Peabody Room
Present: Jeanne Cassin, Dick Dabrowski, Linda Kaferle,
Fr. Alan MacKillop, Mark Louttit, Mary Medeiros, Don Ulsch, Marianne Welton
Absent: Sue Hildreth, Yvette Nasworthy
I.
Opening
Devotions and Prayer
II.
Priest-in-Residence
Report
A.
1.
Many people
are working very hard to make it a success
B.
“In
Gathering Sunday” this Sunday
1.
Bring pledge
cards to church
a.
Important
for constructing a budget for next year
2.
Studies have
shown that the highest amount of giving took place during the Great Depression
C.
Attended
Diocesan Convention with our two delegates (Jeanne Cassin and Claudette Hunt)
1.
Strong focus
on stewardship
2.
Attention
given to young people in diocese
3.
Bishop of
a.
Raised
$20,000 from the auction at the Convention for the Diocese of
D.
Class on the
E.
Outreach
disbursement discussion took place
1.
Motion was
passed (made by Marianne; seconded by Jeanne) to withdraw $3600 from
investments to cover the remaining Outreach disbursements
a.
Purpose is
to give the Investment Committee more time to make its investment decisions
b.
Outreach
Committee to meet after Thanksgiving to decide on the specific allocation of
the $3600
c.
Motion
passed to rescind the above motion due to not knowing if there is a need to
take the $3600 out of investments or if the money is already in our general
fund due to Outreach fundraising (approx. $4,000 raised)
i.
Sue Hildreth
to be consulted on this issue before proceeding further
d.
Fr. Alan
gave $200 from his discretionary fund to St. Stephen’s in
III.
Meeting
Minutes
A.
B.
C.
D.
IV.
Wardens’
Report
A.
Dick has
asked Pastor Kim for a monthly donation for the use of the church – Pastor Kim
will get back to him in a few days
B.
Search
Committee is holding its first meeting this Sunday at Mary Medeiro’s house from
1.
After an
in-depth discussion about payment of the facilitator’s fee, a motion was
unanimously passed to authorize the payment of $800 for Carol Kingston’s
services throughout the entire Search process
C.
Discussion
of Marcia Hoecker’s Cluster proposal
1.
Motion to
engage in a conversation with the Vestries of Trinity Chapel and St. Mark’s
regarding the cluster and that Mark Louttit is to be the point person was
unanimously passed (St. David’s is not interested)
V.
Treasurer’s
Report
A.
Dick pointed
out that the discrepancy between what was pledged and what has been paid to
date is getting larger
1.
He suggested
that we look into Electronic Funds Transfer in more detail
a.
ACTION
ITEM: Fr. Alan to talk to the
Stewardship Commission about taking on this task
B.
Budget
issues discussed
1.
ACTION
ITEM: Fr. Alan to ask the Stewardship
Commission to work with the Treasurer to present a draft budget to the Vestry
at its December meeting
VI.
Commission
Reports
A.
Membership –
not available
B.
Stewardship
– not available
C.
Pastoral
Care distributed
D.
Investments
distributed
VII.
New Business
A.
Appoint
Nominating Committee
1.
Motion passed
unanimously to appoint Nicola Barlow, Mary Medeiros, and Judy Veno (if she
accepts) and Jeanne Cassin as a back-up to the Nominating Committee along with
the two wardens and Fr. Alan
B.
Appoint
Dwight Harshbarger’s replacement
1.
Motion
passed to appoint Louise Rogers to replace Dwight Harshbarger until Annual
Meeting at which time Louise will be nominated to fulfill Dwight’s remaining
1-year term
C.
Appoint
Audit Committee
1.
Motion
unanimously passed to appoint Phil Welton and Yvette Nasworthy to the 2008 Audit
Committee
D.
Musician
Request Discussed
1.
N.Y. flutist
sent an e-mail to request the use of the church for a concert and supplied his
website
a.
ACTION
ITEM: Mark to check out his website and
get in contact with the musician if he feels it is warranted
E.
Audit
Committee Request
1.
Asked that
the Vestry authorize the change in signatories on the church’s checking account
a.
Motion
unanimously passed to authorize Sue Hildreth,
VIII.
Next Meeting
– Tuesday, December 16th,
IX.
Closing
Prayer
X.
Adjournment
–
Respectfully
submitted,
Linda Kaferle