ANNOUNCING: ANNUAL MEETING 2025
College Church will hold the Annual Meeting this year on Sunday, May 18, beginning at 5 p.m. in the Sanctuary. All members are expected to attend the meeting and we encourage regular attenders to be present as well. If you cannot attend, you can vote using the absentee ballot available Sunday mornings at the ushers table.
Informational meetings will be held on Wednesday, May 14, at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday morning, May 17, at 9:00 a.m. in the Fireside Area.
The agenda will include:
- Receiving the 2025 Annual Report which includes reports from all our ministry leaders (copies of the Annual Report will be available at church, beginning Sunday, May 11);
- Voting for the approval of minutes to the May 19, 2024 Annual Meeting;
- Electing board and committee members and other elected positions;
- Voting to approve changes to the Pastor of Discipleship job description to the revised Pastor of Discipleship and Care effective June 1, 2025;
- Voting to approve changes to the Director of Women’s Ministries job description to the revised Ministry Director for Women’s Discipleship and Care effective June 1, 2025;
- Voting for the members to serve on the 2025-2026 Nominating Committee;
- Voting to approve Mathieson, Moyski & Austin as the independent audit firm for fiscal year 2025-2026.
EXCEPTIONAL MATTERS:
- Voting to approve the Church Budget for 2025-2026.
- Voting to approve the renewal of our line of credit.
- Voting to approve the job description for Pastor of Community and voting to call James Seward to serve as Pastor of Community, effective June 1, 2025.
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE MINUTES TO THE MAY 19, 2024 ANNUAL MEETING:
WHEREAS, the elected secretary prepared the minutes to the Annual Meeting on May 19, 2024;
WHEREAS, the minutes were published in the Annual Report 2025;
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: that the Annual Meeting minutes of May, 19, 2024 be approved.
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RESOLUTION TO ELECT NEW LEADERS TO SERVE IN VARIOUS CAPACITIES:
RESOLVED: That the following groups of nominees, whose names are printed in the Annual Report, are hereby elected:
- Members of the Council of Elders for terms ending in 2029;
- Members of the Board of Deacons, the Board of Deaconesses, and the Board of Missions for terms ending in 2028;
- Members of various committees for terms as defined in the bylaws;
- Elective positions for terms as defined in the bylaws.
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RESOLUTION TO ELECT THREE WOMEN AND ONE MAN TO SERVE ON THE 2025-2026 NOMINATING COMMITTEE:
WHEREAS, The Regular Members have gone through the process prescribed in the College Church bylaws to nominate individuals to be elected as members of the 2025-2026 Nominating Committee;
WHEREAS, The Regular Members voted on the nominees, and three women and one man have received the most votes;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following individuals have been elected to serve on the 2025-2026 Nominating Committee:
- (Woman)
- (Woman)
- (Woman)
- (Man)
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RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 2025-2026 BUDGET:
WHEREAS, the Board of Deacons has submitted to the Council of Elders the 2025-2026 Church Budget;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the 2025-2026 Church Budget approved by the Council of Elders and recommended to the Regular Members be approved.
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RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR:
WHEREAS, the College Church bylaws provide that the Regular Members approve an independent audit firm to audit the financial statements of the church;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the firm of Mathieson, Moyski & Austin, LLP of Lisle, Illinois, be approved as the Church’s independent auditor for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
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RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE RENEWAL OF OUR LINE OF CREDIT:
WHEREAS, Wheaton Bank & Trust extends an operating line of credit of $500,000 to College Church, unsecured, interest floating at Prime (interest only on dollars utilized during the year) for a two-year period;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the operating line of credit of $500,000 from Wheaton Bank & Trust be renewed due 11-3-2026 at the same terms.
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RESOLUTION TO AMEND JOB DESCRIPTION OF JOSH MAURER.
WHEREAS, the bylaws of College Church state that pastors and ministry directors shall perform such duties as are described in their job descriptions, as amended from time to time and approved by the Council. Any substantial change in the position of a pastor or ministry director shall be approved by the Regular Members.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that effective June 1, 2025 the revised title for Josh Maurer will be Pastor of Discipleship & Care.The revised job description is available through a link at the bottom of this page.
RESOLUTION TO AMEND JOB DESCRIPTION OF MINDY RYNBRANDT.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that effective June 1, 2025 the revised title for Mindy Rynbrandt will be Ministry Director for Women’s Discipleship & Care. The revised job description is available through a link at the bottom of this page.
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RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR PASTOR OF COMMUNITY AND CALL JAMES SEWARD AS PASTOR OF COMMUNITY:
WHEREAS, the bylaws of College Church state that the Senior Pastor shall recommend to the Council for its approval those of his choice to serve as members of the Pastoral Staff. Persons recommended for such positions, together with their proposed titles, duties, and responsibilities, shall be presented by the Council to the Regular Members for approval if they are to be employed for, or if their employment is to be increased to, more than 20 hours per week and if their employment is expected to last more than two years.
WHEREAS, one of the church’s five initiatives supporting the vision of Proclaiming the Gospel Is:
COMMUNITY. We will cultivate care, encouragement and connection in 2025 by: (1) Calling a pastor focused on care, encouragement and connection; (2) Establishing a permanent Care Team to support congregational care; and (3) Exhorting our congregation to make consistent attendance on our Sunday morning worship a priority, be active in a smaller gathering, and to be involved in an area of service;
WHEREAS, a search has been conducted and Pastor Moody and the elders have discerned that God has brought forth a qualified man with a heart for focusing on enhancing our connecting ministries,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that JAMES SEWARD be called as Pastor of Community, effective June 1, 2025.
At College Church we seek to be a church that cares for one another. We are a larger church that cares like a smaller church—as much as we can, and as far as is possible. To that end, we encourage the biblical injunction to care for one another (Galatians 6:2) in small groups, adult communities, youth ministries and when we meet altogether on Sunday mornings too. We also aim as leaders to equip all of us for this work of ministry (Ephesians 4:12), and as leaders be directly involved with caring as we “encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all” (1 Thessalonians 5:14).
Since 2022 the ministry of congregational care has been facilitated by a care team comprised of multiple members of the pastoral staff, which has worked alongside the wider pastoral staff, the Council of Elders, specialized ministry, and visitation, to help care for those who need it. Going forward, to more effectively respond to the volume and types of care situations which arise, the Council of Elders has decided to build on the learning of this team approach and to shift our care ministry oversight from one dedicated pastor to a team which will specifically include two members of our pastoral staff. With this in view, new titles and job descriptions were approved for Josh Maurer and Mindy Rynbrandt who, together, will partner to oversee congregant care. Josh will now be Pastor of Discipleship & Care and Mindy will be Ministry Director for Women’s Discipleship & Care. Josh and Mindy will both retain portions of their current responsibilities, other parts of which will now be assigned to other staff, and will also provide dedicated oversight to our ministry of care. Building on what has been started in recent years, we will seek to equip us all for the work of caring for one another as we do the ministry of the body of Christ at College Church together (Eph. 4:12).
Pastor of Discipleship and Care—Job Description
Ministry Director for Womens Discipleship and Care—Job Description
