The meeting was called to order by Richard at 12:05 a.m.

The October Minutes were discussed and approved. The Deacons were not certain which version of the Membership guidelines they were going to review and approve at this meeting. Larry apologized for not sending the latest version out and agreed to send it after the meeting. The Deacons decided to review the guidelines and approve them at the next meeting.

Assignment of Duties:

We first determined the best time for the next meeting would be after church on 12/9. Richard then proceeded to fill out the assignments for the Sundays through 12/9 below:

Sunday (Pulpit)Liturgist:

11/4: (Stephen) Moira Bread & Juice: Ruth Servers: Marcia, Mike, David, Larry

11/11(Moira) Stephen

11/18(Stephen) Mike [Deacon�s Sunday; All bring food & call members]

11/25 (Ann) Stephen

12/2 (Stephen) TBD Bread & Juice: Julia Servers: Julia, Mike, Marcia, Don

12/9 (Stephen) Marcia

Mentor of Marina UCC Congregation

The Deacons agreed to turn over the direction of the Mentorship to the committee comprised of Jeremy, Jan, Ruth and T�Shala.

Mission Statement

Don read a mission statement. After some discussion, and minor changes, the Deacons agreed they would review and approve the revised version at the next meeting. Don agreed to distribute the updated version to the board.

Budget

Larry agreed to present a proposed budget at the next meeting, created from this year�s budget with the following: Seminary student fund: $2,000, Gifts: $500, Substitute minister: $600, Printing & Supplies based on expenses, and Music Dir raise = Pastor�s.

Member/Community Issues/Concerns:

Stephen informed the Deacons and all the members who came to church that Vince Busam, Jennifer�s husband, died Saturday Oct. 27 succumbing to an infection he contracted a few days earlier. Stephen agreed to let the congregation and Richard know via e-mail, when and where the memorial service would be(Nov. 2nd 1pm. at the Redwood amphitheater), and Richard would invoke the phone tree. Julie agreed to do Jennifer�s part.

In a separate discussion, Stephen agreed to find out what if any local memorial services may be held for John Anderson, and would let the Deacons and the older members know after he found out. We agreed not to have a service.

Other Business:

Some problems with the phone tree numbers were noticed by Julie. It was agreed that the Deacons would review the phone tree and update it at the next meeting.

Richard said T�Shala would like to talk to the Deacons. Larry said the distribution of the final minutes should include the in-care Ministers. The Deacons agreed to the change in distribution for the minutes. Larry agreed to implement it.

The next meeting will be after church on Dec.9th.

The meeting adjourned at 1:00pm.

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