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SESSION NEWS
as posted in the February 2007 newsletter

The Session held its monthly meeting on January 22.

After opening with prayer, committee reports were reviewed.

•Special topics on the agenda included the annual review of the church membership roll (active membership notched up to 100) and approval of the 2007 Church Budget.

•Session voted to increase staff salaries by 3% and recommended that the pastor’s salary be increased by 3%.

•The 2007 Stewardship Pledge Campaign netted pledges totaling approximately $171,000. We are still operating with a deficit budget. Our expected net loss for 2006 was $21,000; but thanks to certain reduced spending and, particularly during November and December, increased plate collections, the actual deficit was only $8,600.

•Special notice was made of the fact that Betty Evans has served as Receipts Treasurer since 1982, and has retired from the position as of this month.

•Concern group listings have been updated for distribution after the annual meeting on January 28.

•Preparations continue for our second Alpha course, to begin on February 8. Simultaneously, a course of Bible study, “A Life Worth Living,” is being offered.

•Knox Presbyterian Church has received approval from National Capital Presbytery for a Transformation Grant of $10,000 for 2007 to initiate or strengthen programs which can make Knox Church more relevant to our neighborhood. This is the first year of a three-year grant. Final decisions have not yet been reached as to how these funds are to be spent.

•Several members of our transformation committee attended the quarterly Transformation Workshop of the National Capital Presbytery on Saturday, January 27.

•The monthly meeting of the National Capital Presbytery was a daytime meeting on Tuesday, January 23.

The next Meeting is scheduled for February 19, 2007.