results, etc.).
Annual Business Meeting Vote Results
We had great participation in our Annual Business Meeting! 259 total ballots were cast, and all items voted on were resoundingly affirmed. Results were as follows:
⧫ elder candidates - Chris Miller, Trent Rogers - 99.0% average affirmation
⧫ deacon candidates - Carey Blalock, Jared Gillespie, Dan Howdyshell, Erin Krizo, Dave McFarlane, Chris Sultan, James Veldt, Rebekah Wallace, Nate Wilson, Debbie Zavodney - 98.7% average affirmation
⧫ church officers - Laurie Cook (Treasurer), Jodi Jackson (Church Clerk), Janelle Mazelin (Financial Secretary) - 100% average affirmation
⧫ approval of the November 2024-October 2025 Church Clerk minutes - 99.6% affirmation
⧫ approval of the 2026 Proposed Church Budget - 99.6% affirmation