Bishops Committee meeting

In attendance: Johnnette Shane, Kevin Minch, Sally West, Alec Zier, Steve Reiser, Julie Seidler, Karen Henness, Krista Baker Call to order: !"#" $!enin% !rayer $cto&er's #inutes (ere unani#ously a!!roved" Re!orts: )icar's re!ort: We held t(o intervie(s *or acco#!anists *or the choir, &oth o* (ho# (ere %ood" Johnnette intends to hold a &ook %rou! *or !eo!le in recovery" K+)$ (ill co#e on +uesday to do a se%#ent on the do% !otty station" +he $asis #eetin% (as (ell attended and use*ul" Johnnette (rote to the $asis !eo!le a&out our #eetin%" All Saints' service (as (ell attended and success*ul" Julia and Cindy are dele%ates to the ,iocesan convention ne-t (eek" +he )icar received three di**erent %rant C./s that (e could consider" Bo&'s &est *riend died, and he a!!reciates su!!ort *ro# +rinity *olk" Joanne's situation since her *all is di**icult, &ut she needs a s!okes!erson (ith her doctors" +he co##ittee discussed (hat (e can !otentially do" Bisho!'s (arden: no re!ort as Kevin has 0ust recently returned *ro# e-tensive travels" Junior (ardens' re!ort: Ma0or (ork is near co#!letion on renovatin% the church *ront doors, thanks to 1len, (ith &i% hel! *ro# Alec" Julie is !lannin% a lea*2rakin% !arty3 Canter&ury Clu& re!ort: As #any as si- and as *e( as t(o !eo!le have attended the Canter&ury Clu& #eetin%s" Kathryn (ill &e a(ay ne-t se#ester" +reasurer's re!ort: +his year's inco#e is lookin% &etter than e-!ected, lar%ely &ecause our !late inco#e is #uch hi%her this year" +he e-!ected de*icit is #uch s#aller" See re!orts" +he 45,677 %rant (e received (ent to the architect's *ees"

$ld &usiness: Bisho!'s co##ittee no#inations ,iscussion ensued a&out (hether Kevin should &e reno#inated as Bisho!'s (arden" Sally e-!ressed reservations a&out &ein% reno#inated *or &isho!'s co##ittee" Annual #eetin% is set *or January 89, 87 : ;e-t &isho!'s co##ittee #eetin% (ill &e .riday, ,ece#&er <, 9 !"#" at Krista's house" ;e( &usiness: $utreach co##ittee=events o 4 777 Millenniu# ,evelo!#ent 1oals allocation>(hat do (e (ant it to %o to(ards? o Johnnette !ro!osed (e !ick the cate%ory (e (ant to su!!ort and have su&co##ittees investi%ate charities and re!ort &ack" Maternal health (as chosen" Alec and Julie (ill &e the su&co##ittee" We have traditionally su!!orted three !ro0ects at Christ#as" ,o (e (ant to continue all three? o Mitten tree, Adair county *oster *a#ilies an%el tree, and @ncle Al's nuts" We (ill continue the *irst t(o de*initely, and see i* ,iane really (ants to continue @ncle Al, (hich is a lot o* (ork" /ro!osed &ud%et Krista !resented a 87 : &ud%et that is &alanced" /led%es are u! al#ost 4A777, even thou%h (e have the sa#e nu#&er o* !led%es total Bso#e !eo!le have le*t, others have 0oinedC" We need to vote on the &ud%et at the ne-t #eetin%" Addressin% hun%er in Adair County o Cherie is ste!!in% do(n *ro# coordinatin% the *ood &ank, so (e need a re!lace#ent" o +(o #eetin%s have taken !lace a#on% several churches' cler%y and Central D ;E Missouri *ood &ank re!resentative, to talk a&out coordinatin% *ood deliveries" I* (e had #ore s!ace, (e could %et truckloads o* *ood at a tenth o* the cost over &uyin% retail at Hy2)ee" We (ould need a location (ith at least 7,777 sFuare *eet and a (alk2in *reeGer" Johnnette has su%%ested that i* (e could collectively %et that &i% a &uildin%, then (hy not have a second *loor *or transitional housin%, etc", *or local ho#eless !eo!le" A 67 2C< co##ittee could look into doin% this as a coordinated e**ort a#on% churches" +here (ill &e a #eetin% at +rinity at noon on ,ece#&er 8 B+hursdayC" /lannin% #eetin%: We (ill need to !lan a ti#e *or this B!ossi&ly in .e&ruaryC ne-t ti#e" /rayer Ad0ourn at 8:66