The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod

Church: 211 Budd Street                     School: 201 Oxford Street
Fairmont, MN 56031                            Fairmont, MN 56031
507.238.9491                                         507.238.9492
St Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church & School
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Constitution & Bylaws Booklet
Policies of the Congregation
All members are encouraged to attend our quarterly Congregational Assembly meetings. They are held the fourth Wednesdays of January, April, June, and October at 7:00 p.m. in the church basement. If you are not a registered voter and would like to be, you need to read the Constitution (available by clicking on button below) and then stop by the church office to sign the card that you have read and agree with its contents. Registration needs to be done (at least) one week prior to the scheduled meeting.

MEETING ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENT REMINDER:
Article III -- The Congregational Assembly, Part B (page 14-15 of Constitution & By-Laws booklet) states, in part, "...After a continued absence of over one (1) year, an Assembly member shall be contacted and asked whether the member would like to continue in membership. If the member would like to continue in membership, the member shall attend at least one (1) meeting in the next year. If the member does not attend in that year, membership shall be terminated. Those removed from membership shall be noted in the attendance records. Names shall not be published in the Assembly meeting minutes. Those removed from membership may reapply by following the procedure in Paragraph A of this Article. (Note: Those removed from Assembly membership continue to be communicant members in good standing.) See the Constitution & By-Laws booklet for more detailed information.​

Chairman/Secretary of Boards: A synopsis is needed each quarter before the meeting. Please email or bring to the church office in time for copies to be made for the meeting.
January meeting: Need October, November & December synopsis
April meeting: Need January, February & March synopsis
June meeting: Need April & May synopsis
October meeting: Need June, July, August and September synopsis

Thank you to the St. Paul Lutheran Church Constitution & By-Laws Review Committee for their hard work in reviewing our By-Laws. The proposed new Constitution & By-Laws booklet, which includes the changes that were adopted at the Congregational Assembly meeting on January 28, 2015, were submitted to the  Constitution Committee; Rev. Evan Schiller (Chairman), 1105 7th Avenue SW, Pipestone, MN 56164. They met on April 17, 2015. This committee reviewed the documents submitted and made a recommendation to the Board of Directors to approve the documents. The Board of Directors has notified us of its approval, and the congregation is now operating under the revised constitution and/or bylaws.

And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some,
but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
​~ Hebrews 10:24-25