St. John Paul II Parish Council Agenda February 26, 2019 I. Open with prayer – First 15 II. Approval of Minutes III. Additions to Agenda IV. Business Manager Report – John Frossard – attached V. Finance Report – Jonathan Cooper – VI. Commission Reports a. Christian Service – Wayne Rieger – attached b. Faith Formation – Vicki Huffman- attached c. Parish Life – Linda Hunter – attache d. School/Daycare – attached e. Spiritual Life – Dinah Tichy – attached f. Stewardship – attached g. Youth Ministry – Lora Aria/Krista Campisano – attached VII. Old Business a. Strategic Planning – Jonathan Cooper b. Discussion of funding for emergencies from General Fund c. Update on new church worship space – Fr. Tom d. Update on new car raffle – Fr. Tom/John Frossard e. Divine Renovation team – Fr. Tom VIII. New Business a. Structure of Parish Council – Fr. Tom IX. Father Tom’s Comments X. Parish Council Member Comments XI. Adjourn and close with prayer
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St. John Paul II Parish Council Agenda February 26, 2019
I. Open with prayer – First 15
II. Approval of Minutes
III. Additions to Agenda
IV. Business Manager Report – John Frossard – attached
V. Finance Report – Jonathan Cooper –
VI. Commission Reports
a. Christian Service – Wayne Rieger – attached b. Faith Formation – Vicki Huffman- attached c. Parish Life – Linda Hunter – attache d. School/Daycare – attached e. Spiritual Life – Dinah Tichy – attached f. Stewardship – attached g. Youth Ministry – Lora Aria/Krista Campisano – attached
VII. Old Business
a. Strategic Planning – Jonathan Cooper
b. Discussion of funding for emergencies from General Fund
c. Update on new church worship space – Fr. Tom
d. Update on new car raffle – Fr. Tom/John Frossard
e. Divine Renovation team – Fr. Tom
VIII. New Business
a. Structure of Parish Council – Fr. Tom
IX. Father Tom’s Comments
X. Parish Council Member Comments
XI. Adjourn and close with prayer
St. John Paul II Parish Council Minutes January 22, 2019
Present: Fr. Tom Janelle Lewis John Frossard – Business Manager Dave Lobeck Lora Aria Dinah Tichy Don Day Christina Wheatley Vicki Huffman Mike Winebrenner Linda Hunter Absent: Jonathan Cooper, Bill Harrison, Art Pratt, Wayne Rieger Guest: Virginia Townsend
I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm by Janelle Lewis. The First Fifteen discussion followed. II. Approval of Minutes: Minutes were approved. III. Additions to Agenda: None IV. Business Manager Report– report submitted. John Frossard explained the highlights of the financials. V. Finance Report – report submitted. VI. Commission Reports
A. Christian Service – Wayne Rieger – report submitted B. Faith Formation – Vicki Huffman –committee has not yet met this month D. Parish Life – Linda Hunter – report submitted E. School Commission and Preschool/Daycare –-reports submitted F. Spiritual Life – Dinah Tichy – report submitted G. Stewardship – report submitted H. Youth Ministry– Lora Aria - report submitted. Lora and Krista Campisano will be sharing as
Youth Commission representatives.
VII. Old Business A. Divine Renovation – the team has been hard at work and is beginning to implement ideas.
They are now looking at ways to improve liturgies. B. Update on meetings for new worship space – Design Team meetings are ongoing. There
will be a parish assembly on January 27 to present the final design to the parish. C. Old Rectory – Parish member Virginia Townsend read a letter she had composed to the
Council stating her suggestions for the future of the rectory at St. Joe. Fr. Tom told her that they have not given up on finding a non-profit to take over the expenses of operating the building. Virginia also suggested putting printed copies of the Council packet in the back of church. It is currently posted on the Church’s website. Mary Lynn Green will take care of this. Copy of letter attached.
D. New Parish Council Members – Fr. Tom asked that the Council consider discussing the Council structure at the February meeting. He does not believe the current model is working as
well as needed. Commission members Dinah Tichy, Linda Hunter and Vicki Huffman had varying opinions on how they feel about the commission representation.
E. Strategic Planning – The Finance Committee is beginning to explore this topic. Fr. Tom said Jonathan Cooper would need to explain the process at a future meeting.
