Summary of January 15, 2026 Vestry Meeting

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• The vestry approved minutes for the November 2025 and December 2025.
• The contributions of members rotating off the Vestry, including Jane Anderson, Jeff Anderson, and Eva Lesniak; and Gary Scott ending the term of Junior Warden, were acknowledged with appreciation and we celebrated with a cake in their honor.
• Successes, including conclusion of the “Being” Stewardship Campaign, completion of the bathroom remodel project, and successful Christmas services were highlighted.
• Eva Lesniak reviewed the Stewardship campaign results indicating that 60 people have pledged with a median pledge of $2,600.  For 2026, 30 pledges increased, 6 decreased and 18 pledges remained the same.
• We reviewed plans for the Annual Meeting to take place on January 25, 2026.  A reminder that there will be a single service at 9:00 a.m. and the Annual Meeting will start at 10:00 a.m..  The Annual Report will be published prior to the meeting and reports will be accepted as a group at the meeting.  Mother Kim plans a short exercise to determine what ministries the parish is most interested in.  We discussed recognizing the Property Team for the work they have done in 2025; however, there was concern that such recognition may be unnecessary and possibly unwelcome.
• Sally Bird presented the Nominating Committee’s list of candidates for open vestry positions.  Candidates for the class of 2029 include Judy Cahall, Richard Southwick, and Eva Lesniak.  The candidate for the Junior Warden term to end in 2028 is Ron Mahoney. 
• Suzanne Higgins provided an update on the Epiphany Outreach Kits we are making for adults and children being discharged from the hospital, and for women leaving prison.  Donations are coming in and we ask the congregation to use the sign-up sheets and to purchase the right size and quantity of products.  Suzanne said we are doing well with sweatshirts but are short on body wash and similar personal care products.  The hospital asked for some kits earlier than the end of Epiphany, and the vestry agreed that Suzanne would create around ten kits to deliver to the hospital at her earliest convenience.
• Sally Bird provided an update on the 2025 final year-end spending.  Final revenue was $342K and expenses were $309K.  We ended the year $34K to the positive, although we had expected a shortfall at the time the 2025 budget was approved.  We finished the year ahead of budget because of several unexpected personnel situations that lowered expenses, primary that our new rector started four months later than had been budgeted; and we had greater revenue from the auction and interest income than budgeted.  The vestry approved a motion to reclassify $12K of Mo. Kim’s compensation to a housing allowance as permitted by Section 107 of the IRS code. This reclassification as no impact on CHS finances.
• The 2026 budget was presented by Sally Bird.  After discussion and revisions, the vestry approved the 2026 budget with revenue of $340,615, expenses of $$366,974 and net income of -$26,359. 

Diane Hrozencik
January 20, 2026