Peabody Room
Present: Jeanne Cassin, Dwight Harshbarger, Linda
Kaferle, Fr. Alan MacKillop, Mary Medieros, Yvette Nasworthy
Absent: Dick Dabrowski, Sue Hildreth, Mark Louttit,
Don Ulsch, Marianne Welton
I.
Opening
Devotions and Prayer
II.
Priest-in-Residence
Report (Fr. Alan)
A.
Gave a
synopsis of the CREDO Convention he attended in
1.
Funded by
the Church Pension Fund
2.
Has been
expanded to retired clergy
3.
Focuses a
lot on clergy wellness
B.
Profile Committee
Update
1.
In the
process of forming a committee
2.
Fr. Alan
would like a sample tri-fold version of the report
a.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to ask Carol Kingston for a
sample
C.
1.
Erica
Scattergood and Jeanne Cassin to meet next week to discuss curriculum
2.
The idea of
a.
Erica and
Jeanne have both taken the diocesan course
b.
Fr. Alan
would like to buy a series of instructional DVD’s on
i.
ACTION
ITEM: Yvette Nasworthy will send Fr.
Alan the link to the site that Bryan had found that offers Safe Church training
tapes for the Episcopal Church
III.
IV.
No
Treasurer’s Report (Sue Hildreth was absent – Linda and Fr. Alan were not aware
that Sue had e-mailed the report to them a week prior to the meeting – Fr. Alan
has an excuse – he was away; Linda just had a senior moment apparently)
V.
Commission
Reports
A.
Pastoral
Care (Written Report)
1.
John
Ferrillo points out in the quarterly report that we have many people in the
parish who are in need of pastoral care and that we need to recruit more
trained LEMBE’s
a.
Fr. Alan
says he has been able to keep up with the demand at this point
2.
The report
also asks for more volunteers to help Judy Adams with car-pooling some of the
shut-ins on Sunday mornings.
B.
Stewardship
(Written Report)
1.
Preparing to
hold first meeting in June
2.
Meeting of
the Chairs from Membership, Parish Life and Stewardship took place in April to
strategize how to combine resources of each commission
3.
John Ott
(Stewardship Chair) attended two
a.
Suggested
approaching the needs of the church as you would your home by looking at your
parish as one’s church home
VI.
Special
Committee Reports
A.
Parish Hall
Rental (Linda Kaferle)
1.
Received
quote from Watjus Electric to replace two existing exit signs that are not
currently working and are not up to code with LED exits/emergency head light
units for a cost of $310.
a.
Motion
passed to go ahead with the work
2.
Introduced a
draft of an updated fee schedule
a.
After some
discussion, it was decided that this be brought back for further work by the
committee
VII.
Unfinished
Business
A.
1.
Looking at
September timeframe
B.
Pocket
Change Buckets (Linda Kaferle)
1.
The Vestry
would like to spearhead a fundraiser and was given the idea from Carolyn Smith
of collecting pocket change over the course of six months
2.
Distributed
decorated buckets to members in attendance asking that they empty the change
from pockets/pocketbooks into the buckets every night
a.
Collection
of the change will take place every month at the Vestry meeting
b.
If this is
successful at the Vestry level, we may extend it to all parishioners
C.
Ramp (Linda
Kaferle)
1.
In order to
pass inspection, the building inspector has asked that a power door opener be
installed due to a slight incline of the decking leading up to the door
a.
The cost for
the opener and its installation is $1820; the electrical work is an additional
$348
i.
Jim and
Audrey Western have generously donated $2000 to cover the majority of the cost
plus $50 owed to landscaper for blacktop removal
b.
Jim requests
the contractor be paid retainage of $435; in exchange the contractor will do
the necessary carpentry work to reinforce the mounting area of the power door
opener
c.
Motion to go
ahead with the purchase and installation of the power door opener; to accept
Jim’s generous gift of $2000; pay the contractor the $435 retainage owed and
the church to pay the additional $218 was unanimously passed
D.
Vestry
Covenant Change (Linda Kaferle)
1.
Motion to
include the following change to the e-mail policy of the Vestry Covenant as
discussed at the Vestry retreat was unanimously passed
a.
Replacing
the wording “using emails for informational purposes only” with “using emails
selectively” and adding, “votes are permissible, if unanimous” and “anyone can
call a halt to debate”
E.
Church Sign
1.
Fr. Alan
asked the vendor to provide the cost for constructing a plexiglass locked covering
for the area on the sign where the moveable letters will be inserted
a.
It will be
too tempting for people to remove the letters or rearrange them
VIII.
New Business
A.
Rectory Roof
(Linda Kaferle)
1.
Leaking
occurred around one chimney into the Godly Play room bringing down plaster from
the ceiling
a.
Alan Rogers
put buckets in the attic to contain the leak until a roofer could investigate
b.
Linda asked for two bids – has received one so
far
i.
ACTION
ITEM: Linda to call a special Vestry
meeting once the second bid is received
B.
Parochial
Report (Linda Kaferle)
1.
Linda, Dick
Dabrowski, Carolyn Smith and Fr. Alan investigated the number of church members
that should be input this year on the Parochial Report
a.
It appears
that the number inputted over the last several years has not been accurate
i.
The number
of 345 inputted on the 2006 Parochial Report was reduced to a more accurate
number of 248 on the 2007 report
ii.
A motion to
approve the 2007 Parochial Report passed unanimously
C.
1.
In need of
people to Chair
2.
ACTION
ITEM: Mary to ask Barbara Kamb for a
description of the duties of the Chair and a meeting schedule that has been followed
in the past
IX.
Next Meeting
– Tuesday, June 17th,
X.
Closing
Prayer
XI.
Adjournment
–
Respectfully
submitted,
Linda Kaferle