{"id":7976,"date":"2026-10-07T20:51:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/?p=7976"},"modified":"2026-10-07T20:57:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T01:57:36","slug":"pastoral-council-meeting-minutes-september-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/2026\/10\/07\/pastoral-council-meeting-minutes-september-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastoral Council Meeting Minutes September 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pastoral Council Meeting Minutes<br \/>\nTuesday, September 22, 2026 @ 5:30pm<br \/>\nChurch of the Resurrection<\/p>\n<p>1. Opening Prayer<br \/>\n2. Church Renovation<br \/>\nThe council discussed several aspects of the church renovation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A communion rail was discussed along with a list of renovation priorities, like pews and carpet.<\/li>\n<li>Feedback received to date has generally been positive.<\/li>\n<li>A suggestion box is available for parishioner comments.<\/li>\n<li>Some parishioners may have preferred an opportunity to vote or provide more direct input.<\/li>\n<li>Parishioners have expressed interest in a new sound system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>3. 40 Hours of Devotion<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This will be the third year for the event.<\/li>\n<li>The event is planned to begin October 30 at 2:00 PM and conclude November 1 at 8:00 AM.<\/li>\n<li>Parishioner input on intentions or topics to pray for was discussed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>4. Evening of Healing<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No date has been established yet.<\/li>\n<li>The event is expected to require approx. eight priests, with availability being a consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5. Christmas Bazaar<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A committee has been established, and the Christmas Bazaar is planned for December 6.<\/li>\n<li>The Knights will be involved with a pancake breakfast.<\/li>\n<li>Other activities discussed included a raffle, silent auction, kids&#8217; games and a pie sale offering.<\/li>\n<li>The Confirmation class may assist with the event to help with more kids&#8217; activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>6. Diocesan Synod: Vocations\/Evangelization<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The bishop&#8217;s focus and the role of the Pastoral Council in providing leadership were discussed.<\/li>\n<li>The council considered the question: What do we want our parish&#8217;s focus to be?<\/li>\n<li>Council members should ask parishioners for ideas regarding what the parish could accomplish in the areas of vocations and evangelization.<\/li>\n<li>Group feedback could also come from the Confirmation class and OCIA class.<\/li>\n<li>The parish does have a discipleship squad program which supports the evangelization initiative.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>7. Pastor Update \/ Other Topics<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sheila&#8217;s position has been posted.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>8. Closing Prayer<\/p>\n<p>Next Meeting: Nov 10, 2026 @ 5:30pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pastoral Council Meeting Minutes Click Below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pastoral-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7976"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7983,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7976\/revisions\/7983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rescathroch.org\/WP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}