Our Lady of the Woods

Finance Council Minutes ~ February 9, 2010

Present: Lorraine Bailey, Fr. Don Dilg, Terry Lutz, Dale Schnitker, Vicki Rector, Todd Wiseman

Absent: Johnny Lopez, Keith Waggoner

Meeting called to order at 9:02 a.m. with a prayer led by Fr. Don

Welcome new members: Terry Lutz and Todd Wiseman. Plan to add one new member, possibly younger parishioner.

Preliminary questions and statements from new members:

• Solvency issues of Park State Bank queried. Tony Perry, President of Park State Bank, met separately with Lorraine Bailey and Vicki Rector. Both are satisfied that they are comfortable with the strategies and procedures PSB is taking to resolve its economic issues. As long as OLW keeps their funds within the FDIC insurance limits of $250,000, there is no concern at this time.
• Trust issues between OLW and St. P/St. V. Issues discussed and specific items explained, though not resolved as of end of meeting.

Financial Statements – St. Peter/St. Victor

• No significant issues
• Reviewed, discussed, accepted

Proposal for refurbishing kneelers at St. Victor (see attached).

• Estimate by Art Bordage for $939.
• Decision to agree if actual proposal comes in under $1,000.

Financial Statements – Our Lady of the Woods

• No significant issues
• Reviewed, discussed, accepted

Analysis of Contributions (see attached document)

• Document is of interest. Might be useful for parish distribution.
• Suggest some changes to document; will repeat for next meeting for further discussion.
• 39% of parishioners contribute; national average is 40%
• Goal is to cultivate responsible discipleship in supporting parish better. This is the message … not to increase giving solely.

Membership

• Maturation of terms of current members are set at:
  • December 2010 – Lorraine Bailey
  • December 2011 – Johnny Lopez
  • December 2012 – Dale Schnitker and Terry Lutz
  • December 2013 – Todd Wiseman

Planned Giving … diocese has plan to promote this sort of contributions. Copies given to council members.

Finance Council Chairperson will be elected at next month’s meeting.

Meeting Dates are SECOND Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m. Next meeting will be March 9, 2010.

Adjourned 10:06 a.m. with prayer led by Lorraine

Respectfully Submitted

Vicki Rector, Business Manager

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Review of the OLW Spirituality Book Club of Monday, February 15, 2010

“Doomsday Book” by Connie Willis.

Everyone reports they were very glad they read this one. To learn about the black death in 1348 as well as an account of what people might do when dealing with a plague in 2054. All was intensely interesting and insightful. Most readers noted about the ways people react to the most terrible situation. Those who run or deny, and then those who stay and inspire dignity in the most disastrous and horrendous of situations. The question is “What would I do? How would I react?” Yes, a spiritual question about living in the reality of dreadfulness. The ending was a surprise also.

Our next meeting is the 2^nd Monday of month as usual (weather permitting) which is March 8, 6:30 p.m. in admin building.

The book chosen is Roger Housden’s “Ten Poems to Change Your Life”. A “soul’s journey” book to fit with our book club theme.

OK we all hate poetry …. There are those recurring nightmares of teachers trying to make us “see the inner vision of what the poet is seeing” and all that stuff.

In this book Housden just outright tells us what the poem means …. easy stuff. I’ve copied a brief review below and the list of poems in the book.

Review

“In Ten Poems to Change Your Life Housden offers a unique map for the Soul’s journey and encourages us to begin. Accessible, elegant, luminous, and wise, this book is Soul food.”
– Rachel Naomi Remen, M.D., author of Kitchen Table Wisdom and My Grandfather’s Blessings – Review

The Dark Night by St. John Of The Cross
Zero Circle by Jalal Ad-din (jalaluddin) Ar-rumi
The Time Before Death by Kabir
Last Gods by Galway Kinnell
Last Night As I Was Sleeping by Antonio Machado Ruiz
For The Anniversary Of My Death by William Stanley Merwin
The Journey by Mary Oliver
Ode To My Socks by Naftali Ricardo Reyes Basuato
Love After Love by Derek Walcott
Song Of Myself by Walt Whitman

February 19th, 2010 | Tags: book, Book Club, doomsday, meeting, spirituality, ten poems | Category: Book Club - Focus on Spirituality | Leave a comment

Online Ministry Rosters

The first topic focused on using the automated trade system.  Of course there are times that you can not do that, especially at the last minute.

The Web Terminal also contains contact information for others in your ministry. Most ministry leaders have provided this information in the past, and probably still will. But, for times when you don’t have that list handy, you can get this information 24/7 from the Web Terminal.  Simply login, and click on the “Rosters” tab.  There you will see a roster for each Liturgical ministry in the system.

Your contact information is of course password protected, and only other liturgical ministers have access to this information.