F. Parish Raffle – John Frossard said the ticket sales are around $62,000 at the present time. Fr. Tom is hoping his goal of $100,000 will be reached. The raffle committee is going to move forward with social media advertising.
VIII. New Business A. Evangelization Questions from Archdiocese – Fr. Tom asked for feedback on questions
posed by the Archdiocese as they update a pamphlet. See next page.
IX. Fr. Tom’s Comments – Fr. Tom said the Parish Life Commission will be sponsoring a Chili Lunch after the March 3 early bird drawing for the raffle and asked for volunteers to make chili. Since the Connected in the Spirit process we have been partnered with St. Francis Xavier in Henryville and St. Michael in Charlestown. Two members from St. Francis and one from St. Michael will now be attending our Stewardship Commission meetings to collaborate on upcoming opportunities that each parish will be able to enact individually. St. John Paul II has received a grant from the Archdiocese for $40,000 to be used for the purchase and repair of the stained glass windows from Holy Cross in Indianapolis for the new church worship space. SJPII will get $20,000 and St. Phillip Neri (which is the parish Holy Cross became a part of) will get $20,000. X. Parish Council member comments – Mike Winebrenner asked about the plans for finding a replacement for Ruth Lile, Preschool and Childcare Director, who is retiring in June. Fr. Tom said school principal Karen Haas was in the process of setting up a search committee. XI. Closing Prayer and Adjournment–. Meeting adjourned at 8:47 pm. Next meeting will be February 26 in the old School Building at St. Joe Hill.
Evangelization Questions from Archdiocese Table of Sharing 1 of 3 Think about a devoted disciple of Jesus in your life. What is it about their livesthat captures your attention? What qualities does he or she have? A giving spirit Pray before they act
Selfless Excited about their religion/faith Brave Can-do/positive attitude Advice comes from their faith Welcoming Spirit – feel drawn to them Grace Live it before they preach it Good listener Walk the walk Compassionate and merciful Heart
Table of Sharing 2 of 3 What key behaviors and habits do disciples of Jesus have? What sort of things do you do because you are a disciple of Jesus? What kind of things do you not do because of your disciple relationship to Jesus? Daily prayer Others before self Mass as a priority Good stewards with moral convictions Service to others Integrity Table of Sharing 3 of 3 How is your life different because of your disciple relationship with Jesus? Share briefly about the power and beauty of having a disciple relationship with Jesus? Trust – putting trust in Jesus
My problems are smaller when I trust Jesus Faith that things happen for a reason Comforting Gratitude is key Seeing things happen but know at the end of the day, it will be okay Allowing God to lead me through each moment
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ST JOHN PAUL II
INCOME STATEMENT
For the Seven Months Ended
31-Jan-19
2/8/2019
Jan-19 For the 7 Months Ended 01/31/2018
REVENUES YTD 2018-19 YTD % 2018-19
PARISH INCOME Actual Budget Variance Variance Budget
Total Fund Principal and Excess Cash Received $ 3,770,834 $ 3,502,591 $ 268,242
Total Temporarily Restricted $ - $ - $ -
Total Permanently Restricted $ - $ - $ -
Total Restricted Funds $ - $ - $ -
Total Liabilities, Fund Principal, & Restricted Funds $ 3,770,834 $ 3,502,591 $ 268,242
Restricted Funds
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Christian Service Commission St. John Paul II Catholic Church
Meeting Minutes for January 23, 2019
Attended by Linda Pratt, Barbara Smith, Bob Burkholder, Suzanne Corum, Craig Burcham and Mag Young The First 15 was lead by Bob
1. Financial Report
• November and December financial reports were reviewed.
• $500.00 donation of food cards was approved for Center for Lay Ministries. In the past the Jeffersonville Meijer has matched the donation through their “Simply Give” program. Linda will purchase them.
2. Ministry Reports
• Community Kitchen – Everything is running smoothly. Thanks, Bob, for Community Kitchen pix!
• Habitat – They have picked 4 dates to help with builds. There are also some special builds
coming up such as an Apostle’s build. Suzanne hopes we can be one of the sponsoring
churches. We designated the April Outreach Collection to go to this build. Suzanne also hopes
to get a crew together to assist with the build.
• SVdP – They are hosting training on Nov. 26th for approximately 45 people from Indianapolis
and south.
