St. James Pastoral Council Minutes
August 08, 2005

 

 

OPENING & CLOSING PRAYER: Bobbi Roman

 

MEMBERS PRESENT: John Alvey, Joshua Barlett,  Mary George, Chuck Koesterer, Mike Jones, Dave McDonald, Bobbi Roman, Larry Stanley, Father Joe, and Father Matt

 

MEMBERS ABSENT:  Joe Ross, and John Talbot

 

The meeting was conducted by president of the board, Chuck Koesterer.  Corrections to the June minutes were: (1) Discerning God’s call for the Parish Meetings – follow-up date was incorrectly reported as May 20th, and is corrected to June 18th.  (2) Father Matt Link’s welcoming gathering date was June 25th and 26th rather than May.  (3) Update on Director of Liturgical Music search was corrected to: Father Joe said they have had good response to the ads for Director of liturgical music, and are currently interviewing.   There were no additions to the August agenda.

 

John Hatler of Troop 214 was present to give ideas and costs to utilize storage spaces.  He is working on this as an Eagle Scout project.  He presented handouts and ideas on shelving to organize storage areas.   The council’s experience in the past in trying to utilize the upstairs equipment room for storage was that the stairs do not meet code, and this area couldn’t be used for storage.  The council did approve extending the Knights area 6’ and adding shelves and cabinets to the chair closet for additional storage.   

 

Old Business:

1.      Discerning God’s call for the Parish meetings – follow-up

Bobbi Roman reported that one of the objectives of the Education task group was to urge all ministries to start all meetings with prayer and mission statement. 

 

2.  Pictorial Directory

There has been good response to the pictorial directory and spaces were filled so additional days were added in September.  

 

New Business:

1.   Report from Fundraising Committee

John Alvey said the committee has made a few minor changes in fundraising guidelines.  He said they want to be consistent, and asked that each fundraiser tithe at least 10% of gross.  We presently ask for 5% of net to be given back to the parish.

 

Ministry Reports:

Activities: Larry Stanley and Mary George

Love, Inc., In As Much, and Hillcrest Ministries are starting a fundraiser to build a building to house all three.  There are two fundraisers scheduled.

 

Education: Bobbi Roman and Chuck Koesterer

Religious Ed and Youth Group registration is next weekend.  A Confirmation rally will be September 11th with a great speaker scheduled. Bobbi said catechists are needed for youth group sharing on Wednesdays 6:30 to 8 p.m.  Some of the Youth Group will be attending NCYC in Atlanta, Georgia, October 27-30. 

 

School enrollment is 350.  There are 307 in grade school and pre-school is full with 43.  They have been pleased with the response for pre-school. 

 

Liturgy: Mike Jones and Joe Ross

Mike reported the Liturgy Committee will be meeting at the end of the month.  On this committee are Father Joe, Father Matt, Mike Jones, and a representative from liturgical ministries.   Mike expressed interest in bringing a Catholic Conference speaker on Parenting as part of Adult Formation.  The council asked him to check on the cost and bring information to the next meeting.

 

Groups: John Alvey and Dave McDonald

The Family Life Ministry wants to fold the liturgical items ministry but maintain the library. 

 

Pastor’s Comments

Father Joe:

 

Father Matt:

It has been a good six weeks.  I’ve had a great welcome, and it is good to be a part of this community.

 

 

The next business meeting will be Monday, September 12th at 7:00 p.m.  Opening and closing prayer will be by Joe Ross.

 

September agenda items:

 

 

Meeting notes courtesy of Dorothy Haynes - Recording Secretary