All Saints Catholic Church Leadership Night Minutes September 20, 2007 - 7:00 pm   I.                  Welcome & Prayer -Joe Bauer lead prayer II.                Committee Reports & Discussion (2 min report & 5 min discussion) A.    Building & Grounds (Tom B.)  The Stations of the Cross Path is in but the weeds are going to have to be controlled.  Tom will meet with Marcie Taylor, who has experience, and will help plan a Spring planting of hardy, low maintenance plants and flowers.  Donations of plants, flowers, and possibly benches will be needed.  A committee will be formed to discuss and review the policies for renting and use of the hall.  An issue that will be examined is hall/church entrance and access for people attending church and parties who have rented the hall. Ralph Fix is now making sure that all Saturday hall events start well after the end of the 4:00 pm Saturday Mass. Hilda Stariha is encouraging a group of young parishioners to help with maintenance in the parish cemetery. There are leaks in roof of the new building.  D& D Roofing has been asked to look at the problem.  Church parking needs to be restripped at an approximate cost of $1200.00. It was suggested that volunteers for the cost of materials could do the job.  Chris Rodeberger presented and the committee approved a proposal for decorating the church classrooms.  The classrooms will be decorated with themes that reflect the current place of the catechism students as they journey in the faith. Each classroom will feature a theme.  Each child will paint his artwork on one cinder block after first submitting the design on paper for teacher approval.  The classroom themes are:   1st Grade: Handprints 2nd Grade: Sacraments 3rd Grade: God in Nature 4th Grade: The Ten Commandments 5th/6th Grades: Books of the Bible and Sacraments 7th/8th/Grades: Gifts of the Spirit and Saints   B.   Christian Service (H. Weisneck) For the month of September, All Saints contributed 274 pounds of food and $475.00 (matched by Fremont Foundation) for total of $950 to NCCS. NCCS has presented a plaque to All Saints Church in addition to the one given to Fr. Tony. The plaque is already on display.  Helen Weisnick represented All Saints Church at the recent Food Resource Celebration.  The women of the parish donated five dozen cookies to the celebration. (Anna Skoczylas)  Father Peter started First Friday Visitation and everything went well. One Eucharistic Minister (Val) in the program is taking a teaching job but will be back in November.   C.   Education (Jill M) Classes begin next Wednesday, September 26th.  There are two new catechists: Denise Hudson (1st Grade) and Amy Zerfas (3rd Grade).  Amy will only be available until November.  Cecilia Hodge and Marj Redder are both notary publics and will be available October 3rd to notarize parent signatures on the Medical Treatment/Release forms required by the diocese.  Peggy will soon be able to run background checks on parishioners as needed. There is a new account with MSP.  The pop can and bottle drive is underway and the student food drive will start in November.  The students will line the halls in the classroom wing with their collected food.   D.   Finance (Arvie S. and Bob T.)  Copies of the balance sheet were distributed and explained.  There was discussion about saving 10 % of the hall rental income for a Hall Maintenance Fund.  The finance committee met with Father Peter this month.   E.     Liturgy (Joe B) Liturgical responsibilities have been distributed to four people.  The Adult Acolyte Program is going well and considering a program that would train and offer the opportunity to serve at mass to more of the youth in the parish.  Each student in catechism could go through acolyte training.  The music ministry continues to welcome and add new volunteers. Jane Drake has joined the program, and more participants are needed.  Liturgist/Eucharistic Minister Meeting will be Saturday, October 6th at 9:00 a.m.   F.    Parish Life (Tom B.)  The Annual Banquet and Auction is October 20 and invitations will be mailed by midweek. The 2nd Annual Volunteer Appreciation dinner is being planned for October 25 at Ramshorn Country Club.  Father Tony has been invited; invitations will be mailed the week after next.  There is a need for updated information on the Parish Staff for Parish notebook. Paul Burk took the pictures for the last staff information page.   III.              New Business A.    Revisiting Hall Policy - a committee will be formed to evaluate and clarify some policies concerning use of the hall. They will report findings at the November Leadership meeting. IV.             Old Business A.     Update Action Log B.    Community Calendar - Joe presented a very large calendar to on which all parish events could be written.  Joe will discuss with Jean its use and where it will be placed in the office. It is suggested that all events on the calendar also include the name and phone number of a contact person. C.    Minutes - posted to All Saints web site http://www.rc.net/grandrapids/allsaints/   Next Meeting:  Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 7:00 p.m. at All Saints.   September Attendees: Fr. Peter, Renee Krapp, Joe Bauer, Jill Mead, Helen Weisneck, Tom Bieberle, Bob Tubman, Arvie Shinavier, Sue Kittle, Sandy Luchies, Anna Skoczylas, Peg Bauer, Virginia Rogers.     Minutes submitted by Virginia Rogers, 9/22/07.  Reviewed and distributed by Renee Krapp, 9/28/07 & 10/1/07.

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