3. Old Business
• Outreach recipients were assigned for the 3nd quarter. i. April – Habitat for Humanity, Southern IN
ii. May – St. Elizabeth/Catholic Charities iii. June – Crusade for Children (100%)
• Morning of Service is scheduled for Saturday, October 19, 2019. We will put a “Save the Date” in the bulletin. Committees will be outlined at the March meeting.
4. New Business
• We discussed Fr. Tom’s suggestion of a Hot Chocolate Ministry. We could not figure out the logistics.
Closing prayer Next meeting scheduled for March 27, 2019, @ 6 PM in the Conference Room on St. Joe Campus.
St. John Paul II Faith Formation Commission Meeting Minutes
Thursday, January 24, 2019 6:30 pm
First Fifteen Reflection led by Duane Stickler
Members present : Kristina Seipel, Vicki Huffman, Carolyn Lanham, Lynell Chamberlain, Barbara Nicol, Anne Cristiani ,
Duane Stickler
Approval of November minutes- motion made by Carolyn Lanham and seconded by Lynell Chamberlain
1. Programs/Activities
a. Ongoing Program Updates
1. K-12 Religious Education - Religious Ed was cancelled on Jan 20 due to weather; Circle of Grace lessons
are used so they are moving on with curriculum. Kristina is teaching the 7-8 grade and enjoying it.
First Communion is the weekend of April 27.
2. Confirmation process is a little different using the new program model. Interested parties must write a
letter to Father Tom. The first small group has been formed with Fr Tom and Marlene Stammerman as
facilitators.
Kristina and Dawn had the first meeting on Jan 21st– Around 20 kids total preparing--- 2 with special
needs and 16 -18 others . Must attend 40 Sunday Masses.
3. RCIA –All leaders are wonderful and Kristina especially thanks and complimented Lynell! Rite of Election
is March 9 at St Augustine’s for the RCIA folks and their families. . There will be a special blessing and
Bishop Thompson will be there.
4. Adult Faith Formation Update -> Sue Grenough – speaker and writer - after the course on St Paul.
5. Course on St Paul is during lent for 4 weeks on Wednesday mornings – March 20-April 10 from 9:30 -11
at St Joe campus.
6. Marriage Enrichment –Nov 17th fall event was enjoyed by those that attended. Late March is a target
date for another enrichment event.
7. Nursery/CLOW - 9:30 and 11:15 masses – 9:30 mass is has volunteers and is going good . Committee
discussed the lack of volunteers for the 11:15 mass and discussed proposing to Fr Tom and team to have
the nursery only available at the 9:30 mass because of lack of volunteers at 11:15. Anne C recently called
all volunteers and parents and there still are not enough volunteers on a regular basis.
Committee also discussed the possibility of suggestions for parents with young children when bringing
their kids into church for mass
8. Formed.org - 205 parishioners are now on the site. The confirmation group uses the site as does Anne’s
small group. Anne shared that there are documents , information and videos in relation to the weekly
readings. Witness statements can be made.
9. Dec 1st Breakfast with Santa went very well. Thanks to members who helped out ! Kids were interested
in the activities and parents really seemed to like the take-home and calendar. Since we have plenty we
may decide to use same craft(s) again in 2019.
10.Lent activities and materials - Dolores is ordering and filling the Reading racks for both campuses;
See above for Sue’s study dates and times
2. Other
a. Faith Formation Membership - Due to some members reaching the end of their 2nd term the
commission needs to recruit (pray for and prey on) parishioners to become new members! Suggestions
always welcomed ! Barbara stated she will stay for a 2nd term. Cheryl will be ending her 2nd term this
year..
b. Upcoming Parish Activities- Jan 27 – 3pm at St Paul campus -. A look at the new church design.
March 23 – Women’s Conference at the Indianapolis Convention Center.
February 23 - Men’s Conference
c. Love Ed – Kristina introduced and spoke about this program for our youth. There will be upcoming
parent/youth meetings and information to equip parents on how to talk to their youth in regards to
Family, life - virtues , love , sex . Parent meeting Feb 10. Joe Lynch will facilitate the boys and Stephanie
Dethy will facilitate the girls- 2 age groups 9-11 and 11-14. There are video and books.
d. DRE remarks – Easter is April 21 this year. St Mary of the Knobs is hosting Chris Stefanick /”Reboot” 7-
9:30 pm- Have to purchase tickets. See parish website for information
e. Member remarks - Discussed the “philosophies” of Divine Renovation as some members had questions.
