THANKS FROM YOUR FINANCE COMMITTEE
 
The NDBC 2008 fiscal year has drawn to a close and, quite remarkably, our congregation stepped forward in the face of great financial hardship and met its pledge obligations.  Our membership contributed approximately 99% of the funds which had been pledged for the year.  We on the Finance Committee are at once grateful, humbled, and proud of the way our congregation fulfilled its pledge commitments.

 

Our 2009 budget remains a work in progress.  Understandably, many folk needed to reduce their pledges for the coming year, and other pledges were lost to attrition.  We currently have pledges equaling 83.5% of our proposed 2009 budget.  This shortfall has led us to seek to propose a modified and reduced budget.  That re-evaluation is underway and we hope to present a new budget to you at the February Church in Conference.

 

NOMINATING COMMITTEE REQUESTS
CHANGE IN BY-LAWS
 
The 2008 Nominating Committee proposed to the Church Council on July 14, 2008, that the Church By-laws be revised in the referenced section as indicated by the words in bold type, and the Church Council voted to approve this change.  The Nominating Committee now proposes this change to the By-laws be considered at the Church-in-conference on February 18, 2009.
 
Bylaws of Northside Drive Baptist Church, Inc. Atlanta, Georgia
III. CHURCH OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
A. Church Officers
2. All officers of the church shall be elected by the Church-in-conference upon nomination by the Nominating Committee for said office.  The Nominating Committee shall solicit nominations for each office (except Trustees) from the membership, determine the willingness of the nominee to serve, and nominate one or more candidates for each office to the Church-in-conference at the annual meeting of the congregation (May).  In the case of Moderator, the Nominating Committee shall present two one or more nominees; if there is more than one nominee for Moderator, the Church-in-conference shall select the Moderator by written ballot.
 
2008 Nominating Committee
Syd Janney, Chair; Lewis Baumstark, Vice Chair
Kelly Broyles, Louise Davis, Jane Jerden, Mona Stines, and Amy Taylor
 

 

I'm probably too late getting this to you, but our violin/harpsichord concert from last year featuring Olga Shpitko, violin, and Daniel Pyle, harpsichord (see below) will be re-broadcast on WABE FM on January 26 at 9:00 pm.  Perhaps folks would like to listen.

Jim Barksdale
 
January 26, 2009 9:00pm    
Olga Shpitko, violin & Daniel Pyle, harpsichord; Giuseppi Tartini: Sonata in G Minor, Op. 1, No. 10; Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Sonata VI in C minor, Arcangelo Corelli: Sonata in A Major, Op. 5, No. 6; J. S. Bach's Sonata No. 4 in C minor, BWV 1017 

Northside Drive's Music on the Hill will sponsor a concert by Hope Now Ministries on February 8 at 3:00 PM in the Chapel.  Hope Now is a ministry focused on support of orphaned children the Ukraine, and the program will include musical students benefiting from that effort.  Performers will include:
 
1.  Andrii Vaskevych-piano.
          Andrii won the All-Ukrainian piano at age 18, and now studies
          at the Tchaikovsky Music Academy
2.  Inna Kostyunina-cello.
          Inna  studies cello at the Kharkiv Academy of Arts
3.  Ira Kuchma-singer.
          Ira grew up at the first Hope Now Cottage for Children
          (Alpha House), and will be singing Ukrainian folk songs
 
Please come, to hear beautiful music from foreign lands,
learn about Ukraine, and support a program for children in need."  Contact Jim Barksdale at 404-869-7221 for additional questions.