Immaculate Conception Parish General Meeting St. Joseph’s Church February 22, 2015

Immaculate Conception Parish

General MeetingSt. Joseph’s Church

February 22, 2015

Agenda:

Financials 2014/2015

Cemetery Maintenance 2015

Parish Property/Maintenance

Ministries

Question and Answer Period

Opening Prayer/Opening Comments – Father Jose

Financials:2014 Receipts/Expenses

Current Bank Balance

Proposed Budget 2015

Funding Raising

FINANCIAL RESULTS

2014 2013

RECEIPTS

CHURCH COLLECTION $133,095 $144,889

FUNDRAISING 12,233 14399

CEMETERY 8,090 4700

OTHER RECEIPTS 15,678 13,474

TOTAL RECEIPTS $169,096 $177,462

FINANCIAL RESULTS

2014 2013

DISBURSEMENTS

SALARIES $33,754 $40,501

INSURANCE 12,219 27,421

DIOCESAN ASSESSMENTS 10,973 9,824

REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 33,004 23,774

HEAT & LIGHT 25,626 25,648

OTHER 52,713 55,615

TOTAL DISBURESMENTS $168,289 $182,783

FINANCIAL RESULTS

2014 2013


TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $168,289 $182,783

RECEIPTS LESS DISBURSEMENTS $807 ($5321)

CASH IN BANK $389,333 $134,501

FINANCIAL BUDGET 2015

2015 2014

RECEIPTS

CHURCH COLLECTION $128,000 $133,095

FUNDRAISING 21,400 12,233

CEMETERY 11,000 8090

OTHER RECEIPTS 18,930 15,680



2015 2014

DISBURSEMENTS

SALARIES $34,200 $31,139

INSURANCE 12,200 12,219

DIOCESAN ASSESSMENT 11,840 10,973

REPAIRS & MAINTENANCE 33,500 32,117

HEAT & LIGHT 19,300 25,626

CEMETERY UPKEEP 10,000 887

OTHER 62,292 55,331

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $183,332 $168,292


2015 $2014


TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS 183,332 $168,292

RECEIPTS LESS DISBURSEMENTS ($4002) $807

FUNDRAISING

WHY HAVE FUNDRAISING ???

IF EACH ENVELOPE CONTRIBUTOR CONTRIBUTED $3.00 MORE A WEEK/$150 YEAR IN THE ABSENCE OF FUNDRAISING THE PARISH WOULD HAVE A ZERO DEFICIT!

PLANNED FUNDRAISING EVENTS

MOTHER’S DAY 50 / 50 DRAW

GARDEN PARTY COLLECTION

FALL FAIR & BINGO

CHRISTMAS CAROL SING-A-LONG



Proposed plan

Cemetery Envelope/Donation “In Memoriam”

Carol Sing-A-Long


Proposed planMaintenance and lawn care of all

graveyards; Hr. Grace, Spaniard’s Bay and Upper Island Cove

Contracted supplier and summer students (2) and/or hiring a part-time person solely for lawn maintenance and for that period of the year May-Sept?


How to fund?Creation of a Cemetery Fund –

already ~$5400.00 Y-T-DDevelop a Cemetery

Donation/Envelope “ In Memoriam” card

Promote the Cemetery Fund Envelope in your weekly offering, July 5th/15

Memorial Carol Sing-A-Long


How to Fund?Cemetery Fund

Donation/Envelope “ In Memoriam” card to be placed in funeral homes within the Parish, at the Parish Office, and here at the church


How to Fund?Cemetery Fund

Donation/Envelope “ In Memoriam” card to be placed in funeral homes within the Parish, at the Parish Office, and here at the church


How to Fund?

Promote/Hi-lite in the prior weekly bulletins the Cemetery Fund (blue) Envelope – July 5/15 and importance of making a contribution

Plan Cemetery Mass(s) in accordance with this donation date


How to fund?Hold Carol Sing-A-Long in

December 2015Goal is to raise $6000.00



Immaculate Conception Church

St. Anne’s Church

Parish house/office/chapel

St. Joseph’s Church

Immaculate Conception Church

Building is closed and insured

Diocesan lead research group who’s basic mandate is to research possible alternate uses for the building

Current membership; Bishop Daniels, Jack Rose, Annemarie Christie, Edwina Suley, Kevin Dunphy, Diane Lee

Intent after 12 months is to assess progress and continuation of the group

St. Anne’s Church Building is closed and insured

In the process of having a property assessment done so as to best determine the ability to repurpose and to determine current market value of the property (both building and land) and with the building removed (value of building if sold and removed) as well as vacant land.

What thoughts/ideas may you have as to what to do with this property?

Parish house/admin./chapelCurrently no meeting space except for the dining room in

priest’s residence or in the chapel

Current possibility is to repair/refurbish the “collection monitoring” room near the parish office; entails plaster repair, painting, floor covering replacement, installing folding tables/chairs and use as meeting space

Chapel requires plaster repair, molding replacement, painting, floor covering replacement and updating with suitable religious articles from that in storage

Some window replacement in Priest’s residence (kitchen/bath) and replace washer/dryer

Revisit storage area and how to best utilize between Parish and SSVP

St. Joseph’s Church

In the process of engaging a structural/architectural engineering firm to do a Building Condition report:

Inclusions would be:Assessment of entire structure including towerExterior envelope (siding/windows/entrances,

roofing, etc.)Floor and floor coveringRemodeling the altar/chancel area as well as

the furnace room behind the chancelAddition of an annex to accommodate

functions/socials/etc?

Liturgy

Liturgy

Committee Organized

Committee Focus Nurture spiritual life of our parish community

Key activities in 2014 Revising Reader Guidelines and Training Readers Organization of ministries and revision of ministry

schedules Preparation and execution of specific liturgical

celebrations

LiturgyFocus for 2015

Organization of Liturgical Celebrations for Seasons of Liturgical Year

Liturgy of the Word with Children

Guidelines for o Extra-ordinary Ministers of Communiono Altar Serverso Bereavement Ministry

Music Ministry

Youth Ministry

Atlantic Stuebenville Conference held in Halifax on the first weekend of July

Thoughts/ideas you may have to involve youth in our Parish?

Social Action/Outreach

Mandate: To develop/implement programs to assist the disadvantaged, the sick, the infirmed, and the marginalized in our community.

How do we do this? Spiritually and materially

We have interest from 2 individuals to join this ministry though we feel we need a group of 6-7 to comprise a ministry and to share the volunteer workload

Question & Answer Session

Documents

Immaculate Conception Parish General Meeting St. Joseph’s Church February 22, 2015