The 56th Annual Congregational Meeting of The Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Monroeville, was held today. The meeting was productive and unusually concise. More than seventy people were present, a far cry from the 230 present and voting at the 2010 meeting, but well above the quorum necessary. The budget passed unanimously, and the slate of nominees for Congregation Council and Synod Assembly Lay Voting Members were elected unanimously as well. Other than for a single question about the budget, there was no other discussion on any issue, and all reports were approved by consensus. The fact that business was conducted so efficiently perhaps concealed all the hard work and careful preparation that went beforehand into crafting such a fine meeting. There seemed to be some expectancy among some people about a controversial issue arising, that never actually arose. One can only take from the irenic nature of the meeting and its speaking with one united voice, that healing has come to us and we are ready to once again proclaim gospel.
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