Joint Pastoral/Finance Council Meeting
December 13, 2018

 
Present:  Mike Tugman, Susan Tugman, Linda Gibson, Elizabeth Casteen, Greg Leonard, Winona Peoples, Heather Whited, Richard Pfeffer, Mike Richter, Tammy Gerstner, Dave Poole, Fr. Khoi
 
 
The meeting was called to order at 7pm with a prayer by Fr. Khoi.

1.  Fr. Khoi reviewed general financial information:

• General Checking: $10,808.99
• $6,894.24 after an anticipated $3,914.75 automatic ACH withdrawal for diocesan bills.
• Total Savings: $64,253.44
  • General Savings: $52,231.82 (1.50% interest)
  • Maintenance Savings: $12,021.62 (1.50% interest)
• Advancement Foundation: $7,279.00 (12/10/2018)
  • Expected to be $3,279.00 after the December $4,000 payment.

2.  Fr. Khoi reviewed the parish hall’s loan information:

• Outstanding Amount: $38,487.00 as of 12/12/2018
  • Interest Rate: 4.5% | Loan Term: 7 years
    • $56,923.86 as of 9/13/2018
    • $18,436.86 paid since September 13 (with the $38,487.00 balance)
  • Anticipated Amount:
    • $34,487.00 after the $4,000 December payment.
    • Hope to bring it down to $30,000.00 in January with December collection amounts.
    • Hope to pay off the loan by the end of FY2018-2019.

3.  Discussion Items:
   1. 50^th Anniversary Books – Fr. Khoi gave an update on sales.
   2. Parish Christmas party will be after Mass, December 16.
   3. Advent Reconciliation Service at St. Jude will be December 20.
   4. Parish participants will deliver meals for Meals on Wheels December 23, after Mass.
   5. Fr. Khoi reviewed the Christmas Mass schedule.  Sunday will be a regular Mass, as it’s the last day of Advent.
   6. Times for Christmas Masses at St. Jude will be in the bulletin.
4. Brainstorming Spring outreach project:
   1. One suggestion is to have a monthly senior get together to play games and socialize.
   2. Another suggestion is to make a request to the Ministerial Alliance proposing a system where all the churches in the Alliance who’d like to participate would take a Saturday rotation for Meals on Wheels delivery.
   3. Another suggestion – have our Parish participate in a meal serving at Faith Mission this spring.  Tammy Gerstner will call Faith Mission and ask about dates and duties.
5. The Lay Ministers’ schedule is blank for Christmas services.  It is requested that people sign up for the Mass they will be attending if they wish to participate.

After closing prayer, the meeting adjourned.