3. Closing Prayer led by Kristina Seipel
Next Meeting date: Thursday, March 7, 2019 6:30 pm
Minutes
Parish Life Commission Meeting
St. John Paul II Parish
February 12, 2019
A Parish Life Commission meeting was held at 5:00 PM on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, in the
Upstairs Conference Room of the Parish Office Building at the St. Joe Hill Campus in
Sellersburg, Indiana.
The following members of the Parish Life Commission were present: Fr. Tom Clegg, Betty J.
Popp, Cathy Thomas., Pat Millman, Ron Platt and Linda Hunter.
Fr. Tom Clegg, the Parish Life Commission’s Pastoral Team Liaison, led the meeting. Linda
Hunter recorded the minutes.
Fr. Tom distributed and read The First Fifteen for Sunday, February 17, 2019 (Luke 6:17, 20-
26). After discussion regarding the gospel reading and beatitudes, the Glory Be prayer was
prayed.
Fr. Tom distributed the meeting agenda. The first item of business was the Newcomers
Welcome planned for Saturday, March 30, 2019, at 7:00 PM in the basement of the St. Paul
Chapel. Fr. Tom noted that plans are to hold a Newcomers Welcome in the future on the last
Sunday of every third month (March, June, September, December).
Linda Hunter provided a table of 2018 new parishioners prepared from a list received from
Barbara Smith, the Parish Secretary. Fr. Tom will have an invitation prepared for the
Newcomers Welcome and plans to mail the invitations on Wednesday, February 20, 2019.
Refreshments for the Newcomers Welcome will include wine provided by Fr. Tom. Cathy
Thomas will provide cheese trays, small bottled waters, wine glasses, lemonade and fruit punch.
Fr. Tom requested homemade pies and Cathy Thomas will coordinate with Rosella Klein to
make this happen. The estimated number of attendees at the Newcomers Welcome is 60.
The next item of discussion was the Chili Lunch/Raffle Drawing to be held on Sunday, March 3,
2019 after the 11:15 AM mass at the St. Paul Campus. Fr. Tom asked for names of chili
volunteers recruited. Below is a list of volunteers to date.
Parish Life Member Chili Volunteers
Betty J. Popp Lelia Popp
JoAnn Kime
Terry Popp
Parish Life Commission Minutes
February 12, 2019
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Parish Life Member Chili Volunteers
Fr. Tom Clegg Mike Winebrenner
Janelle Lewis
Mary Lynn Green
Tina Wheatley
Dave Lobeck
Cathy Thomas Connie Henderzahs
Lisa Combs
Linda Hunter Virginia Townsend
Rita Renn
Members were asked to call and remind their chili volunteers and request large (5-7 quarts)
crockpots of chili.
Fr. Tom will announce the Chili Lunch/Raffle Drawing at Mass and request parishioners to bring
a dessert to share. Cathy Thomas will prepare a bulletin announcement for the Chili
Lunch/Raffle Drawing.
Fr. Tom requested extra surge protectors be available for the chili lunch. Cathy Thomas will
provide crackers for the chili lunch.
The next item of discussion was the 2019 Parishioner Phone Tree planned for Lent 2019. The
purpose of the Parishioner Phone Tree is an attempt to touch base with all JPII parishioners with
the hope that parishioners feel more connected with the parish. The proposed dates for the
parishioner phone calls are April 8 through April 11 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday).
Fr. Tom will contact Marlene Stammerman to be sure that phones are set up. Call volunteers
will work from St. Joe Hill. It was suggested that an announcement be made that parishioners
should expect a call. Fr. Tom will confirm the dates with 5 Star Technology Company.
It is expected that each volunteer could make 30 calls each during the time period of 6:30 PM to
8:30 PM. Fr. Tom asked each person present to recruit 10 phone tree volunteers.
Date of Phone Tree Parish Life Commission Member
Monday, April 8, 2019 Cathy Thomas
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Betty J. Popp
Wednesday, April 10, 2019 Ron and Judy Platt
Thursday, April 11, 2019 Linda Hunter
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February 12, 2019
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Fr. Tom announced that the Groundbreaking for the church is still on schedule for May 19, 2019.
