PPC MINUTES

8PM 8 NOVEMBER 2006 HOLY SPIRIT SOCIAL CENTRE

The meeting was opened with a prayer.

PRESENT

Fr. Gregory Tobin (GT), Peter Molyneux (PM) (Chair), Maura Roche (MR) (Secretary),

Mary Crosby (MC), Maria Dabrowska (MD), Peter Walsh (PeterW), Liz Bonner (LB), Veronica Lawrence(VL), Paul Lyons(PL), Cathy Clark(CC), Anne Turton(AT),

Jim Harrington (JH),

APOLOGIES

Fr. Peter Vellacott(PV), Ian Murray(IM), Anne Murray(AM), Peter Fooks (PF),

Chris Hoban (CH), Phil Withers (PhilW), Maria Gascoigne (MG)

ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR

MR nominated PM for the post of Vice Chair for another year. In the absence of any other nominations PM was appointed to the position.

MINUTES OF OCTOBER 2006 MEETING

Approved

1. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 2006 MEETING

a) Fellowship groups & the PPP

VL had nothing to report at the moment but will continue to explore the possibility of a link between the two. Mary Elliott Smith would like to know about other prayer groups existing in the parish. Please feed any information through MD.

b) Welcome Ministry

MC circulated a paper she has produced which summarises the ideas discussed at the Welcome Ministry meeting at Mackworth on 24/10/06. MD circulated a leaflet given out at the meeting. MC & MD hope to organise a meeting with greeters to disseminate useful information from the evening. MC will e mail her paper to PPC members who were unable to attend the November meeting. Action MC & MD

c) Adult Education Course

Further discussion took place about future Adult Education provision in the parish and MD suggested that more time is needed to formulate a suitable strategy and programme. GT & MD agreed to meet to provide a starting point for discussion.

Action GT & MD

d) Parish Library

Some discussion took place & possible temporary storage space was identified but more discussion about long term storage is needed Action MD, MG & PhilW
  1. Electrical inspections reports & completion certificates

    2. GT reported that we are still waiting for these to be finalised.

  2. Youth Leader sub-committee

    3. VL reported that two meetings have been held. The first explored the progress in the Derby Deanery, where 8 parishes have collaborated to provide 5 years of

    funding for a full time Youth Leader. Helpful ideas were gained about the selection process & details of the job description are awaited. The second meeting explored the likely profile of a Youth Leader in our parish. The next meeting will focus on developing a job description.

    GT is exploring the possibility of inviting nearby parishes to join in the project.

    CC stressed the need for close links with schools.

  3. Day for Life issues

    4. Some discussion was held about parking facilities in front of the Social Centre bar for parishioners who are not fully able. The outcomes of the discussion were that

    MC will investigate the painting of white lines to mark out spaces Action MC

    and LB will place a request in the newsletter for these parking spaces to be left for the use of parishioners who really need them and who have difficulty in walking long distances (to be monitored if possible by the MCs) Action LB

  4. Christmas

GT announced that he has decided to celebrate an extra Mass at 4.30pm on Christmas Eve to ease the potential overcrowding at the 6.30pm Mass. He asked that all PPC members are proactive at the Christmas Masses and that they help to clear up after each Mass. Volunteer names were put forward to cover some of the key roles at the Christmas masses. Contingency plans for dealing with overcrowding situations will be discussed at a meeting on 9 November with the Christmas planning group set up last meeting.

MR reported that the cards for "Operation Christmas Card" will not be ready for dispatch until the end of November. It will be necessary to package them up before the December PPC meeting on 13 December. MR will circulate a venue & time in due course. Action MR

i) Thursday Luncheon Club

The disappointing response has continued. MD has put an article in the newsletter to encourage support and the hours for the club will change to 12.30pm-2pm

2. PRISONERS SUNDAY (19 NOVEMBER 2006)

LB offered to pass on an Information Pack about this to the Justice & Peace group

3. REPORT REGARDING SOCIAL CENTRE UPPER ROOM

Deferred to the next meeting

4. DIOCESAN FORMATION DAY FOR PPCs

GT reported that plans are progressing to develop a Deanery Pastoral Council. It is hoped that each parish in the Deanery will put forward 3 PPC members. CC and PeterW expressed an interest in joining GT at the Deanery Pastoral Council. A training day for interested people is to be held on Saturday 17 February at The Riverside Centre in Derby. It will be led by the Diocese of Portsmouth Formation Team.

5. FEEDBACK FROM NEWSLETTER PPC COLUMN :

PL received an e mail suggesting the need for a "Toilet" sign to highlight the location of the WC. LB will source a "Disabled toilet" sign (& possibly a "Shop" sign) Action LB

6. DIARY SLOT

MR had circulated the latest Diary from Vicky Acklam prior to the meeting.

MC asked the PPC to promote the Advent lunch on Sunday 3 December

LB asked the PPC to promote the Children’s Liturgy Group CD – recorded songs to raise funds for Father Vincent. GT agreed to the Children’s Liturgy Group performing a song at the 10.30am Mass on the first Sunday in Advent (3 December)

GT reported that on the Feast of Christ the King (Sunday 26 November) pupils from St Edmund Campion will sing at the 9am Mass and pupils from The Becket School will sing at the 10.30am Mass.

The meeting was closed with a prayer.

NEXT MEETING : 8pm Wednesday 13 December 2006 in the Social Centre.