Board Portal - Lafayette Urban Ministry

Current Business

Monthly MEETING – Wednesday, May 15, 2024

ZOOM – To join on Zoom, click HERE
AGENDA – To view the agenda, scroll down
REPORT – To view the latest Board Report including the Board Meeting MINUTES, click HERE

Faith & Social Concerns – To sign up, click HERE
VIDEO Recordings of Board Meetings – To view past meeting video recordings online, click HERE

Picnic Carry-in – SIGN UP – Board Meeting – Tuesday, June 18

SOCIAL TIME

Time: 6:30 PM
Location – LUM Office, 420 N 4th Street, Lafayette, IN
RECEPTION – Westside Food Pantry Celebration – in honor of the volunteers and partners

BUSINESS MEETING

Time: 7:00 PM
Location – LUM Office, 420 N 4th Street, Lafayette, IN
ZOOM – To join on Zoom, click HERE

AGENDA

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Call to Order (In-person: sign in on clipboard; Zoom: put name and church affiliation in chat)
Faith & Social Concerns – Mark Thomas
Meet-a-Client – Westside Food Pantry stories
Consent Agenda – Review & Approval of Minutes
Call for Additional Agenda Items
Executive Council
- Action –
  - Approve Riverside Covenant Church as a LUM Member Church
  - Approve charters for Finance Committee and Governance Committee
  - Approve members for Finance Committee and Governance Committee
- Board Development
  - Quiz
  - Board Picnic – Tuesday, June 18, 6:30pm @ Happy Hollow Park Shelter 4
    - Bring food, drink or other items (Sign up online, click HERE)
  - 17 in 12. 17 new Board Reps in the past 12 months – meet, know, how to thrive?
- FYI
  - Board Report – what was a highlight of this report for you?
  - Exec Council decisions:
    - Strategic Planning – firm and timeline
    - Board Meeting frequency – experiment 2nd half of 2024
    - Wes Tillett – health reimbursement account and equivalent-to-staff raise
  - Staffing
    - Raises
    - Shelter intake – added 9 hours/week for intake (8-11am, 3 days/week)
    - Youth Program needs
  - Fundraising & Development
    - We’ve Got Talent – over $18,000
    - Immigration Clinic Match – over $36,000
    - LUM Camp solicitation letter
  - Programming
    - Monday Downtown Protein Food Pantry
    - LUM Camp – director Marlena Edmondson – animals theme
    - Social Justice Team and “Poverty, By America”
- Next Steps
  - Sign up to bring food to the June picnic
  - Take 5 minutes in the meeting to meet someone you don’t know
  - Follow LUM on social media, if you don’t already
  - Invite Wes to speak at your church in 2024
Prayer Concerns & Closing Prayer
Adjourn

DATES TO REMEMBER:

2024 Meeting Dates:
- Executive Council – the Tuesday the week before the 3rd Wednesday of each month, 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  - Next Meeting – Tuesday, June 11, 2024
- Board of Directors – 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7-8:30 p.m.
  - Next Meeting – Tuesday, June 18, 2024 – Rescheduled in observance of Juneteenth, Wednesday, June 19
    - Picnic Carry-In
    - Learn more & sign up TODAY – click HERE. (Hot dogs & brats will be provided.)
    - Location – Happy Hollow Park, 1301 Happy Hollow Rd. West Lafayette, IN 47906
    - Date/Time – Tuesday, June 18 at 6:30 p.m.
    - NO ZOOM – To join on Zoom, click HERE
Upcoming Events
- LUM CAMP – Monday, July 22 – Friday, July 26; Friend Night – Wednesday, July 24. To learn more — go to LUMserve.org/lum-camp.
- HUNGER HIKE – fundraiser for Food Programs | Sunday, September 22 at Noon | Riehle Plaza, Lafayette, IN. To learn more — go to hungerhike.org.
- TURKEY TROT 5K Run – fundraiser for Programs | Thursday, November 28 at 8:30 a.m. | Cattail Trail Loop, West Lafayette, IN. To learn more — go to turkeytrot5krun.org.
- COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING FEAST | Thursday, November 28 at Noon | Central Presbyterian Church, Lafayette, IN. To learn more — go to LUMserve.org/thanksgiving.
- JUBILEE CHRISTMAS | Saturday, December 14 | To learn more — go to LUMserve.org/jubilee.