I’m writing to tell you about a newly formed group at St. James: the Building Committee! We are meeting to work on the many issues and possibilities for our building. Our first meeting was very productive. We started with a check-in question from Mother Lisa: Where do we shine the light of Jesus in our everyday lives? Following this reflection time, we got down to building business. One of the things we discussed in some detail was the feedback we received on the Hospitality Intake form that visitors, members of our parish, and our neighbors filled out. We received many comments about the narthex and stairs leading to the main entrance of the church--- where we welcome all into the presence of Christ. We heard that the front steps and retaining wall are crumbling, and the entryway into the church (the narthex) is very cluttered.
Our two main projects
As a group, we decided to work on two projects between now and January. The first project is to respond to the feedback and clean up the narthex. We’d like your assistance with the clean-up (deciding where we might store items, and helping to clean). Our other project will be taking an inventory of everything in our building! Sounds like a lot, we know! The inventory is requested in our audit each year, and may help us keep our church insurance company informed on the contents of our building. Many people will make the work light! Our date for the inventory and clean-up is Sunday, August 19. There will be extra dates to help inventory the building, once we see what remains. This will be a great chance to learn more about our history, we hope you will join us!
Members of the committee are: Paul Cooke, Bill Zeman, Bernie Jene, and Sue Gillman.
by Sue Gillman
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