September 2024
1981.
April 1981. Nasa launched the first Space Shuttle mission, the Columbia. Two astronauts, Robert Crippen and John Young, spent 2 days, 6 hours, 20 minutes, and 53 seconds in space. They were testing the stability of the new craft and to safely launch the vehicle and then return to Earth so that the craft would be reusable.
July 7, 1981. President Reagan appointed Sandra Day O’Connor to the U.S. Supreme Court. She became the first female Justice on September 25, 1981.
August 12, 1981. IBM introduced the “Personal Computer” complete with a new operating system from Microsoft. A 16-bit computer operating system called MS-DOS 1.0. It came with 16 kilobytes of memory, one or two 160K floppy disk drives and an optional color monitor. Starting at $1565, which would be nearly $4000 today.
January 18, 1981. Minutes of the Annual Meeting. Membership as of January 1, 1980 - 77. New members received - 4. Losses by death - 1. Membership as of December 31, 1980 - 80 members. The budget was presented to the congregation for approval. Total amount of the budget is $31,101, which includes the $5,500 that Guinda Community Church would reimburse us for the pastor’s salary if we continue the same arrangement as 1980. The congregation voted to approve the budget as presented. The arrangement with Guinda sharing the same pastor is to be reviewed and evaluated by the new pastor seeking committee. Room change: The committee presented the low bid for installation of the kitchen and room improvements in the amount of $10,500. This is for the kitchen area only. After discussion and concern about having a full time pastor and the financial state of the church, the congregation voted to grant $5,000 total amount of expenditure for the project, for the committee to go back to the low bidder and see what part of the improvements could be done with this amount and to report back to the Session. Approximately $1,700 will come from the Memorial Fund and approximately $2,600 from the Women’s Auxiliary. The congregation voted for the Session to make the final decision on the project.
Election of pastor seeking committee. The congregation voted that members of the previous committee be contacted to serve again. Gerry Warren was elected to serve as a new member of the committee. Jean Errington and Betty Koeppen agreed to serve again. Bill Rominger requested not to serve. Janet Hayes and Mary Anne Schaupp will be contacted. Respectively submitted, Jean Errington.
January 20, 1981. Session minutes. A letter from Naomi Circle was read regarding the pastor’s report at the annual meeting (Rev. McClane) concerning the salaried positions in our church, namely Jean Errington. They expressed a solid vote of confidence in Jean Errington to continue in her dual role. Concerning the review of the report written by McClane, after hearing the letter from the Circle and other viewpoints it was consensus of the Session members present that no further action be taken on the report except to burn it!
Session voted these additional people to serve on the pastor seeking committee: Dean Aune and Greg Linton. Janet Hayes has agreed to serve again and Mary Anne Schaupp declined.
March 1, 1981. Session Minutes. Mr. Dillion Brown, representative of the Sacramento Presbytery M.R. Committee was present to inform the session of the background on Mr. Frank Anderson, Mr. Ward Murray, and Mr. Tom Murray. The Session was to consider one of the men to serve as an interim while the pulpit is vacant. After discussion and evaluation of each candidate the session voted to ask Mr. Anderson to come and preach on Sunday, March 8th, and to call a special session meeting to interview him and see what arrangements could be made if the session approved of him to serve as pulpit supply. Mr. Ward Murray would be the second choice if the session decided against Mr. Anderson. Following this action Mr. Brown was excused from the meeting. The room change: Lonnie Barr reported that the electrical work will cost $1,680 and the plumbing approximately $1,000. Session voted to approve the committee to continue the project. Pastor Seeking Committee: The Pastor Seeking Committee has met one time and would like direction on the evaluation of sharing a pastor with Guinda. Is the committee to address the financial or all the aspects of sharing a pastor, the good as well as the disadvantages of the arrangement? Session directed the committee to evaluate all aspects. Everett Lisle has contacted Joe Bradshaw concerning a memorial service for his wife, Elva. Session thought the service should be part of a regular Sunday worship service.
April 14, 1981. Session Minutes. The following persons were present: Rev. Reimers, the Moderator, and Ruling Elders Don Warren, Tom Spiva, Bob Hayes, Bill Rominger, Lonnie Barr, Mary Lewis, and Edith Haynes. Also present were Jean Errington, clerk and Frank Anderson, interim pastor. Each session member had the opportunity to introduce themselves to the new interim pastor.
It was reported that Everett Lisle died on March 22, 1981 in San Francisco. Memorial services were held here at the church for Everett and Elva on March 29, 1981. Rev. Reimers officiated at the service. (Mrs. Lisle died in January 1981.)
Pastor Seeking Committee Report: The Clerk read the recommendations of the committee. 1. The committee after prayerful study and caring for the two churches, came to the recommendation that the Countryside Community Church discontinue the sharing of the pastor with Guinda. That both churches need a full time pastor. 2. However, if Session doesn’t accept the first recommendation, that if we continue to share a pastor with Guinda, that time and financial cost of having a pastor be equally divided between the two churches. This would include other expenses, such as office, secretary, etc. that would incur to preparing bulletins, telephone, mailings and supplies. Trustees Report: The first quarterly report expenses were $4,997.86 and income was $6,47.50. Bob Hayes and his sons moved the stove and refrigerator into the manse. Rev. Anderson shared his concern for the safe condition of the ceiling in the sanctuary - after some discussion, Session voted to have Tom Spiva be in charge of having someone inspect the ceiling for safety to make sure it will not fall. It was suggested to see Ivan Baccei and to report back at the next session meeting. Rev. Anderson told Session of a picture that Valoree Bahlman had sketched of the church - he suggested that session approve the cost of reproducing the picture. Session took no action on this but referred it to the trustees. Interim Pastor report. Rev. Anderson shared with Session his concern for community evangelism and world vision here at Countryside. He extended an invitation to his ordination to be held at the Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church on May 3, at 4p.m. Reported that he would be officiating at several marriages, and that he required that the couples be counseled. He would be giving the couples study material. He requested that a committee meeting night be held on May 26 for all church committees. Other Business: A letter of resignation was read by the Clerk of Session from Bill Rominger as Church Treasurer and Ruling Elder be accepted. Also, the membership of his wife, Anne G. (Suzie) Rominger and Bill Rominger, be placed on the inactive roll until further notice - this to take effect as of June 1, 1981. Session voted with deep regret to approve their request and a special thank you for the dedication to the Countryside Church during the past years.
Bill was present and stated that he had spoken with Norma Garrison about the possibility of her serving as church treasurer - she has agreed to serve at the request of Session. Officer and Ruling Elder nominating committee will meet soon to seek a new elder and treasurer. Being no other business the meeting was closed with prayer by Mr. Anderson. Jean Errington, Clerk of Session.