Rosella Klein will be in charge of the Pitch In at the Groundbreaking. This item will be
discussed further at the next meeting of the Parish Life Commission.
Below is a table of proposed future events with dates and notes:
Date
Day Event Location Notes
March 3, 2019
after 11:15
Mass
Sunday Chili
Lunch/Raffle
Drawing
St. Paul Campus
March 21,
2019
Thursday Ladies Club
Annual Card
Party
St. Joe Hill
Campus
Third Thursday of
March
March 30,
2019 at 7:30
PM
Saturday Newcomers
Welcome
St. Paul Campus Last Sunday of March
April 8-11,
2019
Monday-
Thursday
Parishioner Phone
Tree
St. Joe Hill
Campus
May 19, 2019 Sunday New Church
Groundbreaking,
Raffle and Pitch
In
St. Joe Hill
Campus
Food to gym at 1:00
PM; Groundbreaking
1:30 PM; lunch to
follow
The next Parish Life Commission meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, at 5:00 PM.
After closing prayers, the meeting adjourned at approximately 6:45 PM.
FEBRUARY 2019
Karen Haas
CURRICULUM/PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
• First Communion Preparation: The second graders are busy preparing for First Communion.
This past Saturday they spent time with their family praying and
painting stain glass pictures. Pray for them as they continue their
journey to April 27.
• 5th Grade Presents the Jungle Book: Many Language Arts and Art
Standards were covered as the students practiced and presented the
Jungle Book to students and parents.
• Professional Development: Several faculty and staff members became CPR
certified this month. Many thanks to long-time parishioner and friend of St.
John Paul II Catholic School, Dan Endris, for facilitating the training.
EVENTS
• February Family Friday: The presentation by the students in
the first grade classes focused on God’s Love and how we
show love at JPII Catholic School.
• Informal Information Session for Perspective Middle School Students: A wine and cheese
reception was held for parents to “Sip & Chat” and get the facts about middle school. The
event was attended by the parents of several fourth and fifth grade parents. The teachers
and I spoke about our middle school program and the parents were given time to ask
questions. Members of our School Commission spoke about the
blessing of having the academic rigor and safe environment of
JPII for the middle school years.
FUNDRAISING/MARKETING
• Parishioner Campaign: The School Commission is continuing a campaign to raise
awareness about our school to our parishioners. The campaign hopes to make all
parishioners feel welcome and encourage them to find out more about sending their
children to their parish school. Information for parishioners is in the bulletin each
week, and a full page flyer was included the day of the school’s Open House
(January 27). The School Commission welcomes input from the Parish Council on
how to encourage more parishioner families to become a part of this important
ministry of our parish. What better way to further our parish mission than to help
families grow in their discipleship through their children being a part of our school
family!
• Open House/New Student Registrations: Sunday, January 27 from 12:00-2:00 All are
invited to visit the parish’s school and see our current families and prospective
families as they enjoy time with the teachers. Cotton Candy and a Photo Booth
will be available for all!
• SpringFest 2019: Final plans for this family friendly event that will be held from noon to 4:00
p.m. on Sunday, March 10th . Come join us for Live Auctions, Silent Auctions, Lunch, and
Games for the Kids!
St. John Paul II Parish Council
Ruth Morrison–Lile
Preschool & Child Care Report
February 26, 2019
Enrollment Numbers • Enrollment for the 2018 – 2019 school year:
Daycare Budget 60 Actual 57
Preschool M/W/F Budget 34 Actual 29
Preschool T/TH Budget 14 Actual 19
Part Time Daycare Budget 8 Actual 17
After Care Full Time Budget 37 Actual 34
After Care Part Time Budget 13 Actual 15
Staffing • We welcome Barbara Mueller to the child care staff. She has accepted the 11 – 6
position we had advertised. We hope she finds her time spent nurturing the
children enjoyable and rewarding. We have two part time openings that we also
need to fill. The positions are 3:00 – 6:00 Monday thru Friday.
Accomplishments • We passed our semi-annual state inspection that was done in February.
• Christy Christman, Shelby Chanley, Amy Nail and Judi Parker attended the
teacher workshop, Breaking Through Barriers With Passion and Possibilities,
hosted by the West Clark Teachers. The workshop included breakfast, lunch and
some fabulous speakers. All walked away with some new ideas to share at our
February staff meeting.
