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Parish Pastoral Council
The following briefly describes the Parish
Pastoral and Finance Councils. There are several commissions
established under the Parish Council. Several commissions have
organizations which help them carry out their missions.
Commissions and organizations provide an excellent opportunity
for you to become involved in parish life by volunteering time
and talent. Please contact any of them for more information.
Parish Pastoral
Council
The Parish Pastoral Council brings together
lay people and religious/clergy who, together with the pastor,
work to build the parish as a living Christian
Community. The council works with the pastor to give
direction to the ministry of the parish. Through ongoing
dialogue with commission heads and other parish leaders a
Pastoral Plan is developed. Through the parish bulletin,
openings on the council are advertised and parishioners
interested in serving are invited to submit their name to the
council for consideration. The pastor, with the advice
of the council members, selects volunteers to serve a
three-year term. Parishioners are encouraged to share
their hopes and dreams, interests and concerns with members of
the Parish Pastoral Council and are welcome to attend monthly
meetings. Meetings are generally held the second Monday
of the month.
Pastoral Council Membership:
Mary Mullins,
Co-Chairperson, 643-5538
Ken
Kemp, Co-Chairperson, 294-2986
Manfred Young,
540-1945
Jerman
Duran, 685-9866
Ed
Alton, 315-9676
Steve
Provost, 282-1104
Jack Yarbrough,
856-2315
Andy Wampler,
282-6461
Edward Robinson, 337-3361
Kelly Sroka,
638-4147
Carol Stith, 549-5145
Jay Couch,
540-1580
Carol Puterbaugh, 316-0684
Parish Finance Council
The Parish Finance Council advises
the pastor in matters of finance and administration.
Parishioners, recognized for expertise in areas of finance and
administration, are appointed by the pastor through a process
of discernment with members of the Parish Finance
Council. In collaboration with parish staff they help
set the budget that supports the Pastoral Plan developed by
the Parish Pastoral Council. Overseeing the budget and
helping to strategize ways to gather funds to meet present and
future needs is the focus of the Parish Finance
Council.
Finance Council Membership:
John Englar, Chairperson,
272-3802
Lynne
Kirsch, 685-5410
Nancy Popik, 854-1914
Ed
LeHanka, 674-0540
Scott Rogers, 495-5947
Wayne Tumlin,
617-8989
Ken Dwyer, 856-9490
Commissions of the Parish Pastoral
Council
The following describes each commission,
identifies the chairperson(s), and lists the associated
ministries.
Buildings & Facilities
– Alex Tereszcuk, 854-7859
This commission is responsible for
inspecting parish properties and making recommendations to the
Parish Pastoral Council on the use of parish facilities and
resources. Inspections review safety, security, and
function.
Evangelization & Communication
Commission – Barbara Markun, 286-0290
This commission is established to identify
the best means of providing information on our services,
events, and needs to existing members, new members, visitors
and our local community.
Our weekly bulletin and our monthly
newsletter, The Highlighter, are excellent publications that
keep our parish community informed. Please read these
for information on celebrating sacraments, religious education
and youth ministry programs, volunteer opportunities, and
upcoming events. While these are the major means of
sharing information, we strive to share this same information
electronically.
The commission serves to inform the local
community of OLG events via the local television stations,
radio stations, and newspapers, as well as communicates
pertinent information and stories to our diocesan newspaper,
The Catholic News & Herald.
Communication Commission includes:
Weekly Bulletin
The
Highlighter
Parish Website
Parish Van
Community Outreach
Commission – Philip and Patricia Jessar,
291-6589
This commission promotes outreach programs
with cooperate with other churches and civic organizations in
response to the local community needs. It helps to
promote awareness and needed action on peace and justice
issues, and works to assure that parishioners are invited to
participate in all that we do within our local community in
the name of the Gospel. This commission helps to promote
a Catholic Christian presence in the community in responding
to the least among us.
The Community Outreach Commission
includes:
Angel Tree
Crop Walk
Food
Collections
Greensboro Urban Ministry Monthly Food
Drives
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity Lunch
Crew
Night Shelter
Operation Rice Bowl
Respect
Life
Thanksgiving Baskets Food
Drive
Faith Formation & Religious
Education Commission – John Endredy,
449-3656
The Education Commission envisions and
promotes formation in the faith for all members of the parish,
with special concentration on adults, middle and high school
youth, and children who are in parish religious education
programs.
The Education Commission includes:
CCD Program (Elementary)
Pre-School
CCD (for 3, 4, and 5 years old
children)
Confirmation
Monday Morning Bible
Study
RCIA
Vacation Bible School (summer)
Young Adult
Ministry (18 and up)
Youth Ministry
Ecumenism
Commission – Penny DeLoca, 294-0626
This commission serves to identify the best
means of inviting inactive Catholics back to the faith.
It is also responsible for looking for common ground in
sharing faith within our local community, and identifies
programs to reach the un-churched. This commission helps
to plan ecumenical programs and prayer services, and
cooperates with other local churches in their programs
promoting ecumenism.
Liturgy & Worship
Commission – Julian McClamroch, 288-5517
This commission assists the pastor with
discerning liturgical needs of the parish, and trains,
develops, and schedules parishioners who wish to serve in one
of our liturgical ministries. The liturgical ministries
include Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, Readers,
Altar Servers, Ushers, Greeters, Cantors, and Choir
members. Supporting the liturgical celebrations and
making our worship space worthy of these celebrations includes
the ministries of and the Baptismal Bib Committee, and the
Altar and Flower Committees. Renewal of laity
participating in liturgical celebrations and worship is vital
to building a strong faith community.
The Liturgy and Worship Commission
includes:
Altar Committee
Baptismal Bib
Committee
Altar Server
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy
Communion
Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to the
Homebound
Flower Committee
Readers
Ushers and
Greeters
Parish Life Commission
– Patty Disney, 643-4240
The Parish Life Commission is concerned
with matters that build internal family spirit and improve
Christian family life. The commission’s programs and
organizations support families and single persons including
those who are widowed, divorced, separated, and single
parents. They identify and coordinate social and
recreational activities, and suggest welcoming programs for
new parishioners.
The Parish Life Commission includes:
Bereavement Committee
Comfort
Committee
Co-op Nursery
Donut Sunday
Women’s
Club
Young At Heart (Seniors)
Cenacle Marian Movement of
Priests Prayer Group
Cenacle of The Divine Mercy
Flames
of Fire Charismatic Prayer Group
Prayer Chain
Rosary
Prayer Group
Annual church picnic
Greensboro Area Catholic
Groups
Campus Ministry – UNC-G, Greensboro
College, and Guilford College
Campus Ministry – Bennett
College and NCA&T University
Catholic Daughters of the
Americas Court Greensboro #1200
Catholic Social Services,
Greensboro Satellite Office
Greensboro Council of Catholic
Women
Knights of Columbus Piedmont Council #939
Knight
of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary
Perpetual Eucharistic
Adoration
St. Vincent de Paul Society
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