Peabody Room
Present: Al Colburn, Linda Kaferle,
Fr. Alan MacKillop, Mary Medeiros, Louise Rogers,
Erica Scattergood, Marianne Welton
Absent: Dick Dabrowski, Sue
Hildreth, George Miller, Don Ulsch
I.
Opening
Devotions & Prayer
II.
Priest-in-Charge
Report (Fr. Alan)
A.
Vestry
Retreat
1.
Fr. Will
Bergmann to share the retreat with Fr. Alan
a.
Voted to pay
stipend of $100 to Fr. Bergmann and pay for his expenses (subsequently changed
amount to $200 plus expenses since Fr. Alan decided to let Fr. Bergmann lead
the retreat by himself due to Priscilla Andrew’s Memorial Service to be held
that same day)
B.
Kyle Bertulli’s 6-month contract review
1.
Fr. Alan met
with Kyle to go over any issues
a.
Both the
church and Kyle and very pleased with his employment
i.
The choir
will be “off” during July and August
ii.
Kyle will
take his allotted time off and will be back to play at the summer
C.
Two baptisms
scheduled for Pentacost Sunday
III.
IV.
Wardens’
Report (Linda Kaferle)
A.
1.
October 17th
at St. Paul’s Church in Natick
a.
Hope to get
all church school staff and Vestry who have not attended in the past to go
since this is the closest location
B.
A financial
consultant from the diocese has been in contact with the wardens and treasurer
about meeting to go over the church’s financial status prior to calling a new
rector
1.
When Dick
returns from vacation, a meeting will be set up
V.
Treasurer’s
Report (None)
A.
ACTION
ITEM: Sue Hildreth
to e-mail report when finished
B.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to contact Sue about
planning a Vestry meeting on a Sunday after the service when Sue feels up to
attending
VI.
Search
Committee Update (Mary Medeiros)
A.
May 15th
was the cut-off for receiving applications
B.
Committee
planning to meet May 31st to review all applications
VII.
Commission
Reports
A.
Pastoral
Care (none)
B.
Altar Guild
(Louise Rogers)
1.
Reported
that Barbara Kamb would like to buy (or possibly make
from purchased material) a blue advent burse and veil and a white brocade burse
and veil
a.
The
assumption is that there is money in the Worship Expense budget line item for
use by the Altar Guild
C.
Stewardship
(none)
VIII.
Old Business
A.
Memorial
Gift Policy
1.
Voted
unanimously to accept the policy that the wardens and Fr. Alan drafted after
last month’s discussion
2.
ACTION
ITEM: Fr. Alan to ask Lynn Ferrillo to send Erica Scattergood any information on
memorial donations in order for Erica to write thank-you notes
B.
Proposed
Business Policy Change
1.
Al Colburn
asked that we consider requiring two signatures on checks over $2,000 from our
regular checking account (last month we voted for that policy on our investment
account)
a.
Voted
unanimously to standardize the policy for all our accounts
i.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to ask Sue Hildreth for procedural help in changing our checks so that
this policy can be put into practice
ii.
This policy
to be added to our existing Business Policy
C.
Special
Parish Meeting – June 14th
1.
For the
purpose of authorizing the Vestry to act on behalf of the Parish when the time
comes to call a new rector (as required by the St. Andrew’s by-laws)
2.
It was the
consensus of the Vestry members to insert an absentee ballot in the next
newsletter
IX.
New Business
A.
Rectory
painting quotes discussed
1.
Received two
quotes
a.
ACTION ITEM: Linda to ask for a third
2.
Talked about
aluminum siding as an alternative to painting
a.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to ask for a quote
X.
Next Meeting
–
XI.
Closing
Prayer
XII.
Adjournment
–
Respectfully
submitted,
Linda Kaferle