DETAILS

We started at 7:35, Jackie did a reading and Steve did a prayer of thanks.

Minutes were read and approved from last meeting.

Old Business:

1. Newsletter assignments reviewed, Steve will do an article about Earthday and

Jackie will write an article for Bread for the World.

2. Earthday- Saturday May 5th Mountain cleanup day.

We meet for cleanup activities in the parking lot of the Mormon Church at 9AM. At 11:30 we will then regroup at the Mormon Church to eat our bag lunches we brought. The Mormon Church will supply drinks.

• Safety: Hack will supply orange vests, and will put up warning signs that there is road work. Harold suggested the mountain emergency vehicles may have signs that could be used. Suggest that people with young children clean up around the school, away from the road.

• Logistics: Groups of 4-5 people from different churches get dropped off at various locations to pick up trash. A truck could cruise and pick up bags when full. Be good if we could recycle the trash. The Mormon Church has a trash bin that can be used.

• Advertise: MNN and invite anyone to join us.

3. Bread for the World: June 3rd.

Bread for the World is a letter writing Campaign to our legislators, about issues that are important for our food and hunger. The Farm Bill only comes up every 5 years and will be voted on in the fall. We will write our letters June 3rd, Steve will preach about Bread for the World, Jackie will call the offices to let them know how many letters to expect.There will be some sample letters for people to use. Jackie will provide sample letters early so people can write their letters at home and brng them to church if they wish.

4. Crop walk:

April 29th a five mile walk, around the gardens of San Jose. This is a fund raiser for hunger organizations like Second Harvests. Last year there was a great tee shirt that was given to people who walked.

• Action: Advertise in church on the 22nd and 29th

• Before walk collect envelopes with contributions.

• Steve got a cropwalk package and will check out posters etc.

5. Mission Board Survey:

Hunger-Homelessness, Justice, Education, Chaplaincy, Community are the catogories we survey. We voted to wait for the fall (October) before doing survey. This survey will determine the % of funds going to different charities.

New Business:

1. Connie Durant: Student in Fiji needs $450 more for school. We voted to give this money from our Maundy Thursday offering (Steve will inform people that this is where the offering will be going) and the rest from Steve’s discretionary fund.

2. Council report from Nancy Jo:

The council requested feedback for the Vision committee. We decided we were doing actions on outreach and greening through the movie and the Earthday project with other Churches. A report needs to be sent by April 8th to Gina Weatherall.

3. An Inconvenient Truth What to do now?

Possible actions we could take.

• How to build on the interest and enthusiasm

• Steve will put a Green Idea of the Week in the bulletin {Each measure of CO2 in air takes 100 years to get rid of.}

• Demos about solar water/ electricity

• Newsletter articles and stories. Example--Marsha Rollins getting her gas bill down by lowering her thermostat on the hot water tank.

• How to sustain your improvement.

• Have a green Fair

• Have our church be a Certified Green Church. Jackie to contact Green Business Project and gather information.

• Be a recycle center for batteries

Next month each member to pick three items we can work on. We will choose a few that we feel we can accomplish.

We signed a sympathy card for Ann’s mother who passed away.

Joan Law briefly discussed the India students we support. She will have a full update at the next meeting.

The Meeting was over at 9:05

Respectfully

Nancy Jo Lopp

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