The Parish Finance Council is established, like the other Councils, in accord with particular Diocesan policy. This Council is also required by Canon Law for all Parishes and Dioceses. This Council is the primary consultative body for financial affairs to the Pastor of the Parish as all major decisions along with annual plans that affect the finances of the Parish in any way are discussed, so that recommendations can be made to the Pastor for final decision. This Council consists of four Commissions (Stewardship, Diocesan Campaign [Fruitful Harvest], Budget, Administrative Processes) that may be further responsible for Committees and/or Ministries. The discernment process is used for membership for this Council, and will also be used to make assignments to the Commissions and Offices (Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary). There may be up to twelve members who serve three-year terms.
Current Finance Council Membership:
Fr. Adam Mauman, President
Mary Alexander, Chairperson
Helene Banina
Kip Chandler
Deb Swihart
Jack Kilcrece
Michael Kuepper
Sam Redmon
Max Weaver
The Pastorate Pastoral Council is a consultative body with a purpose to investigate pastoral matters, to consider them thoroughly, and to propose practical conclusions about them. The council's task is, first, to study those matters brought to its attention and shed light on them. Its second task is to reflect on them thoroughly, to discern their true nature, to evaluate and to ponder them. Its final task is to draw sound conclusions. The council presents these conclusions to the missionary pastor in the form of recommendations. This threefold task of the council - investigating, considering, and recommending conclusions - is pastoral planning. After the missionary pastor has accepted the recommendations of the council, he directs their implementation with the help of the leadership team. Council members may assist him, but strictly speaking, implementation is the responsibility of the missionary pastor, not the council.
Current Pastoral Council Membership:
Fr. Adam Mauman, [email protected]
Fr. Michael Block, [email protected]
Ben Anderson, [email protected]
Angie Braden, [email protected]
Aracelli Balcallo, [email protected]
Tom Coleman, [email protected]
Tim Comerford, [email protected]
Linda Cobler, narley2013gmail.com
Stephanie Paola Barajas-Nelson, [email protected]
Christi Redmon, [email protected]
Chico Rodriguez, [email protected]
The missionary pastor consults others besides the pastorate pastoral council about pastorate governance. He relies upon the pastorate staff for their expertise and consults them daily about the management of pastorate operations. Indeed, he may occasionally ask pastorate staff members to attend council meetings to put their knowledge at the service of the pastorate pastoral council. Moreover, the missionary pastor relies on the finance council of each parish to monitor their respective parish budget. Finance council members are chosen for their technical skill in realms of accounting and finance by the missionary pastor. The pastorate pastoral council, by contrast, offers practical wisdom to the missionary pastor. That is the ability to investigate pastoral matters in a general way, to reflect on them deeply in dialogue, and to propose conclusions appropriate to the pastorate.