SCC Minutes for Sunday, November 10, 1996

Attending: Teresa Palumbo (Chair), Scott Lindhurst (Secretary), Stephanie Lutter (Worship), Korie Lebert and Teresa Palumbo (Social Ministry), Nate Blair and Andy Lubansky (Hospitality), Kelly Brook (D.C. Representative), Brent Christianson (Campus Pastor).

The meeting began with devotions by Korie.

The minutes of the last meeting (taken by Teresa) were accepted.

Committee Reports

• Outreach. 6 people attended their last group calling of the semester on November 4th. Individual calling will continue.
• Worship. We have started the theme of "The Beatitudes" for Wednesday worship. The committee will create a service of lessons and carols for the last Wednesday before Christmas vacation.
• Education. Bishop Enslin will visit for a fireside chat on December 4th. A Friday noon Bible study on the gospel of Mark begins on November 15th; later that day Carla Aamodt will give the month's distinguished student lecture.
• Social Ministry. The pumpkin carving went very well. They are looking for suggestions for speakers for the Thursday noon lunches and for advice on who to donate our offerings to. We generally favored donating to local charities instead of national ones because we can make more of a difference locally. Korie and Teresa are cooking on November 20th and want to do a hunger banquet, showing us proportionally how people worldwide eat (a few get steak, the vast majority get just a little bit of rice). To reduce the amount of work and avoid scaring first time visitors, they may just make placemats demonstrating the proportions and cook a simple and inexpensive dish and donate the remaining cost supper money to Oxfam.
• Social Activities. Jane Albright-Dieterle will speak at the Spring banquet on May 4th at the Inn on the Park. We need to get 125 people to go, so members of our covenant churches will not only be invited but also heartily encouraged to come. Before that, we have the Winter banquet at the Campus Center on December 13th.
• Hospitality is still being hospitable. Remember to be hospitable yourself and greet new people.
• Fine Arts. The current display is icons painted by a Lutheran pastor in Milwaukee and looks great.
• Directing Committee. Luther Memorial is glad to have many students attending their Sunday worship. Don't forget to let students know about the many Sunday worship opportunities at Bethel and L.M. The committee is a bit worried that the barbeque and line dance was poorly attended because of conflicts with exams; they'll have to schedule more carefully next time. Those of you who have fainted from the heat during worship will be glad to know that the DC is working on finding options to fix the heating and air conditioning problems at the Campus Center. They are starting by getting MG&E to perform a free energy audit and evaluation of the building.
• Staff. Laurie's sabbatical ends Monday, November 11th.

Old Business

The Lutheran Brotherhood fund drive deadline is November 22nd. We received lists of people to remind about the drive. A suggested approach is "Did you receive the letter and will you think about contributing?"

New Business

Six students and Laurie are going to the LSM national retreat in San Antonio over New Year's.

Teresa suggested making and selling LCC t-shirts. We like the idea and a few members of the SCC think we can get shirts made for less than $10 each if we order about 50.

The next SCC meeting is Sunday, December 8th at 7:00 in the Campus Center. Don't forget to attend or Teresa will be forced to use her gavel.