Bethel Lutheran Church, Cupertino, California
Minutes recorded by congregational secretary Davis Fields
This was a special congregational meeting, called exclusively
for the congregation to consider and vote on the recommendations of the Call
Committee and Council that Bethel call Pastor Randy Pabst as Bethel’s next Lead
Pastor.
Bill Hanson, President, called the meeting to order at 12:25
pm. Chuck Ruthroff, Assistant to the Bishop of the ELCA Sierra Pacific Synod,
opened the meeting with a prayer.
168 members signed in for the meeting. 10% of our voting
membership or 70 people were sufficient for a quorum, so a quorum was easily
achieved for this meeting.
Bill Hanson noted the high level of excitement about the call
process, and thanked the Call Committee for its work.
A motion was made and seconded for Bethel to call Pastor
Randy Pabst as its next Lead Pastor.
Jim Hooper made a presentation about the call process and
about Pastor Pabst. Each member of the Call Committee then spoke briefly about
his/her thoughts in support of Pastor Pabst as Bethel’s next Lead Pastor. This
was followed by brief videotaped remarks from Pastor Pabst himself, projected
onto our sanctuary screens. Pastor Rick Sherrill then spoke about the issue of
Pastor Pabst working with himself and with Bethel’s staff members.
Paper ballots were distributed, marked, collected and
tabulated. The result was 165 to 0 in favor of the motion.
Pastor Pabst has thirty days to make his decision. Pastor
Rick closed the meeting in prayer.
Meeting
adjourned at 1:10pm.