St. James Parish Council Minutes
January 08, 2001

 

OPENING PRAYER:  Parker Stanley

 

PRESENT:  William Bednar, Anita Holt, Roger Holyfield, Tim Laird, Kim Parente, David Porter, Parker Stanley, Jerome Schieder, Brett Scott, Annette Talbot, Father Ron, and Father Dien

 

ABSENT:  Ralph Agee and Steve Gregoire

 

The meeting was called to order by Chairman Tim Laird.  Jerome Schieder made a motion to approve the November minutes, seconded by David Porter. The January agenda was approved.

 

1)              The Pastoral Council By-Law changes were discussed.  Further discussion was held on term limits for council members, but was decided to leave as stated in Article III, Section 1 (d).  A revision was made to Article III, Section 2 (c) to strike the word their.   The council voted to accept all by-laws as revised by David Porter for a Pastoral Council.

 

2)              Annette Talbot stated her concerns of the realignment of the council dropping the ball as ministry heads liaison. She had encountered a situation recently of a person in need, and she had difficulty reaching the person in charge of the ministry she needed. During the discussion on keeping in touch with the various ministries, Jerome suggested listing ministry heads on the web-site, and in our quarterly newsletter.

 

3)              All members were in favor of adopting the final Project 2010.  Tim noted all points of contact have been confirmed except there are three that have not been filled.  Ideas for a kick-off presentation February 24th and 25th were discussed. 

 

4)              As a token of the council’s appreciation for Henry Parente’s assistance in Project 2010, it was decided to get a gift certificate for him.

 

5)              The council voted in favor of Fran Riley’s desire to serve as liaison between our parish and Fr. Jim Urbanic to coordinate a ministry of Evangelization if the pastor is in favor, and the budget allows for the extra paid position.  She would give up 1/3 of the Religious Education duties to devote Evangelization.  She sees a need for this ministry every day.  All were in agreement to have Fr. Jim for a parish mission during Lent.  He would be available March 11-13.

 

Volunteers to serve on the Fundraiser Committee for the next six month period will be Roger Holyfield, Kim Parente, and David Porter.

 

MINISTRY REPORTS:

Christian Formation: Ralph Agee – Absent

 

Human Concerns and Outreach: Annette Talbot -- Stephen Ministry report submitted by Sharon Stauffacher noting three Stephen Ministers had dropped from the group, but the remaining seven candidates will be commissioned February 11th at the 9:15  a.m. Mass with a reception in the social hall afterwards.

 

Catholic Organizations: Roger Holyfield – No report

 

Stewardship and Administration: Kim Parente – No report

 

Liturgy: Brett Scott – Reported complaints from parishioners on the liturgy and obstruction of view due to decorations in the church.  The council members and the pastors also mentioned there are many good comments about our liturgy, and there will always be some parishioners who do not care for the changing times and musical productions.  The council thought Brett should discuss some of the parishioners concerns with Tyler.

 

Education: Steve Gregoire – Absent

 

School: Anita Holt – Each class participated in a service project in December, the mayor’s Christmas tree, and purchased cleaning supplies for Hillcrest Ministries.

 

Youth: Jerome Schieder – No report

 

Prayer: David Porter – No report

 

Communication: William Bednar – No report

 

Parish & Family Life: Tim Laird – No report

 

PASTOR’S REMARKS:

1)               Father said Carrie Roberts will coordinate the Parish Pictorial Directory again.

 

2)               Invitations were sent to better than 20 young parishioners for “Called by Name”.  Four came to dinner with Father Ron and Father Dien.

 

The next meeting will be February 12th at 7:00 p.m. with Kim Parente giving the opening prayer.  John Scheer from the Administration Committee will be invited to the next meeting.

 

The nominating committee for new council members will be outgoing council members Ralph, Tim, and William.

 

Father Ron closed the meeting with a prayer.

 

 

 

Meeting notes courtesy of Dorothy Haynes