Pastoral Parish Council
MINUTES
May 10, 2004

 The Meeting:

·        Meeting called to order at 7:00pm
·        Opening prayer:  Blair Learn
·        Attending:  Kevin Walls, Bob Senese , Ray Ring, Joan Parker , Carol Johnson, Blair Learn, Frank Blee, Ed Walls, Mr. Rev. Bill Peters, Fr. Bob, & Judy Transue
·        Absent:  Matt Macready, Joann Malecki, Ted Nell, Pat Bentley, Fr. Carlton,  & Mr. Rev. Joe Becker
·        Correspondence:  Rita Ryor submitted her resignation to the council.  She plans to move to Delaware sometime between now and February 2005.  Thank you Rita for the time you have given us and best of wishes in Delaware .

 Last Month’s Minutes:

            Changes: none
            Motion to approve minutes:  Joan and Ed seconded
            Motion was accepted & minutes were approved

Committee/Group Reports:

Prior to our meeting, the following reports were submitted and distributed to council:
    Liturgical Committee 
    Social Action Committee

        These reports can also be viewed at (click here)

The following committees did not submit a report for this month:

Building & Grounds Report
Publicity & Community Events Committee
Children’s Religious Education
Parish Outreach Committee
Family Life
Vocations Committee
Youth Ministry      

 Discussion of Committee/Group Reports:

Parish Outreach Committee: (unfortunately his report was lost in transmission and not pre-distributed to council)

1. They are currently conducting a “Catholics Returning Home” program.  Tomorrow night, they will conduct their second meeting.  One person showed up for the first meeting, three for the second, and five for the third.  Tomorrow’s meeting will involve Bible Study and it will be conduct by three graduates of the Bible Institute.  Blair was commended for the job he did in promoting the event.
2. Teaching the Eucharist is another ongoing 6 week project.  The responses to these short readings at mass have all been positive.  Besides the reading, a paragraph is also placed in the bulletin, the Catholic Update has been inserted into the bulletins, and a 20 minute continuously running film on the Eucharist was presented.

Children’s Religious Education: (unfortunately her report was also lost in transmission and not pre-distributed to council)

            The missing report mentioned:

Discussion then took place regarding how noisy and irreverent the congregation was during the Communion mass. 

Building & Grounds Report

Ray was asked to put together a list of capital improvement ideas that he felt were needed.  Some of these were:

It was also noted what a great job our new landscaper (Dennis Mulligan) was doing

Youth Ministry: 

Although Pat was absent, it was noted that her “True Love Waits” program was a success and it probably will be an annual event.

Publicity & Community Events Committee

It was noted what a fine job Blair did advertising the “True Love Waits” program and the “Catholics Returning Home” project.

Old Business: 

1. House of Charity.  The drive is completed, and our parish has surpassed 100% of its goal.  The exact numbers will come out at a June 22 meeting that Ted & Kevin will attend.
2. This year’s parish mission is scheduled for Sept 25-29
3. Evangelization:  was discussed earlier in the meeting
4. Election Update:  Still no candidates to replace our current officers.  A meeting is planned to take place between Fr. Bob, Matt, Kevin, and myself to further discuss this issue.

New Business: 

Chicken BBQ:  Again there will be a push this year for new volunteers to help with this event.  The need for a on sight refrigerator was also mentioned.  Their next meeting will be May 25^th.

 Open Forum

Judy Transue addressed the council noting that this year’s Suite Inspiration Christmas concert will be their 10^th anniversary concert.  In an effort to do something above and beyond to commemorate the event, she wanted the councils input on perhaps a dinner/concert event.  Although nothing concrete was stated the following suggestions were made:

Summary of topics discussed:

            Those Pending:  Parish Council Election
            Those Closed:  nothing noted
            Those Tabled:  nothing noted

Next meeting

Monday  June 14, 2004
Time 7:00 pm
Kevin will lead us in prayer

 Respectfully submitted by:
Bob Senese ,
Secretary