Air-conditioned Home of Jeanne Cassin
Present: Jeanne Cassin, Dick Dabrowski, Marilyn Guest,
Russ Harris, Dwight Harshbarber, Sue Hildreth, Linda Kaferle, Fr. Alan
MacKillop, Yvette Nasworthy
Absent: John Ferrillo, Marianne Welton
I.
Opening
Devotions and Prayer
II.
Meeting
Minutes
A.
Motion
approved to accept
B.
Decision to
add insulation info to
III.
Priest-in-Residence
Report
A.
Fr. Alan
reported that Anne Cahill has resigned as editor of the X-Press
1.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to send letter of thanks
from the Vestry for Anne’s outstanding contribution to St. Andrew’s
2.
Sue Ulsch has
agreed to take over as editor (many thanks to her)
B.
Fr. Alan
noted the need to move ahead on the rectory rental for financial purposes and
splitting off of some space for church use
1.
Dwight
reported on his and Jeanne’s meeting with Seven Hills
a.
Seven Hills
does not have need of a building in this area at this time
b.
Not feasible
for them without handicap accessibility to the upstairs bedrooms
c.
Russ
supported the outreach idea
i.
Suggested
the possibility of using the Parish Hall in an outreach capacity if the church
offices were moved over to the rectory
ii.
Suggested
becoming Section 8 certified which would allow us to rent to lower income
families but still receive the full rental amount (subsidized by the State)
2.
Discussion
of plan to set up the Sunday nursery on the main floor of the rectory
a.
Would allow
parents to easily check on their children if an entrance is added to the porch
of the rectory directly across from the church’s side door
3.
Discussion
of plan to set aside one room upstairs in the rectory for Fr. Alan to stay over
in case of late meeting or bad weather or for use by a guest of the church if
the need arises
a.
Marilyn
suggested that we check with the diocese to make sure it is allowable to have a
room in the rectory for Fr. Alan’s use
i.
Diocese
Contract Sect. A, item 2 states “Priest in Residence will not live in Rectory”
4.
Discussion
of plan to rent the remainder of the rectory as a one or two bedroom apartment
a. Russ and Jim Western came up
with suggestions on how to split the building up (based on architectural plans
previously acquired)
i.
Would make the
smaller space easier to rent than the whole house
ii.
Russ met
with a contractor and got a rough quote of 3 weeks worth of work
iii.
Realtor
tentatively priced the one-bedroom rental at $750/mth and the two-bedroom at
$900/mth
5.
Russ asked
that Jim Western be added to Rectory Sub-committee (made up of Jeanne Cassin,
Dwight Harshbarger, Russ Harris and Linda Kaferle) – all present agreed
6.
Straw vote was taken – agreed to enable the
sub-committee to move forward and draft a plan for review by Vestry
a.
ACTION
ITEM: Rental Sub-committee to report
progress at next meeting
IV.
Treasurer’s
Report
A.
“In the
black” at 6-month point
B.
Increase in investment
income of $19,786.22 since January
C.
Full set of
financials to be presented next month
D.
Motion
approved to accept report as presented
V.
Old Business
A.
Vestry
Retreat
1.
Fr. Alan
reported that Marcia Hoecker did a splendid job leading us
2.
Motion
approved to accept the 6/16 retreat record as presented
i.
This record
is available upon request from Linda Kaferle
B.
Choir Chair
Purchase Update
1.
10 of the 20
chairs have been pledged so far ($260/chair)
2.
One chair
will be given in thanksgiving for Fr. Alan’s ministry – all parishioners are
welcome to contribute
3.
The old pews
will be kept and used as needed
4.
Many thanks
to Nicola Barlow for all her work on this project
C.
Parish Hall
Cross
1.
New bracket
is needed to reattach cross to Parish Hall
a.
Marilyn
asked that we not be billed for this work if it is deemed that the original
work had not been done sufficiently
VI.
Commission
Reports
A.
Christian
Formation
1.
Sunday
School registration scheduled for Sunday after Labor Day
a.
New
registration form to ask parents to select which time or talent opportunity
they would like to volunteer for
2.
Miscommunication
cleared up regarding placement of 4-6 year old children during the
a.
Possibly
extend Godly Play for the entire service
b.
Possibly use
the Godly Play rooms as a second nursery for the older children that need to stay
3.
New
volunteers
a.
Linda
Kaferle in Godly Play
b.
Blanche Foss
in Upper Elementary/Middle School
c.
Erin
Pueschal taking over the nursery for Kim Lindo
d.
Thanks to
all!
B.
Membership
Commission
1.
Dick
awaiting imminent quote from vendor for 3 signs (freestanding church sign,
Parish Hall sign and campus sign)
2.
Dick does
not see how we can make the current sign given by Barbara and John Kamb more
visible
C.
Stewardship
Commission
1.
Work on
calendar continuing
a.
Lizzie
Malone and Sue have made preliminary cut of pictures to be used
D.
Tri-parish
1.
Planning 3
tri-parish services
a.
Blessing of
the Animals at the end of September
b.
Quiet day
during Lent (spiritual reading every hour)
c.
Ascension
Day Service
2.
Looked at
demographic data gathered at last meeting
a.
Found the
Asian American community (especially Korean) to be fastest growing
i.
Dick
suggested looking for an Episcopal Korean speaking priest to hold a service at
St. Andrew’s on a Sunday afternoon possibly
VII.
New Business
A.
Vestry
Covenant
1.
Formulated
by Dick from the record he kept at the Vestry Retreat
a.
Motion
approved to accept the covenant as written and have a final copy ready for
signing at our next meeting
i.
Covenant,
once signed, to be published on the website and in the X-Press
VIII.
Next Meeting
– September 12, 2007
IX.
Closing
Prayer
X.
Adjournment
–
Respectfully
submitted,
Linda Kaferle