Activities/Events • March 14 & 15 Preschool Pajama Parties
• March 18 – 29 Spring Break
Facility Issues • Metro Plumbing replaced a toilet in Child Care Bldg. #1.
Teacher/Parent Concerns • Registration is going on for currently enrolled children in all our programs.
• Open House & Registration went well. We registered some new families. We
continue to give tours and register for the 2019 – 2020 school year.
• Summer registrations continue to roll in daily. We have a total of 50 registered at
the present time.
Spiritual life Present: Jesse Schuler, Katie Thompson, Debbie Williams, Linda Helms, Dinah Tichy, Phyllis Burkholder Absent: Dolores Snyder, Terry and Mary Wright, Tina Wheatley Opening: First Fifteen Old Business: Holy Family Toolbox- Dolores has a lot of Lenten materials to go in the toolbox. Jesse will get them from her and make sure each box is stocked. Dinah will write a blurb for the bulletin once again explaining the toolbox and how to check it out. Jesse will move the toolbox plus a sign up sheet to the narthex( gathering space) of each campus to make the sign out simpler. We will evaluate this at the end of the school year to see if we need to improve on the concept. Spring/Fall Mission- Unfortunately there will not be a Spring Mission or Day of Reflection due to the unavailability of local presenters. Jesse will continue to look into possible presenters for a Day of Reflection for the Fall as well as getting a more popular Mission presenter for Spring 2020. He and Father will check out some possibilities at the LA Congress. Prayer Ministers- So far the term prayer ministers seems to help in the confusion over prayer partners now started at Mass. We still need more prayer ministers especially at the early Sunday Mass. World Day of Peace- Dinah asked Jesse to request September 21 for our World Day of Peace event if there is a calendar planning day during the summer. Once we get the okay we will begin more planning for a multi cultural rosary and ethnic pot luck dinner for that date. New Business: Divine Mercy Sunday- Phyllis has requested we return the Divine Mercy Sunday event to St Joe Hill campus in light of new interest generated by the Fall Day of Reflection by the Mulroneys on Divine Mercy. Phyllis will get a priest, Jesse has agreed to do the music and the program and the rest of our committee will furnish hospitality and refreshments. This will take place the second Sunday of Easter, April 28. Jesse's Report: While Jesse is not on the Divine Renovation team, his position as Director of Liturgy will be greatly influenced by their decisions and plans. Currently he is working with the Liturgy Commission to establish guidelines for Greeters and Ushers to bring both campuses in alignment. They will then do the same thing for Eucharistic ministers, Lectors, Servers and any other liturgical ministry. Once guidelines are established they will be presented to our commission for approval and from there go to the parish council. The goal of this work is Enhancing the Liturgical Experience for the whole parish. Along with that Jesse is hoping to enhance the school Mass experience and to add musical instruments to the weekend liturgies plus more Praise and Worship music that might appeal to the youth of our parish without sacrificing traditional music. Closing: Group Prayer
St. John Paul II Parish
1 Because I Believe . . .
Building God’s Kingdom by growing disciples and making disciples through love of God and neighbor.
St. John Paul II Stewardship Commission Meeting Minutes
February 6, 2019 @ 6:30 PM – St Joe Hill
Attendees: Fr Tom Clegg, Mag Young, Keith Thompson, Julie Eickholtz, Glenda Minnick, Ann Harbeson Absent – Yvonne Stutesman, Teresa Oberhausen, Chad Lyons, Joann Ettel Leadership: Chair- Keith Thompson Secretary: Ann Harbeson
I. Opening Prayer (First Fifteen) – Sunday February 10 Reading & reflection (read by Keith)
II. Introduction of Members – Keith, Julie Eickholtz & Glenda Minnick
III. Review of Stewardship Commission for New Members and 2019 Initiatives
a. Stewardship of Treasure Coming up Next b. Ideas
i. Father – 90 day tithe challenge (10% of income to tie for 90 days) offering is surplus (poster-Keith, pledge card-Keith, letter to the parish-Fr. Tom, bulletin-Mag)
1. Keith demonstrated how has this could work on the board - Total inc/50,000 (10%) 5000 – current giving (1040.00 – capital campaign 1200 = 90 day challenge= 2760/12 = 229.00 per month ($687 for 90 day)
ii. Glenda – discussed extra $5 per week iii. Keith – a set amount but not sure that this is doable
c. United Catholic Appeal – falls in Fall d. Spiritual Gifts Course (Saint Paul talks about 20 spiritual gifts) – Fall (August in 2019) -
$25 pp for booklets (4-2 hours) - Past Instructors: Fr Tom, Yvonne Stutesman, Katie Thompson
e. Joining Alpha program in Fall 2019.(August 15th anticipation Mass)
IV. Begin Discussion of Stewardship of Treasure: Because I Believe . . . I Give - Will be held the weekends of 5/4&5 (Derby) and 5/11&12 (Mother’s Day) (For Fiscal year July through June)
V. Upcoming Meeting Dates – moving from first Wednesday to second Thursday)
March 3/7 Thursday April 4/11 Thursday May 5/9 Thursday No meeting in June or December
