Old North Abbey, Knoxville, TN
Parish Council Meeting Summary, meeting of March 2, 2021 (by Zoom)
Minutes prepared by Amber Ford, summary by Daniel Yoder

Attendees: Aaron, Amber, Brent, Charleen, Daniel, Gregg, Mary, Rusty, Spencer
Absent:
Clergy attending: Joy

Financial Report

• Year-end report: $54k owed on the building; income exceeded spending and the budget, while expenditures were actually below budget. 62.9% of tithes came in through Tithe.ly.
• will review budget next month
• will discuss purchasing half-door next month

Facilities

• painting is east stairwell has been completed
• new lights have been installed in office
• Chris Buckingham is starting on some of the touch-up painting

Worship Services

• the 1st service is full most Sundays, and the 2nd service is mostly full. Online attendance has been somewhat lower
• the plan is to have Holy Week services outdoors

Child & Youth Care

• In-person childcare during the service is going well, with 3-5 children each Sunday, but do need more volunteers
• in negotiations to get some help with efforts for the older Youth

Other items

Next meeting 7:30 pm Tuesday April 6 in the Commons or by Zoom.