Parish Council Meeting
Meeting Minutes

March 15, 2016

Present:	Sheryl Rose, Doris Brandner (Chair), Samantha Smith (Secretary), Judy Black, Maureen Scaglia, Murray McCartan, Sue Loeffler
Next meeting: April 19, 2015

I.Opening Prayer

II.Capital Campaign Update

• Up to $1,000,000 in committed pledges
• Let parish know that any additional money would be ear marked for future improvements
• Two phone-a-thon nights:  March 22^nd and March 28^th
• Commitment Weekend is April 2-3
• Final mailing possible to parishioners after Commitment Weekend
• After April a small follow up committee will form to secure pledges who were out of town February-April

III.Steering Committee

• Volunteers for the steering committee- approx. 5 to 6 people
• Volunteers for the follow up committee-looking for approx. 6 people

IV.Rummage Sale

• Found volunteers to take over being chairs on this
• Signage Improvement is needed
• Use of social media to get the information out to the public

V.Grow Statements

• Vision Statement 1: 1 Will have a fully functional pastoral council & parish structure defined- Covered
• Vision Statement 2: 2 Will have a fully employed appropriate forms of media/communication for the purpose of assuring fullest possible communication to the parish- Partially Covered
• Vision Statement 3: Would have 95 new households by end or fiscal year 2017-no numbers yet
• Vision Statement 4: Will have 25% more active parishioners-possibly be a 2017 parish pastoral council discussion on how to measure this
• Vision Statement 5: Will have increased giving to 100% of the parish-goal is not yet reached for the numbers but the 3 points to measure this has been successful
• Vision Statement 6: Will have Parish Faith Formation well defined, intentional and begun implementation that covers multi-generations-have a commission & need to continue to focus on engagement

VI.Committee/Commission Updates

• 75 attended the Senior Luncheon on 3/15/16
• Faith Formation-Lent event was a success
• Finance-meeting on 3/17