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Meet St. Thomas' new Minister for Children and Youth
Vestry Highlights - Junel 2008
Financial Report: David reported the year to date expenses were close to the budgeted amounts. He said that year to date revenue was $24,000 under budget.
Fund-raising: Lori reported that the plant sale/craft fair went well, netting $2,500. Lori thanked Bonnie Klem profusely for all of her work on the sale. She also thanked Sally Hack for her work on the sign advertising the sale.
Relationship with the Diocese: Allie Grimes eloquently briefed the vestry on the diocesan youth program. The vestry hoped that Allie would have further opportunity to communicate her experience to our younger youth, because she was so inspiring.
Organ Proposal: The vestry gratefully accepted an offer by Pat and David Smith to fund work on our organ, replacing the console and adding pipes overhead. This will allow the organ a more focused sound, and will reduce the idiosyncrasies that Walter must battle while playing it. An article in an upcoming issue of the Messenger will describe the organ renovation in more detail.
Engineering Proposals: The Vestry gratefully accepted an anonymous offer to fund two projects connected to the work of the Long Range Planning Committee. In the first, an engineering firm will study the feasibility and cost of bringing sewer to St. Thomas’. In the second, an architect will develop a possible structural plan for the expansion of our sanctuary. Any long-range plan for St. Thomas needs to consider whether to bring sewer to the property and whether to expand the sanctuary, but today we do not even have a ballpark notion of what either one would cost. These two projects are limited in scope and will simply provide information about feasibility and cost to facilitate future discussion and to help develop a long-range vision for the church.
Worship Committee: Lionel reported on discussion in the Worship committee of adding an informal service at St. Thomas’ on Saturday evenings. The vestry agreed that such a service might broaden our appeal to youth and young adults and could prove a useful offering.
Mini-Meeting: Plans were discussed for the mini-meeting to be held on June 8th, after the Youth Sunday Service. The meeting is to heighten parish awareness of our long-term maintenance needs.
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