· Paul Stewart gave the Treasurer’s report in Lori’s absence. Motion to approve by David Christensen, 2^nd by Steve Mikkelsen, motion carried.

· Mary Lou Andersen gave the Financial Secretary’s report. Motion to approve by Gail Peterson, 2^nd by Carl Petersen, motion carried.

· Confirmation orientation will be September 23^rd at St. Paul’s at 7:30 pm.

· Pastor will be attending a Lutheran Core meeting Sept. 24^th – 26^th in Indianapolis.

· Pastor will be holding adult forums, the first one will be held Sept 27 at 9:30 a.m. after worship service. All members are encouraged to attend to ask any questions you may have regarding our options regarding the ELCA Nationwide Assembly decisions recently.

· Our joint council meeting with St. Paul’s Church was held after our joint worship service on August 23^rd. The following service times were agreed upon by both councils: Christmas Eve Candlelight Services at BLC will be at 7:30 pm and St Paul’s will be at 5:30 & 10:30 pm. There will not be a Christmas Day service. Time of services will "flip-flop" January 1^st, 2010; BLC service will be at 11:00 am and St. Paul’s will be at 9:00 am.

· Paul and Layne Hansen are trying to set up a meeting with an inspector to discuss specifics of replacing the light pole in the park.

· A Rally Day was held on September 13^th at BLC to discuss the future of our Sunday School Program. Diane Stewart will be teaching the class with 4 students. Anyone that knows of children who may want to attend should contact Pastor.

· Discussion was held on the replacement of the parsonage garage door. The door has been broken and repaired several times. Steve Mikkelsen has priced some doors and will continue to look into this matter and report back to the council. Mary Lou made a motion to replace the door, 2^nd by Harold, motion carried.

· Some emergency plumbing issues came up over the Labor Day weekend which has been fixed. Steve Mikkelsen has also made the council aware of some sidewalks that may need to be replaced by the parsonage, this will be done at the BLC annual clean-up day.

· Jason Petersen will be looking into finding someone to replace the gutters on the church with commercial grade gutters. The old ones have been cleaned out and it was noticed that some of them have began to rust out. Jason will report back to the council with any information.

· Advent Worship: Pastor will try to get the youth involved this year, the first service will be Nov. 25^th at St. Paul’s with a soup supper before the service, more details to follow.

· Pastor gave us the report on the ELCA Nationwide Assembly. The Churchwide Assembly made a decision to adopt a social statement called "Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust". The social statement was approved by the required 2/3 vote, which is now that social and teaching document by the ELCA.

· Discussions and decisions regarding the ELCA will have to be made as a congregation. Pastor will be holding adult forums to discuss our options as a congregation.

· Paul Stewart made a motion to bring up the consideration to the congregation at the annual meeting whether we will stay or leave the ELCA. The council voted unanimously that this will be discussed at the annual meeting.