Peabody Room
Present: Jeanne Cassin, Dick Dabrowski, John Ferrillo,
Marilyn Guest, Sue Hildreth, Linda Kaferle, Fr. Alan MacKillop, Yvette
Nasworthy, Marianne Welton
Absent: Dwight Harshbarger
I.
Opening Devotions
and Prayer
II.
III.
Priest-in-Residence
Report
A.
House of
Bishops met in
B.
All Anglican
bishops are being invited to the Lambeth Conference in
1.
Originally
Gene Robinson and some of the African Primates were not invited
2.
More
information will be available at the diocesan convention to be held the first
weekend of November
C.
Fr. Alan to
take a week’s vacation starting tomorrow to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
1.
Fr. Gagnon
will preach this coming Sunday
D.
Work Day is
scheduled for Oct. 28th following the
IV.
A.
Fr. Alan
asked the Vestry members to think about how we can reach out to the surrounding
community
V.
Wardens’
Report
A.
Church door
has been found unlocked at times
1.
ACTION
ITEM: Yvette to ask her husband to check
it during his rounds (as a police officer) so we might be able to determine
when this is happening and how
2.
Fr. Alan
suggesting putting a bar across it on the inside to insure it is locked
B.
Dick
distributed info on programmable thermostats
1.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to contact Alan Rogers about
purchasing one for the Parish Hall
C.
Dick hopes
that additional parishioners attend the Diocesan Convention being held in
1.
Jeanne
Cassin and Kim Lindo will be attending as St. Andrew’s delegates along with Fr.
Alan
D.
Dick brought
up ideas that would give the vestry members more visibility during the Sunday
services
1.
Wearing
nametags during the service
a.
ACTION
ITEM: Dick will ask Alan Rogers about
nametags since he heads up the ushers and provides nametags to them
b.
Fr. Alan
believes that if we decide on nametags for the Vestry, that we should provide
them for all parishioners
2.
Standing in
the receiving line with Fr. Alan after the service
3.
Becoming a
chalice bearer (Lay Eucharistic Minister #1)
E.
1.
Nancy
Barringer asked Dick to bring it before Vestry
2.
Discussed
ways to offer it to the Vestry and Sunday School teachers without sending them
too far and at their own expense
a.
ACTION
ITEM: Sue will bring it up at the next
Tri-Parish meeting
3.
Discussed
the status of St. Andrew’s Safe Church Policy
a.
Was started
when Fr. Alan was the Interim but no one on the current Vestry was sure of its
completion
i.
ACTION
ITEM: Dick to check with Lynn Ferrillo
on its existence
ii.
ACTION
ITEM: Dick to ask
F.
Diocesan
Energy Audit
1.
Linda reported
that the diocese would like energy usage information from all of the parishes
and is unclear how to go about it
a.
More info
should be available at the upcoming diocesan convention
VI.
Treasurer’s
Report
A.
We have a
slight negative ($612) YTD
1.
Due to the
lack of pledges received during the summer months
a.
Statements
of Giving have been sent out
i.
Should
result in an influx of pledges
2.
Dick
suggested that a mailing be done before next summer with postage paid envelopes
for mailing pledges during vacation
a.
ACTION
ITEM: Sue to ask Vestry for help with this
and other mailings
VII.
Commission
Reports
A.
Christian
Formation (Yvette Nasworthy)
1.
Everyone is
excited about moving to the rectory
2.
Have not heard
whether Russ Harris will continue teaching
B.
Facilities
1.
Work day
scheduled for
2.
Boy Scouts
to clean up leaves Nov. 3rd
C.
Membership
(Dick Dabrowski)
1.
Still
waiting for lawn sign to be completed
D.
Outreach
(Fr. Alan)
1.
Young Life
will be sponsoring a dinner on Nov. 15th
a.
All
parishioners are encouraged to attend
b.
Nicola
Barlow is St. Andrew’s liaison
c.
More details
to follow
2.
Planning to
organize a group to visit Esperanza
E.
Pastoral
Care (John Ferrillo)
1.
Currently
have three parishioners needing the Eucharist brought to them on Sundays
a.
Phil Welton
and John Ferrillo will be attending to them
F.
Stewardship
(Sue Hildreth)
1.
Have met
once to map out a strategy
a.
Mailing to
go out to parishioners on
b.
Stewardship
sermon to take place on
c.
John
Ferrillo offered to give a testimonial
G.
Tri-Parish
(Sue Hildreth)
1.
Scheduled to
meet this week
H.
Worship (Fr.
Alan)
1.
Planning a
special 10 o’clock service on Nov. 4th for All Saint’s Day
a.
Hayden Mass
to be performed under Michael Smith’s direction
b.
Baptism of
Faith and Jason Salter’s baby
c.
Reading the
names of the departed (also at
i.
Get names
into the office as soon as possible
d.
Dedication
of new choir chairs
VIII.
Special
Committee Reports
A.
Rectory
(Linda Kaferle)
1.
Thanks to
Judy Adams from the Rectory Committee for helping the Sunday School move into
the Rectory
2.
Consensus is to wait until after the ramp has
been completed before pursuing the construction of a side door on the church
side of the Rectory
B.
Parish Hall
Ramp (Fr. Alan)
1.
Building to
start October 15th or 16th
2.
Door discussion takes place
a.
Motion
unanimously passed to give John Ferrillo the authority to spend up to $1500 for
new door
IX.
Unfinished
Business
A.
Rectory
Insulation
1.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to hire an electrician to do
the knob and tube investigation needed by the insulation installer before work
can even take place
a.
Discussion
tabled until next meeting
B.
Open Vestry
Position
1.
Consensus
that Russ Harris’ position will not be filled until Annual Meeting
C.
Parish Hall
Cross
1.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to contact Lindsey Mullan on
status of installation
X.
New Business
A.
Yearly
Alcoholics Anonymous Thanksgiving Alkathon
1.
Motion
unanimously passed to support the yearly Alkathon by allowing the use of the
Parish Hall all day on Thanksgiving (no need to vote each year)
B.
IT Support
1.
John
Ferrillo given permission to engage David Rogers in a professional capacity to
act as the church’s IT support when needed
a.
ACTION
ITEM: John to report back to Vestry on
the particulars of the arrangement
2.
Many thanks
to John for all the work he has put into the running of the computer network
XI.
Next Meeting
– Wednesday, November 14th,
XII.
Closing
Prayer
XIII.
Adjournment
–
Respectfully
submitted,
Linda Kaferle