Archangels Cluster Faith Formation Commission
Agenda / Minutes
Mission: Called - Formed - Sent
We Respond to God's Call.
We promote life-long faith formation through prayer, worship & learning.
We are sent forth to tell the story of God in our lives.
Meeting Date / Time / September 22, 2016 6:30p.m. / Location / St. James, Forest CityMeeting Leader / Recorder /
Angie Kudej
Attendees
X / Father James Dubert / Dianne Roisen / Steve Kral / Angie KudejX / Regina Adams - DFF / Amy Klein / X / Melany Hejlik / Amy Trask
X / Kayleigh Massman-YM / Jennifer Hughes / John Weiland / X / Mike Adams
X / Melissa Duve` / Amy Madson / X / Alex Brandenburg
Time /
Agenda / Objective
/ Comments6:30 / Opening Prayer & Reflection/Sharing
Prayer from Leader Gram – September 2016 / Canonization of Mother Teresa
Review/Approval of Minutes and Agenda / Minutes from , 2016: August 27 - not approved. No Quorum present.
6:45 / FFC Member Formation/ Cluster Visioning
Faith Formation Planning/Focus / Focus: 2016-17
Families-Getting parents involved in the faith formation of their children.(Domestic Church) Sacramental prep
Prayer: The Faith Prayed - prayer at class and at home
7:00 / Administrative Issues / Personnel
Hispanic Catechist - update / Britt - First night registrations
Colleen Hovinga helped with registrations at Britt the first night, and will be asked to go to BC on 9/28/16 and speak with families to determine need for sacramental prep
Faith Formation Report:
2016-17 Calendar
Catechists for 2016-2017 - Update
Teacher manuals
Registrations: as of 9-22-16
Confirmation Update – New Guidelines
Totus Tuus 2017 – Planning
Christ Our Life Conference Sept 24-25
FFC Member Responsibilities
Youth Ministry Report - Kayleigh / Available on Cluster website. Check for Updates regularly
All classes are covered as of Wed Sept 14, first night of class
Some manuals are missing from last year; FF Office will locate and provide needed manuals.
290 registered (2015-16 year-end total was 330)
Regina & Kayleigh attended In-service on Sept 20th in Mason City.
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Regina submitted request for 2017 Totus Tuus dates
COL tickets are still available from Regina
Re: Purchases - was not discussed; not all members were present.
Re: Program changes: discussed changing the session time at Garner and moving to one session. Beginning Oct 12th all classes at Garner will be moved to 6:45pm. Regina will send out notification to all families, as well as publishing in the bulletin. Will also be on the electronic sign in front of the church and on cluster web page.
YMAT recruiting: Kayleigh reported that the YMAT interest meeting was attended by 5 adults from FC, 2 youth from FC and 1 adult from LM.
7:15 / Old Business/Actions from Last Meeting:
Technology Update and Needs:
Britt – Buffalo - FC – LM – Garner
For All locations – To access On-Line Resources (HDMI cables, adapters to connect tablets to HDMI for use w/ TV)
Social Media: FB, Instagram, Twitter, Pintrest
FORMED.org
/ Internet Access Points:
Garner access point is near the front of the church.
Catechist laptops: At Britt, Phil came to check out connectivity; laptops may be 4G only. This requires more time for downloading videos. Once loaded, they should play fine.
Kayleigh has set up Cluster accounts for each of these media types. Links are included on the Cluster webpage.
Cluster is providing this online faith development resource again .Need to publicize more what is available on this site. Regina will check into promo ideas on Leader page
7:30 / New Business
Future Agenda Items & Tabled Items:
FFC Constitution & By Laws: Review & Approve / Discussion on Constitution will be tabled until a majority of members are present at the FFC meeting.
Changes include frequency of meetings, term length, revise miscellaneous duplication of paragraphs
Action Items to Complete for Next Meeting:
Young Adult Ministry options in your parish
What is your parish doing now for this group? / BC PLC has Bingo (bring your own prizes), Appetizer night, bowling.
Some discussion was held regarding Young Adult Ministry. FFC members were asked to check for facilities/establishments that would be suitable for a Theology on Tap group meeting, and report back at the next FFC meeting.
Next Meeting Date / Date: _____October 27, 2016____(4th Thur of the month)
Time: ______6:30pm______
Location: ____St James, Forest City
7:45 / Adjournment and Closing Prayer / Prayer from Leader Gram
Member / email / Home Phone / Cell Phone
Fr. James Dubert
/ / 641-923-2329 - officeRegina Adams
/ / 641-585-4856 - office / 641-210-8684Kayleigh Massman
/ / 641-585-4856 - officeSteve Kral
/ / 641-923-3102Melany Hejlik
/ / 641-923-9920 / 641-923-8041Dianne Roisen (Vice-Chairman)
/ /641-581-3205
/ 641-590-4055Amy Klein
/ / 641-581-3375 / 641-590-1836Amy Trask
/ / 641-860-0804 / 641-860-0804Angie Kudej (Recorder)
/ / 641-843-3845 / 515-341-1588John Weiland
/ / 641-843-4308 / 641-860-1022Amy Madson
/ / 641-843-4673 / 641-860-1723Jennifer Hughes
/ / 641-584-2947 641-843-3269Melissa Duve
/ / 641-566-3470 / 602-616-7204Alex Brandenburg
/ / 641-592-1933 / 641-590-5713Mike Adams
/ / 641-592-9811 / 641-909-4645Page 1 of 2