At the Consistory Meeting of August 11, 2014 the following Motions were passed:

  • To  accept  changes  to  the  Non Ordained Staff Employment Policy Guidelines to clarify that full time employment is defined as 40 hours per week and  to provide for a 2 week pro-rated vacation benefit for part-time staff.  (For example: a staff member working 10 hours a week will receive 20 hours of paid vacation time per year.)
  • To make an offer of employment to Beth Jarvis to serve as the Youth Ministry Director
  • To  ask  the  Endowment  Board to release $2000 in accumulated income from the Scholarship Fund to replenish the Christian Martin Fund to support camp scholarships.

Also  noted  at  the  meeting  was  a letter from a representative of the Holland Area Pride Event thanking Hope Church for its participation.