
 
Trinity United Church - Leadership Team Minutes – December 4, 2016 
 
Leadership Team – December 4, 2016    
 
 
Present:  Lesia Case, Julie Baker, Beth Kerr, Debbie Nelson, Gloria Ross, Angela Mills, Dianne 
Sloan, Auna-Marie Brown, Greg Cochrane, Iris Yuill 
Regrets:  Brenda Moorhouse, Deanna Mitchell, Kristin Zwarich 
 
Thank you notes….. 
 
Debbie called the meeting to order at 12:20 p.m. 
 
Opening Prayer – Julie led us in prayer 
 
Minutes and Correspondence  
 
Moved  by  Iris,  seconded  by  Auna  that  the  minutes  of  the  November  meeting  be  adopted  as 
distributed.  CARRIED 
 
  Habitat for Humanity  
  Pastoral Oversight Visit – report from Neepawa 
  PCRC Revitalize Portage! Grants - Information Sessions 
 
Discussions and Decisions 
1.  Remit #1 – We voted Yes on the Three Council Model 
 
2.  O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree – Our current Christmas Tree is showing its age.  
Carol found a 10 foot tree for $100 that had been a floor model at Solomon’s.   
 
Moved by Iris, seconded by Lesia that we purchase this new tree for approximately $100 
and that the money come from the Memorial Fund.  CARRIED. 
 
3.  Follow Up to Debbie’s Meeting with Structure Task Group  -- Debbie joined a meeting of the 
structure task group in October.  We have restructured the house groups to increase the 
size of the groups and decrease the number of groups.  The structure task group is currently 
Auna Brown, Iris Yuill, Val Garlick and Sue Hiltz supported by Beth Kerr.  They have been 
meeting a couple of times a year to support the house group structure.  There was 
consensus that some level of support to the house groups going forward was necessary.  
We agreed that this could not easily be passed off to the Leadership Team because there is 
already enough on the Leadership team agenda.  We discussed how we might go about 
replacing people on the Structure task group and that having some fresh ideas and fresh 
perspectives might enhance the work of the task group. We have some members on the 
structure task group on the Leadership Team which facilitates communication but we might 
want to build in something structural to ensure this.  We may also want to think about how to 
continue visioning around volunteers for the future.    
 
4.  Nominating  -- for 2016 Annual Report 
 
Leadership Team