Stewardship Council July 2014 minutes
July 10, 2014
Stewardship Council
The meeting was called to order and Fr. Warren opened with a
prayer.
Members present:
Mary Kling
Brenda Langdon
Donny Kazmsier
Sheryl Giesel
Mary Mitchell
Elaine Coulson
Absent: Sister Rebecca
Mary Mitchell volunteered to serve as Secretary.
Old Business:
Assignments were reviewed from the meeting with the Bishop.
Donny - he identified 3 potential candidates
Maurice Schaller
Regis Lopata
Tom Giesel
- Article for Bulletin
Stewardship is about gifts to share, Time/Talent
The reward is not for yourself, it's helping others.
Involvement makes you part of the family.
Mary -has not prepared the Stewardship notes for the
Bulletin. Pam publishes the bulletin on Thursdays, so
the submission needs to be done with that deadline in mind.
Brenda - Requested clarification regarding the Commitment
forms. Fr. Warren suggested Googling the internet to look at
different forms for varying formats. Donny noted that the
DOC service was not listed on the Stewardship Activities.
Mary noted that she and Sr. Rebecca plan
on attending Great Bend's stewardship Fair on 8/16. Mary
will email the date and time in case anyone wants to attend.
We discussed ways to share stewardship ideals and agreed
that Sacred Heart Parish is not large enough to support a
fair. Fr. Warren shared an option to have short
presentations after Communion. Mary K. prepared a directory
with contact people listed and requested help in confirming
names.
Sheryl and Mary K. - Mary passed out a copy of the Directory
to each member. She based the format on a directory she had
from St. Anne's Parish in Wichita.
Sheryl asked if any of the different committees have their
own Mission Statement.
Liturgy Commission contact needs to be changed .
Endowment Board - new person has not yet been assigned.
Adult Religious Formation - Sr. Rebecca or Sr. Irene
Property - Bob Haymaker
*Need to add RCIA - Regis Lopata
*Ministry to DOC/LJCF/LSH - Parish Office. Should be
separate from Ministry due to different skill set than home
bound, elderly, sick.
Knights of Columbus contact is Brian Haberman, 620-285-5507
*Administrative Support
- Clerical Support, newsletter assistance
- Webpage Editor
- Social Media
Ministry to Elderly/Sick/Homebound - Sr. Rebecca
Ministerial Duties - Pam
Discussed inclusion of teens becoming lectors.
They would need training and would need to be
available for regular
scheduling. Eucharistic Ministers require commissioning. No
age requirement to be an Usher.
*Environmental Enhancement - Altar flowers, outside
maintenance
*Food Bank
*Church Cleaning - discussed semi-annual.
Youth Activities -Coaches and Assistants for Sports
Mary will revise and email to members who should review and
comment.
If any other categories are identified, contact Mary K.
Donny will prepare an article for the Parish Newsletter.
New Business:
a) Rotation for Stewardship Council was discussed and determined that members will be elected. Numbers were drawn with the 2 1 year members being eligible for reinstatement if they choose to run again.
Mary Kling - 3
Brenda Langdon - 3
Mary Mitchell - 1
Donny Kazmaier - 2
Sheryl Giessel - 2
Elaine Coulson - 1
b) Include youth in Stewardship Program?
We discussed initiation of a monthly youth mass
We discussed incorporating youth activities in teh Time/Talent form. Fr. Warren suggested making a different colored line that is geared toward the youth. It was brought out that during the Young Adult social, mothers requested year round Children's Liturgy of the Word. This would be an area for youth to sign up to volunteer rather than being assigned.
c) Elaine will work on writing a Stewardship Prayer.
d) Dates to remember:
August 23rd - Stewardship Conference in Dodge City.
Mary Mitchell
Secretary
Stewardship Committee
620-804-3578
