Fr Gregory Tobin(GT), Jim Harrington(JH)(Chair), Liz Bonner(LB)(Dep Chair),

Maura Roche(MR)(Secretary), Ian Murray(IM), Cathy Clark(CC), Mary Crosby(MC),

Peter Walsh(PeterW), Paul Lyons(PL), Phil Withers(PhilW), Joyce Madden(JM),

Brian Smith(BS), Mary Elliott-Smith(MES)

JH thanked PPC members who have just stepped down and welcomed new members.

He suggested making PPC meetings bimonthly but it was decided to keep them monthly (2^nd Wednesday of each month). This will be reviewed after Christmas. PPC agendas will now be set one week before each meeting. MR requested that items for the Agenda be sent to her before that date.

Fr Peter Vellacott(PV), Veronica Lawrence(VL), Maria Simister(MS), Maria Gascoigne(MG), Anne Turner-Harrod(ATH), Marina Johnson(MJ)

Accepted as a true record.

2. MATTERS ARISING FROM THE SEPTEMBER 2007 MINUTES

No progress to report

MC has ordered Traidcraft Christmas cards and Traidcraft stock will be available at the Christmas Charity Market. MC hopes to liaise with Cotgrave parish in sharing their stock and boosting Traidcraft sales in our parish. Action MC Update on DVD of parish events

VL has not yet heard back from South Notts College about this and it was decided to shelve the DVD concept for now. It was noted that CC’s photo presentation at the recent AGM was well received. CC offered to repeat the exercise next year and will use the newsletter to request photos from parish events during the year. Action CC Youth Worker Progress

LB reported that all paperwork is now ready and the group are currently consulting with young people in the parish. They hope to advertise for a fully qualified youth worker within the next few months. Little interest about sharing a Youth Worker has yet been expressed by neighbouring parishes. GT indicated that funding for a part time Youth Worker for a year should be available from the parish and asked the Youth Worker committee to approach the parish Finance Committee for funding.

The Liturgy Groups meet twice a year, before Christmas and Easter, and have input at these points. GT suggests there is room for creativity at these points. CC suggests that when we have a Youth Worker he or she can work with our young people to develop ideas in specialist liturgy packs, such as that for Racial Justice Sunday.

GT reported that he and PV are planning themed homilies with background reflections and catechism references for the newsletter during Advent. He noted that the Fellowship Groups do excellent work in preparing for the weekend’s readings.

LB presented a paper "Disability awareness in the Church of the Holy Spirit" which reviewed progress in this field and highlighted further areas for improvement. These included

• Large print hymn books – PhilW offered to consult with leaders of the Music Groups about the best way forward with this. Action PhilW
• Restricted parking bays – it was decided that a reminder note about these should go in the newsletter every few weeks.
• PPC members to be more accessible after w/end Masses – LB suggested that this has slipped and JH encouraged members to wear their badges and make themselves more available. IM offered to provide new badges where needed. Action IM
• Repeater boards for hymn numbers – GT asked CC and MR to review the need for this and order accordingly. Action CC & MR
• Review each year – LB will put a report into the newsletter. Acton LB

The Card Committee will organise the ordering of the cards & envelopes and will organise labelled boxes. It was decided that packs of cards will be distributed to parishioners at the weekend Masses of 8/9 December and 15/16 December. Your help is requested to pack cards up into appropriate packs at 8pm on Wednesday 5 December in the Social Centre.

MC reported that the "Hail Holy Queen" prayer cards have been well received and suggested we produce something similar for children.

LB suggested that each month we publicise the date of the next PPC meeting and at the same time publish the PPC feedback email address. MR offered to contact Peter Swarbrick to set this in motion. Action MR

a) Readers’ Rota – LB urged us to ensure that parishioners with disabilities are encouraged to participate. A new rota is needed for Advent. Vicky Acklam is exploring possible volunteers to take over producing the rota and IM will also try to recruit for this. Action IM It was also noted that the newsletter references to the rota are out of sync with the rota itself. MR will look at this. Action MR

b) PPC Baby !! – Many congratulations to Marina & Phil Johnson on the birth of their baby daughter.

The meeting was closed with a prayer.

NEXT MEETING: 8pm Wednesday 14 November 2007 in the Social Centre