Notice of the Annual Meeting

ANNUAL MEETING

NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING

Notice is hereby given of the Annual Meeting of St. Luke’s Church, Granville, Ohio on Sunday, February 3, 2019.  There will be an 8:00 am and 10:00 am celebration of the Holy Eucharist that morning, and the luncheon and meeting will take place immediately following the 10:00 am service.  The purpose of the Annual Meeting shall be to elect Vestry members; to receive reports by the Vestry officers, and organizations of the Parish; and to conduct any other business that can properly come before the meeting.

A Nominating Committee has been formed by the Vestry, whose members will place a slate of candidates for Vestry before the Annual Meeting.  The terms of 4 members of the Vestry: Shelly Morehead, Josh Whittington, Alan Larimer and Athena Koehler expire as of the Annual Meeting.  The congregation will be electing four new members to serve three-year terms.

The congregation will also elect one new member to serve a one- year unexpired term, will elect one new member to fill a two-year unexpired term.

Lunch will be served immediately after the 10:00 am service in the church

o   Child care for children through age 5 will be from  9:45 am–11:15 am

o   Lunch and child care/activities until 12:30 pm – Undercroft

o   Pre-K – High School children are invited

  

VOTING ELIGIBILITY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING                                                 

Article I, Section 3 of the Code of Regulations of St. Luke’s defines Communicants in Good Standing as follows:

All communicants of St. Luke’s Church who for the previous year have been faithful in corporate worship, unless for good cause prevented, and have been faithful in working, praying, and giving financially to St. Luke’s Church, are to be considered communicants in good standing.  This determination shall be made by the Wardens.

Article II, Section 1E 

Persons eligible to vote in the Annual Meeting shall be those sixteen years of age or older who have been Communicants in Good Standing, as verified by Church records, for not less than six months preceding the day they wish to vote.  A list of eligible voters, compiled by the Parish Administrator and Wardens, and approved by the Vestry, shall be available at the meeting.  Ballots will be distributed only to eligible voters.

According to the by-laws of the parish, Article II, Section 1E, those eligible to vote at the Annual Meeting are as follows: