Common Leadership Night

Commission and Council Reports

September 1, 2009

Note: Our meeting basically centered around our plans for our Ministry Fair – to be held after each mass on the weekend of September 19^th and 20^th. Each of our Commissions listed below will have a station set up in the parish center showcasing their work and their goals and answer any questions. Please join us – find out what your parish is doing – you may even find an area you would like to help with! Our commissions are putting a lot of effort into this project – please plan on stopping by the center to visit and enjoy refreshments.

(Pastoral Parish Council, Buildings and Grounds and Finance committees will be meeting on different nights. Those meeting reports will be printed in upcoming bulletins.)

Formation

Four people have signed up for Bible Study so far.  1^st & 3^rd Friday’s of each month from 6:30-8:00pm.  We will begin with the Gospel of Mark.  BYOB (bring your own bible.
Elementary religious education begins on Monday, 9/28/09 from 3-4:30pm
High School begins on Sunday evening, 10/4/09 from 7-8:30pm.
Both sessions will begin the year with Mass.
We are looking for Room Parents, substitutes and teachers.  Why not consider helping out in this very important ministry?  We are always looking for parental involvement to enrich the experience of our students.

Outreach:

Our commission was very pleased with how Santa Rosa Sunday was received by our parish community.

We will put up our outreach commission organizational bulletin board for display at the parish Ministry Fair planned for September 19^th and 20^th after each Mass.

We continued to discuss ways to encourage former parishioners to come back to our parish.

Worship:

We finalized plans for the Ministry Fair to be held after each mass the weekend of Sept. 19-20.  Each commission will have a booth at the fair staffed by commission members.   There will be information sheets listing the volunteer activities and parishioners will be offered the opportunity to sign up or simply to chat with commission members about the service opportunities offered.

Adult choir and Bell Choir practice will resume soon once we decide on an appropriate time.  Cathy Shane-Lydon will resume her work bringing music to the CCD program.

Fr. Wayne announced that the schedule for Eucharistic Adoration will be changed to Wednesdays from 3-4 PM starting Sept. 16.  He hopes to have Williams and MCLA students participating.

Community/Hospitality:

Meeting opened with comments concerning the great job being done by the Tag Sale group.

Most of the discussion concerned the Ministry Fair later this month. Many ideas were presented. There is no lack of ideas. The major problem is finding an artsy person to produce posters.

Administration: