Anglican Church in Bergen

                                    Committee Meeting Minutes: 14 April 2008

Present: Eirik Duerr, Peter Hogarth, Astrid Johannessen, Rosemary Lund, Penny Mietle,

            Paul Ofoche, Frances Valeur

Apologies: Iris Bjørnø, Mary Forsvoll, Rune Torsvik

The meeting was held in Penny Mietle’s home; Rev. Peter Hogarth presiding. An opening prayer was offered at 19:15.

1. The following documents were distributed: Minutes of the Committee meetings held in January and February of this year, as well as the AGM held in March. The minutes have been reviewed previously via E-mail and corrected as called for. The minutes for January and February were reviewed again and approved.

Matters Arising

2. Harold Grønnevik is scheduled to conduct the service on the 10^th of August. Peter will re-confirm this.

3. The Synod representative for western Norway was supposed to come from Stavanger this cycle, but it was not possible to find someone able to commit themselves this year. The floor was opened for nominees from Bergen- to at least cover this coming year. Penny was nominated and willing to serve in this capacity. Rune was also nominated, and a message was left with his answering machine, asking if he would be interested. Peter will follow-up and contact Oslo prior to the deadline for submitting the list of attendees to the Synod meeting 19-21 September.

4. Janet Heil will conduct the service in Bergen on the 22^nd of June. She will need a place to stay.

5. With the exception of the SNRV Bible, the books that Peter was to purchase to enhance our library will need to be ordered through Amazon (or the like) as they are out of print.

Other Business

6. This being the first meeting of the new committee, officers need to be chosen. Eirik volunteered to continue preparing the minutes. Paul and Astrid were nominated to serve as treasurer and lay chairperson respectively. They agreed and were elected unanimously.

7. Peter reviewed for Paul how the accounts are now maintained.

8. The notebook with instruction sheets on how to prepare for a church service has been under construction by Eirik, with help from those who currently perform the volunteer functions. Currently there are instructions for setting up the alter, preparing the coffee and tea service, turning on the sound and heating systems, and counting the offerings. A remaining gap is instructions for the lay assistant, which Penny agreed to prepare.

9. Bergen Guide has omitted all references to churches outside of the Norwegian church.

10. Rosemary asked if it would be possible for church members to conduct their own services for either Palm or Easter Sunday for those who prefer the Anglican tradition. Peter agreed this was possible and would like to help put together a

11. Astrid suggested the congregation hold a ‘New Faces Evening’ picnic to welcome the newest families. The idea was well received. Penny tentatively reserved the community room in her condominium for Saturday, 7 June. Eirik can bring BBQ equipment.

12. Peter extended thanks again to Penny for her excellent help in leading the congregation.

13. The meeting adjourned with a prayer at 20:40, without establishing the next meeting time or place.

Respectfully submitted: Eirik O. Duerr