Fountain Street Church Governing Board is responsible for overseeing the administration of the Church. It writes policy on all governance issues and is responsible for fundraising. The Board meets the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in Room 109. The Board consists of 15 members. Each year, five members are elected to serve for 3 years. Your questions and/or comments may be addressed to the Governing Board at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
From Your Governing Board:
December, the last month of Autumn and the usherer in of Winter, will be a busy month for the Board.
After more than 3 months in the making and 3 weeks of response, the Congregational Survey is complete. The responses were tremendous, with better than 50% of you responding.
We now have a good snap shot of who we are and where we need to go. Thank you. More later.
On Sunday, November 15th, we held the Annual Meeting and unanimously approved our 2010 Proposed Budget. We re-elected Gayla Jewell, Mark Olthoff, and Wendy Marty, and added 2 new members, David Dorr and Don Tuitel to the Board, each of 3-year terms. Congratulations!
We also said thank you to Tom Dandridge and John Considine, retiring Board Members.
Our work is often thankless and unseen, but know we strive with passion to keep the FSC liberal message vibrant and viable. We have too much to do, yet we continue to be more efficient, learning from our history, and striving to better understand how to make Policy Governance work better for us.
In the meantime, I will finishing raking the leaves, installing storm windows, bedding the annuals for Winter, and move the Koi pond into the aquarium. Preparing for the holidays is bittersweet as we reflect on simpler ways, old patterns, and staying warm. The white frozen and chilling Winter will soon restrict us to the interior spaces as another cycle ends, leaving memories of green, blue, and often sunnier days.
By the month's end, our days will start growing longer with the hope that Advent will soon bring joy of the New Year, long days, more light, and more opportunities to reflect on our dreams.
Jim Winter-Troutwine
Current Roster
The Governing Board will be meeting on Monday, February 15th at 7:00 p.m. in the Social Hall. These are public meetings and members of the church community are always welcome to observe. They reserve time at the beginning of the meeting for comments from those visiting. If you have something you would like to see taken up by the Board itself, please contact Jim Winter-Troutwine at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .
Click here for the current Governing Board candidate biographical information.
Click here for the current Governing Board roster and contact information.
Click here to read the 11-15-09 minutes from the Annual meeting.
Click here to read the proposed Social Networking Policy, which the Governing Board has tabled in response to questions and concerns expressed by GB members and other in the Church.