MINUTES OF THE PPC MEETING HELD ON WEDNESDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2006 IN THE PARISH SOCIAL CENTRE
PRESENT
Chris Hoban(CH) Chair, Fr Peter Vellacott(PV), Maura Roche(MR) Secretary, Anne Turton(AT), Veronica Lawrence(VL), Peter Walsh(PW), Peter Fooks(PF), Anne Murray(AM), Maria Dabrowska(MD), Peter Molyneux(PM), Liz Bonner(LB), Ian Murray(IM), Jim Harrington(JimH), Vicky Acklam(VA), Maria Simister(MS), Paul Lyons(PL), Jon Higham(JonH)
The meeting was opened with a prayer.
APOLOGIES
Fr Gregory Tobin(GT), Bernadette Turner(BT) John Edwards(JE), Cathy Clark(CC), Mary Crosby(MC)
MINUTES OF LAST MEETING (11 JANUARY 2005)
Approved
MATTERS ARISING FROM THE LAST MEETING
The plan is currently with a parishioner who is refining the working document. VL will organise a meeting between the PPP planning group (and any PPC members wishing to join in) with the diocesan advisor Margaret Smidowicz…… to discuss how best to implement the PPP. Various suggestions about the PPP have been received from PPC members and it is hoped to incorporate many of these into the plan.
(Update – meeting organised for 8pm onThursday 23 February 2006 in the Social Centre)
Various suggestions have been made. VL circulated a paper about MD’s "Lenten Journey" theme. VL needs volunteers from PPC members or members of the groups they represent to run the sessions.
3. Youth Leader
VL is continuing to make enquiries
4. Training for PPC members
MR reported 7 places still left on the 1 day training course at Mackworth on 25 February. Please let MR know a.s.a.p if interested in attending.
CH and MD have undertaken a Health & Safety audit of the Social Centre and hope to link some of the work needed with a rolling programme of repairs for the Social Centre over the next few years. They plan to look at the church next. Action CH & MD
VA reported a successful meeting a few weeks ago with some enthusiastic mums. An informal committee has been formed and storage equipment bought. They intend to have a "practice run" soon.
LB and PL have been working on the format of this and will write an article summarising items of interest from this PPC meeting for the newsletter on w/end of 18/19 February. It will have an e-mail "postbox" for parishioners to send in comments to the PPC. Action LB & PL
CH circulated a revised draft of the Constitution at the meeting, Comments to CH before the next meting please – for finalisation at next meeting. MR to circulate it to absent members. Action MR
PL suggested we hold an election for a 3rd parish representative this Summer
MR reported that a liturgy planning meeting has been set up for 8pm on Thursday 23 March in the Social Centre
GT sent his thanks to all involved in setting up the special service and refreshments.
JimH offered to co-ordinate the evening. Action JimH
VA offered to help the parish refreshment team. Action VA
AM & IM offered to provide music. Action Am & IM
MR confirmed there will be no Monday evening masses or eucharistic services at the Holy Spirit during Lent (except on Mon 10 April) due to station masses taking place by rotation in other churches in our area.
PV pointed out that a poster is being produced to advertise the venues and dates for the masses.
PARISH SMALL GROUP FORMATION
Some discussion took place about whether the PPP planning group or the PPC was the best forum for exploring this. VL will contact Mary Elliott Smith to discuss how to progress the idea. Action VL
CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION (Sunday 11 June 2006)
VA will follow same format for organising this as last year, including the use of Community Officers and our own marshals. Action VA
EASTER CARD UPDATE (Churches together in W.B. initiative)
Some of the other churches are organising the ordering and printing of the cards. Our role at the Holy Spirit is to collate and distribute the cards to the churches for delivery. The timetable we’ve been given is as follows :
Cards arrive at the Holy Spirit – Mon 6 or Tues 7 March
Holy Spirit collates cards – w/c Mon 6 March
Holy Spirit to send cards to churches – Mon 13 March
Churches to distribute cards – Tues 14 March to Fri 7 April
VL to organise production of street name labels Action VL
MR to buy large envelopes for bundles of cards Action MR
CH to organize boxes for the bundles of cards Action CH
Cards will be needed for Wilford (not covered by our Christmas card system) - we’ll need to pack a box of cards and ask St Wilfrid’s to deliver them.
It was decided to collate the cards and pack them in the boxes after the next PPC meeting on Wed 8 March if the cards have arrived – if not we’ll organize a time and volunteers at the PPC meeting.
MR reported that the Act of Witness on Holy Saturday has been cancelled because the croquet lawn on Central Avenue wasn’t available, having been pre- booked by another party.
SHROVE TUESDAY PARTY (Tues 28 February 2006)
It was decided to go ahead with this and open it up to the whole parish – PPC members to encourage their groups to come along.
CH offered (with relish !!) to make enquiries about some entertainment for the evening. Action CH
A.O.B.
1. AT reported that this year’s "Women’s world day of prayer" is coming up. The day of prayer is organised by an interdenominational worldwide group. Eight churches in W.B. are taking part locally and the service will take place at the Friary church at 2pm on Fri. 3 March. Two women from each parish are needed to join the local committee to help organise next year’s event. One representative will come from our U.C.M. and it is hoped that the other could come from a parishioner not in the U.C.M. Please bring this to the attention of your groups and contact AT if interested.
2. IM reported that the new PPC badges will be available in the sacristy this weekend.
3. CH thanked IM for all his efforts and work for the PPC since its conception to now.
The meeting ended with a prayer
NEXT MEETING
8pm Wednesday 8 March 2006 in the parish social centre (Apologies MR)