Minutes of the Annual
Meeting
St. Timothy’s Episcopal
Church
2601 E. Thompson Road
Indianapolis, IN
January 24, 2010
The congregation was gathered in worship from 9 am to 10:15 am. The Rev. Kirsteen Wilkinson, Vicar, presiding.
The people prepared a pitch-in brunch and ate together for about 45 minutes.
Those present at the meeting included The Rev. Kirsteen Wilkinson, Vicar; Mr. Ed Champa, senior warden; Mrs. Sheryl Otter, junior warden; The Rev. Donna Olsen, Deacon; Mr. Chuck Nemeth, treasurer. About 45 people attended the meeting including members of the Bishop’s Committee (Vestry); persons leading ministries; and members of guilds, groups, committees, projects, and work details.
The meeting was called to order at 11 am with an opening prayer by Rev. Wilkinson. A quorum was verified. Mr. Michael Ewing was established as clerk.
Approval of Minutes of the 2009 Annual Meeting
Mr. Ewing moved that the minutes be approved; Mrs. Judy Champa seconded the motion. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
Mr. Champa spoke about our being a mission and not a parish and that long term we would like to move to be a parish (self-sustaining monetarily).
Rev. Wilkinson presented the budget and spoke of Altar Flowers, with a price going up to $25/week. Youth Group Fund for children’s education. Newsletter by email for those who have email.
Rev. Wilkinson called for the parish to fulfill today’s gospel and help and others and bring good news. The parish was urged to do more and look into possible other missionary ideas.
Mr. Matt Herndon moved to approve the Budget. Mrs. Champa seconded. Approved by voice vote.
Rev. Wilkinson called for committee members. Liturgy, Altar Guild, Parish Life, and Finance are presently staffed. Property needs a chair and members, Stewardship will reform in August, and Vicar’s Volunteers is a new committee to help Kirsteen sort through and organize the files and needs members to help with this.
Recognition of outgoing Bishop’s Committee members and Hal Olsen
Mrs. Sheryl Otter, Mrs. Kitty Herndon, Mr. Charles Park were recognized for their leadership and service.
Mr. Hal Olsen was honored for his extended tenure as pledge clerk.
Election of candidates to the Bishop’s Committee 
A slate of candidates was presented including Mr. Steve Bridgewater, Mrs. Aimee Formo, Mrs. Michelle Carter.
Mr. Polston moved to close nomination. A second was given. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
A motion to elect all three to the Bishop’s committee was made. A second was given. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
Delegates to the Diocesan Convention 
Mrs. Champa and Mrs. Christine Large were presented as candidates for Delegates to the Diocesan convention.
A motion to close nominations was made. A second was given. The motion was approved by a voice vote.
Cathy Scott was presented as the
For the Good of the Cause
Saint Francis is holding Stroke Screening at Saint Timothy’s, a short description was passed around.
Parish Life is projecting six events each year.
Mrs. Otter thanked Rev. Wilkinson for all her work.
A motion to adjourn was made. A second was given. It was approved by a voice vote.
The meeting was adjourned with closing prayer at 11:35 am.
St Timothy
Sends out SOS Call for $25,000
January 31, 2010
By Ben
Sworh, Parish Reporter
The senior
warden of St. Timothy's Episcopal Church, Ed Champa, is appealing to
parishioners to assist the church with $25,000 to bring about Parish Status.
He
made the appealed during the Annual Meeting and election of new officers in the
parish hall following the morning worship service.
Ed informed
the congregation in his annual message as Senior Warden, that "many
years ago, we lost parish status when we started receiving aid from
the Diocese, and we are currently considered a "mission" church
because we continue to receive financial aid every month. We are
still about $20-25,000 short of being self supporting."
He
revealed that the church was experiencing a serious financial deficit to
meet up with her obligation to the priest and other expenses. (editor's
note: the budget shortage was $4,849.73
The
Senior Warden reminded parishioners to keep in mind that the church must
not sit back and relax, because there are new goals for the year 2010.
"You can help, you can be challenged to have a life with God, to be formed
and changed by experiencing the challenges facing this year at St. Tim,"
he told the congregation.
"We need this money to pay Kirsteen as a full time priest.
There is no way that we can be a parish without this."
He
praised the vicar, Kirsteen, for her dedicated services to the church and our
parish.
The
Senior Warden also commended the entire membership of the church for their
cooperation and support during the year 2009 and urged them to redouble their
efforts so as to make St. Timothy a self-supporting parish soon.
For
her part, the Vicar of the church, Kirsteen Wilkinson, thanked the
two wardens including the congregation for their cooperation thus far.
Kirsteen,
who also presided over the Annual Meeting and the election of officers further
announced that she would have to reduce her hours spent at the church to afford
her time to find another job cause money received from the church could
not meet up with her financial obligation.
The
three new members of the Bishop's Committee (Vestry) include Michelle Carter,
Steve Bridgewater, and Aimee Formo, all elected for a three year term, and
Kitty Herndon, who agreed to serve out an existing term for one year.