Church of St. Catherine Parish Pastoral Council

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Meeting Minutes

Members present: Gregg Gropel, George Langford, Patty Evans, Mike Jarchow, Fr. Tom, Dan Nath, Mary McLaughlin, and Pat Saum

Members absent: Steve Heitkamp excused: Deb Goebel and John Serie

The meeting was called to order by President, George Langford and began with a prayer from Fr. Tom. The meeting minutes of September 19, 2007 were approved. A motion was made by Mike to approve the minutes as written, seconded by Dan. Motion carried. The agenda was approved with the addition of D. Good Samaritan Fund under New Business.

Old Business

A) “Living Your Strengths” books – Dan took the test and said it was helpful. No other comments.

B) Church Lighting - The new track lighting has been installed in the front of the Church and we are still waiting for the sides to get installed.

C) Dialogue with Bishop –Parish representatives met with the Bishop. Common categories among the Churches were 1) Youth 2) Evangelism .i.e. bringing back members who are no longer active – very similar concerns through out the diocese.

New Business

A) Ministry Renewal – 106 responses so far. How should we communicate liturgical ministry schedules? Suggestions to utilize email, mail for those without email, bulletin, web site, few copies in back.

B) Social Ministry: Nicole Paladie – She is a resource person for our Deanery. St Catherine’s is responsible for $102 our part of her salary. She will be attending our Social Ministry meeting monthly –we’ll be utilizing her suggestions / information regularly. –She’s offering suggestions via observation when she comes to our parish i.e. bulletin board, Faith Formation table.

C) Fallfest ’07 –Met last night Leadership is set for next year. The raffle cost was $5,000 we had donations of $2,000 –total profit was down. Dinner attendance was down (500 -600). We have an offer from a parishioner to grill, prepare and supply the pork loins at a reduced price for next year. There was a suggestion to replace the Country Store / Bake Sale with a Farmer’s Market.

D) Good Samaritan Fund –name is confused with MJBH –we need to rename it. The current balance is $1,000 -$2,000. The new name will be: St. Catherine’s Good Neighbor Fund. We will include information on the Web site.

Reports

A) Liturgy (Dan and Fr. Tom) – Dan gave a recap of the NCYC trip. Overall everything went well.

B) Faith Formation (Dan) – There has been some minor discipline issues, and tardiness. We need to target adding older kid’s activities. Adult FF: Gospel of Mathew Bible Study is staring in January -Tuesday’s at 9:45 am and 7:00 pm. The current Bible Study class will be reoffered on Saturdays in Jan. at 9:30.

C) Knights of Columbus (George) – 1^st dinner was on Sunday. (Not very good attendance) The 1st Fish Fry will be Friday night. The new stone Cemetery entrance sign will be erected yet this fall.

D) LCCW (Patty) – They will provide bars for fellowship for Wed night. The winterfest cookie sale is Dec. 1st, Pat Scheidt chairing. Next meeting is Dec 11,With Christmas Blessings for Helping Hands, and “Dying to Live” video..

E) Finance Council (Mary) – Fr. Kosse has been helping with the bookkeeping. The Annual Report for 06-07 should be out soon; we received our 1^st donation of grain.($1,500)

F) Social Ministry Committee (Fr. Tom) – We are going to begin offering Fair Trade coffee in the store.

G) Pastor’s Report – We need greeter’s for the Ecumenical Service. George, Mike and Pat volunteered.

H) Administrator – Review was done with Fr. Tom and another one will be done by the hiring committee in Jan.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 9 at 8:00 pm. Fr. Tom led us in our closing prayer. The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 pm.

Respectfully Submitted, Patty Evans, Secretary Protem