St. Mary Parish Council (PPC)
Johnson City, TN
Minutes for April 20, 2021
Attending via Zoom: Fr. Dustin Collins, Larry Schmidt (PPC Chairperson), Bobby Austin, Jim Burns, John Caso, Danute Cline, Thomas Edwards, Raymond Isaac, Demetrio Macariola, Eileen Quesenberry, Daniel Tejada, Marie Wright, Becky Frye, and Laura Ballantyne (PPC Secretary).
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Absent: none
Opening Prayer
Minutes from the March Meeting: Approved
Long Term Planning Committee Update:
- Need to plan joint PPC/finance council meeting with diocesan stewardship director.
- PPC should be on board with the LT plans. Plan will be presented at the next PPC meeting – resolution on the plans would be the goal.
Ministry Rack Update:
- 17 of the ministry cards have been translated and should be printed up on card stock by this weekend.
Discernment Update
- 7 PM on 05/03. There are 6 candidates for 3 spots. Women’s CRHP meeting is that night and one member is a candidate.
- Candidates will meet via Zoom to learn what PPC is about with a powerpoint presentation.
- PPC will decide the 3 best candidates if more that 3 people decide to accept.
Family Fun Fest Update
- Food, music, no games.
- Masks required except while eating.
Open Forum Discussion/Set new date
- Majority of discussion was re: long range planning.
- Also discussed:
- Streaming masses
- Bilingual Rosaries starting May 13th @ 6PM. (alternating languages for each decade)
- Taking communion to the homebound will resume. ECMs will need to be 18 to do that.
- Next open forum August 30 @ 7:00pm, probably via Zoom
Reopening Parish Discussion:
- Send out letter letting people know we still care about them even if they can’t make it to mass. Letter will have all the relevant dates and times.
- September 12, mass @ 11am with picnic, blessing of candles, collage wall. There will also be mass at 5PM on 09/11 and 8AM in Latin on 09/12.
- Time frame for collecting pictures and having people pick up candles:
- Candles will be ordered by the parish, distributed with donation only if the families want to give them. Can pick up candles about 1 month before the Sept 12 mass to decorate them and then return with them during the mass. Rather than having a table for the candles to be displayed, it would be easier to manage pictures of the candles in a gallery. Families holding the candles will serve a dual purpose: candles and the collage. Display on gathering area wall? TV?
- Pictures for the collage: would need to be due between 08/01-08/23.
- Start candle distribution and photo submission August 7-8.
- Photos will play weekends starting August 14-15 through September 12, adding each week’s new submissions.
- May PPC meeting will focus on developing other details of the event.
- Other concerns: Missing Sacraments, prayers needed, identifying those who need a box from the food pantry, flowers for those affected by Covid.
Scavenger Hunt Discussion/June Activity
- No April scavenger hunt; May will be family fun fest.
- Summer movie nights outside if the weather is good June-July-August. Contingency plan would be in the basement but social distancing needs to be followed. Have ministries take turns running concessions.
- Move scavenger hunt to September 12.
- Octoberfest, pet blessing, and/or Trunk or Treat (?)
- October 2nd UT plays @ Missouri; Have Pet blessing immediately followed by Octoberfest.
- Trunk or Treat needs either less publicity or more organization but is a big hit and there is interest in having it again.
Closing Prayer
Next Meeting: May 18, 2021 @6:30pm
Upcoming Events:
May 2: Family Fun Fest
May 3: Discernment meeting
May 8: Jerusalem Olive Wood