VI. Closing Prayer – lead by Father Tom
St. John Paul II Parish
2 Because I Believe . . .
Building God’s Kingdom by growing disciples and making disciples through love of God and neighbor.
❖ Themes to Date o 2015-2016 Rediscover Jesus o 2016-2017 #Godswayintheburg o 2017-2018 Go Beyond Sunday o 2018-2019 Because I Believe
▪ I Pray – Time – Advent/December ▪ I Give – Treasure – April/May ▪ I Serve – Talent – August
❖ ACTION ITEMS o Stewardship of Treasure - 90 day tithe challenge (10% of income to tie for 90 days)
offering is surplus ▪ (poster-Keith, pledge card-Keith, letter to the parish-Fr. Tom, bulletin-Mag)
o Committee Roster changes: ▪ Remove Chad Lyons, St. Francis Xavier ▪ Add Emily Horine, St. Francis Xavier
Next Meeting: Thursday, 3/7/2019 @ 6:30 PM Our Vision Statement for St John Paul II Parishioners
1. People who have a personal relationship with Jesus and feel comfortable sharing their faith with
others. 2. People who are open to the gifts of the Holy Spirit in their lives. 3. People who have a knowledge and love of the scriptures. 4. People who know basic Catholic teaching. 5. People who are committed to daily prayer and can pray spontaneously when asked to do so. 6. People who are committed to Sunday Eucharist. 7. People who see their lives as given to God’s work.
“Managing God’s Resources, God’s Way, for the Glory of God”
Youth Ministry Commission Minutes
February 6, 2019
Present – Dawn Schepers, Jennifer Dunn, Jenn Hannon, Melissa Baker, Lora Aria, Stacy Richardson, Angie Hazen Absesnt – Krista Campisano
Meeting was opened with the First Fifteen Prayer and snacks. Welcome to Angie – a new member of the group!
Old Business
• Advent Bags – another successful year! Thanks to all those who helped put them together and deliver them. • School Visits – PHS and SCHS, JPII – Dawn reported that she visits PHS during lunch, SCHS during Youth for Christ
(YFCA) sessions, and during religion class at JPII. This allows her to get out and see youth while they are school. She usually takes a snack to distribute.
• Auto Care and Finance – potential future high school programs. • MS Make Up/Hair/Health/Self Esteem – middle school program that is being worked on. • Oversized Games (lock in potential or family fun night?) – discussion occurred as making it a family style event or
a potential lock-in/Friday night event for middle school and high school youth. • Athletic Update – all is well. Basketball season now, gearing up for Track, soccer and golf.
New Business
• Finals Study Bags – for high school youth. Dawn has had a few kids ask about getting service hours and she was going to offer it to them as an opportunity. Dawn will be putting the call out to help deliver them once they are ready and the time comes!
• NCYC - yes, that happens this fall in November and registrations will be coming soon. Dawn has talked to Fr. Tom and will be serving on the Arch Indy Steering Committee again this year.
• Summer Programming – school calendars were discussed as Catholic schools and public schools have different start dates again this year.
o Kings Island o Holiday World o Secret Service/Summer Daze (potential social is axe throwing for Secret Service, still looking into it.) o Trips – Campton Mission – Dawn has been asked to help with this by the NADYM Office – we do have
some youth interested in it as well, Haiti – Fr. Tom, OBOC (One Bread, One Cup at St. Meinrad) - youth have asked about going to
Dawn told the commission that she has a meeting scheduled with Fr. Tom to do a performance review. She did go over her goals and objectives with the committee so they were aware of what she was doing and looking towards.
