Glebe St James 2021 Annual Congregational Meeting

March 18, 2021

Documents and Links for GSJ ACM - March 21, 2021 @ 1pm

Here are some important documents for the 2021 Annual Congregational Meeting which will be held on March 21 starting at 1 PM. Note these documents have also been distributed to many members by email. 

Agenda (see also laid out below)
Zoom connection for ACM(starting around 12:45). 

0. Opening of Zoom link for sign-in (12:45 p.m.) (Meeting ID: 862 6486 1992, Passcode: 845118)
1. Opening prayer (Rev. Teresa Burnett-Cole – 1:00 p.m.)
2. Welcome
3. Election of a chair and secretary (Jim Louter - motion)
4. Attendance
5. Motion to permit voting by Adherents
6. Approval of the meeting agenda (draft attached here) 
7. In memoriam: 2019 and 2020 (Jim Richardson)
8. Report from Council (David Brown)
a. Developments during the COVID-19 pandemic
9. Approval of decisions taken by Council in lieu of a 2020 Annual Congregational Meeting (motions) (background document here)
a. Council continuation
b. 2019 Annual report, including minutes of the 2019 ACM and 2018 Financial Review
c. 2020 Budget
d. 2020 Land Use fee
e. 2020 Mission and Service goal
Break
10. 2019 Financial Review (motion)
11. 2020 Treasurer’s financial report(motion)
12. 2020 Financial Review(motion)
13. Approval of the 2020 Annual Report(motion)
14. Moving forward
a. 2021-23 Nominations report (motion)
b. 2021 Budget(motion)
c. 2021 Land Use Fee (motion)
d. 2021 Mission and Service target (motion)
e. 2021-22 Living Ministry Profile(motion)
f. Organ renewal(motion)
g. Interim report of the Futures Task Force
h. Interim report of the Governance Working Group (motion)
15. Handover to the new Council and Council chair
16. Vote of thanks (Liz Elton)
17. Close (closing prayer – Rev. Teresa Burnett-Cole)



Community of Faith Profile as approved at March 21, 2021 Annual Congregational Meeting.

By April Yorke • September 12, 2026
We gather knowing that the choices we make each day shape the world we share. Please join us at 10:30 am ET online or in person.
Two hands in different shades of green cradle the Earth, made up of those shades of green.
By April Yorke • September 5, 2026
Dear God, Water is a gift from you, help us to care for it, using only what we need, keep it from being polluted. Amen.
open door with tree outside
July 17, 2026
July 19 10 AM service at Glebe St James with sister churches Joanne Tanner presiding
cartoon image of a hand sowing seed
July 10, 2026
July 12 2026 summer service at Glebe St James with sister churches St Giles Presbyterian and Southminister United. Ruth Burnett Cole presiding.
painting of a loaf of bread
July 3, 2026
First of three summer services hosted by Glebe St James United. Service starts at 10 AM
pride
Sunday
By April Yorke • June 26, 2026
We encourage you to mark this day and celebrate the lives and ministry of LGBTQIA+ and Two Spirit people in all their diversity. Join us in person or online at 10:30 am.
A tablecloth with a medicine wheel pattern holds a white candle and some scattered pebbles.
By April Yorke • June 19, 2026
Indigenous Day of Prayer, the Sunday on or before National Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21), is an opportunity to celebrate First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples’ values, customs, languages, and culture.
James Tissot. He Sent them out Two by Two (Il les envoya deux à deux). Brooklyn Museum
By April Yorke • June 12, 2026
Seeing What Jesus Sees. Join us in person or online at 10:30 am.
June 6, 2026
June 7 2026 Sunday service at Glebe St James United Church Is Table Big Enough?
May 28, 2026
There are some Sundays ministers approach with joy and confidence. And then there is Trinity Sunday. How do you explain the Trinity? One God in three persons...
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