Our food bank

  is always finding need. Please remember the food bags on your next trip to the grocery store. Christ Church distributes approximately two to three bags of much needed food per week. Monetary donations for the food bank are also appreciated. See the list of contents for the bags.

Family Choir

  Come join our family choir on Sundays this summer beginning June 7th. We'll meet in the Sanctuary at 9:45 a.m., and sing hymns and fun songs for our worship. We want children of all ages and their parents. The only requirement is the ability to read the words to the songs. Come have fun as we praise the Lord!

The Vestry

  met Sunday, May 17th at noon in Wheeler House. We opened with a prayer, accepted reports from the Rector, Senior Warden, Search Committee, Treasurer, and Junior Warden. The following actions were taken:

• Agreed to have a potluck/Newcomers' Lunchon on Sunday, May 31. All new parishoners (less than a year?) be invited at no charge. All long-standing parishoners are invited and asked to bring a dish. The parish will provide plates, flatware, tumblers, serving spoons and napkins. The Welcome Committee has the lead.
• Authorized the purchase of a new (lighter) processional cross with memorial funds.
• Called for publication of Vigil Garden policies and procedures, or creation of such policy if none exists [Fr. Saik has since found the existing policy, which will be entered into a digital format.]
• Authorized the sale of coffee mugs on pancake breakfast sundays for $5, to underwrite the mugs being used for welcome gifts.
• Authorized the sale of t-shirts by pre-paid order, in support of the Lacombe Crab Festival and general morale. Proceeds from "10 Reasons" shirts will go to the EYC for mission trips and/or pilgrimages. Proceeds from golf shirts are dedicated to the upcoming Honduras Mission trip hosted by the Diocese and Christ Church Covington.
• Directed vestry members to collect articles and digital photographs for the Rector Search Committee to use in a publication for prospective rectors and parishoners.
• Programmed payment of $100 per month from the operating budget into the rector's discretionary fund. We also capped Fr. Ernie's cash reimbursable mileage expenses at $1200 per month.
• Officially designated David Daigle, Jacques Walker, Kathy Daigle, and Linda Mejias as the church's officers [as required for state and banking purposes].
• Authorized $200 for a technical solution to back up computer data for routine and emergency purposes. [A donation may render this unnecessary.]
• Accepted donations from the ECW for $630 for chairs, and $100 for the Honduras Mission Trip. We also agreed to send thanks to the ECW for these donations.
• Authorized changes to the weekly money-counting procedures and the bank statement reconciliation process to provide better checks and balances.
• Tabled the issue of requiring all moneys received by the parish (including Men's Club, ECW, Altar Guild) be deposited into the operating account then disbursed to the individual ministries. It was noted that these accounts are already audited by the parish treasurer, and that other programs already follow these procedures.
• Authorized an EFM Garage Sale to pay EFM tuitions.
• Authorized a Sunday School spin-off bake sale for outside mission, with the proviso that a specific mission be designated beforehand, and suggested the Honduras Mission. We also suggested Fathers' Day for the timing.
• Adjourned at 2:25pm with a prayer.

John Stevenson

  Do you have time to lend a hand? Help Christ Church continue to make a difference in John and Marky Stevenson's lives! If you have a few hours to spare during the week, John conitinues to need daytime companions to lend a hand and make sure that all is well. Please sign up on the volunteer calendar located on the table by the phone in Comfort Hall.