If you wish to update your displayed contact information, you can use the “My Profile” tab.  Any updates should be posted to the Roster within a week.

Tip:  Would you like to receive schedule reminders at more than one e-mail address?  Simply enter multiple e-mail address separated by a comma.

To login in to the Ministry Scheuling Web Terminal, simply access the Parish Website and click on Ministries…Ministry Schedule. 

Roster information in the Web Terminal is for ministry use only.  Please respect the privacy of your fellow parishioners and do not use this information for solicitation purposes.

February 16th, 2010 | Tags: directory, list, ministry, profile, roster, scheduling | Category: Ministries | Leave a comment

Automated Substitutes and Trades

You may now use the “Ministry Scheduling Web Terminal” to assist in finding a substitute when necessary.  You can use the automated system, or log in to see contact information for other ministers.

This note focuses on automated substitutes and trades.  Note the automated system described here is one option for getting a substitute.  You are not required to use it … however it does save you much time on phone calls. This system targets only those who are in a position to accept your request.

Let’s use an example to explain this system.  Suppose the following ministers are all Extraordinary Ministers on June 14th

Alec A — Scheduled as Cup

Carol C — Scheduled as Cup

Bobby B — Scheduled as Host

Emily E — Scheduled as Lector

Fay F — Scheduled as Lector

George G — Not Scheduled on June 14th

Dave D — Not Scheduled on June 14th

Now suppose that Alec A can no longer serve on June 14th.  He can log into the Web Terminal and click on the “My Schedules” tab to see his current schedule.  By the listing for June 14th, he can click “Request Sub”.  He could also have done this from the original e-mail he was sent with his schedule.

The system will automatically e-mail those who could help him: in this case Dave D, Emily E, and George G.  Bobby B and Carol C would not receive e-mails since they already EMs on that day and can not fill in for Alec.  In addition, Fay F could not fill in because she is a Lector. 

The request would also show up in the “My Schedules” section of the Web Terminal for Dave D, and George G.  They can click on the “Volunteer Now” link in the e-mail for web terminal to fill in for Alec A.  When they do so, they also have the opportunity to offer to trade one of their other dates (if any).

Once a substitute is found, the schedule is automatically updated in the web terminal.  Plus, weekly reminder e-mails will now be based on the updated schedule.

Pros of the system:
Quick and easy to use
E-mails go only to those who can fill in
Anyone checking their schedule online who can fill in can see your request
Automatic E-mail confirmations of the substitution
Schedule on web terminal and future reminders automatically updated

Cons:
You can not request a trade with a specific minister or date/time
Not as personal as a phone call or talking to someone at Mass

At any time … feel free to Call Vicki at 687-9345 with any comments or questions.

February 16th, 2010 | Tags: directory, list, ministry, profile, roster, scheduling | Category: Ministries | Leave a comment

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Present: Lorraine Bailey, Fr. Don Dilg, Dale Schnitker, Vicki Rector

Absent: Johnny Lopez, Keith Waggoner, Terry Lutz

Meeting called to order at 9:03 a.m. with a prayer led by Fr. Don

Financial Statements – St. Peter/St. Victor

• Terry Lutz who represents P/V is not able to attend this meeting.
• Copies of these reports are:
  1. Sent by e-mail as .pdf attachments to P/V leadership each month
  2. Snail mail copy is sent to Terry Lutz as he does not have e-mail capability
  3. Copy of financials are printed and made available to parishioners at back of church.
• Reviewed, discussed, accepted

Financial Statements – Our Lady of the Woods

• Reviewed, discussed, accepted

Membership

• Maturation of terms of current members are set at:
  • December 2010 – Lorraine Bailey
  • December 2011 – Johnny Lopez
  • December 2012 – Dale Schnitker & new members who start Jan 2010
• Persons submitted to Fr. Don for membership for appointment to Finance Council: Michelle Babinski, Sheri Basey, Ted Bonner, Mary Gonzales, Mary Koziol, Paulette Krueger, Karen Leute, Paula Levy. Greg Schilling, Todd Wiseman
• Discussion ensued. Fr. Don will call those whose names surfaced in discussion to offer membership to two new members.
• New members will receive copy of last 12 months’ minutes, last month’s financial statements, Diocesan “Norms for Parish Finance Councils”

Renovations Report

• Bishop Sheridan responded to request for renovations with approval.
• All proposed renovation address only health and safety issues
• Total approximate estimated cost around $76,000. May run to $100K.
• Expenditure comes from available Capital Improvement funds

Building project … Coordinating Committee

• A town meeting will be set for the middle of January … Same meeting held on January 16 and January 18.

Meeting Dates changed to SECOND Tuesday of each month at 9:00 a.m.

Next meeting will be February 9, 2010.

Adjourned 10:00 a.m. with prayer led by Vicki R.

Respectfully Submitted

Business Manager

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