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Parish
Community Life
Parish Community Life Commission
October 11, 2007
Meeting Notes
1)
Upcoming Events:
--First Communion Reception
10/14. We did the final planning on this event.
--Food & Fellowship 10/20 after
Saturday evening mass. Discussed this event. There will be a
parish wide renovation update after each mass that weekend, so we will
provide food for the Saturday evening presentation.
--We discussed the Time & Talent
Fair coming up on 10/27 & 28. We want to redo our tri-fold display
for our commission. This will be a good time to invite
parishioners to sign up to help with events throughout the year.
2)
Extended calendar:
We then made a tentative calendar
of events through June 2008. This will be presented to Sue so that
we
can prevent conflicts with other
parish events.
3)
Review of Confirmation Reception:
Discussed the amount of food we
went through and some of the comments we heard from people that
attended.
4) PCLC
Supplies and Storage:
We have purchased a good supply
of paper products, etc. We stored them in the basement kitchen and
marked them "PCLC."
5) New
members/helpers:
We really need more parishioners
to pitch in—even if it is for only ONE event ALL year. We talked
about how to get the word out and accomplish this.
Present: Kathy Dix, Natalie
Klostermann, Dave Klostermann]
September 13, 2007
Meeting Notes
1) Prayer: Opening pray and reflection.
2) Future meeting time: We discussed our regular meeting place and time.
We will meet the 2nd Thursday of each month at St. John's. We talked
about adding this meeting to the church's web site calendar.
3) Commission vs. committee: We discussed the Parish Council's request
that the various parish committees be referred to as "commissions"
rather than "committees." This shift is meant to lend a more spiritual
tone to our scope of service.
4) Mission statement: We reviewed our Commission's current mission
statement. We want to foster a sense of hospitality and strive to
actively involve every single parishioner in some way into St. John's
family of faith. By bringing the parish together in a more social
atmosphere, we hope to strengthen a sense of belonging among our
church's family.
5) Parish web site: We would like to post more information on the church
web site, and we talked about what we would like to add to PCLC's area.
6) New members/volunteers: Our group really needs more members and a
pool of volunteers to help occasionally with events. We talked about how
to gain this assistance and how to get the word out. We also discussed
certain groups, commissions (committees) and possibly even families
"sponsor" some Food and Fellowship events and assisting with the
greeting, set up, clean up, etc.
7) Budget: We discussed keeping track of expenditures on a monthly basis
and obtaining a monthly report. We also talked about the money that is
donated at the various events and how to handle that.
8) Newcomer's Welcome Baskets: We discussed how this has been done in
the past, what might be in the baskets and how they might be delivered
to the new parishioners.
9) Bulletin Board in Hallway: We want to update the bulletin board and
post upcoming events there. We would also like to have a sign-up area
there to encourage parishioners to pitch in with an activity or become
an official member of our commission.
10) Time and Talent Fair: This will be held October 27 & 28. We will
update our display and possibly get a brochure of some type to hand out.
Everyone felt it would also be a good time to encourage parish community
involvement by having a sign up sheet for helpers.
11) Parish Festival: We served 908 people! Everyone felt it was a great
accomplishment and that many, many people made it happen and made it
successful.
Present: Craig Brooks, Sonia Redmond, Sue Schettler, Kathy Dix, Dave
Klostermann, Natalie Klostermann.
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