Dear Executive Committee of the Daughters of the Theotokos, of St Joseph Church

 

Item One:

For people who like to plan ahead:  we are meeting 29 Sept to vote for new officers.  This info will be diseminated by email and bulletin this week.

 

FYI:  Yazmin has offered to take the Secretary post, Margaret has volunteered to continue as Treasurer.  We are assuming Kh. Lynn will kindly continue as communication liaison.

It might be a good idea to be thinking in terms of nominations throughout the year, depending on who is willing to do the work, and available to fill the office.

 

Item Two:

News re the Prison ministry holiday cookie event from Jim Coody:  Chaplain at the Central prison unit in Sugarland says Cookie Sunday is scheduled for Dec. 9, 2007.  We will be asking for DOT to be baking in November to prepare for this.  More info later on estimated goal, and whether or not the cookie dough will be donated (again).

 

Item Three:

This week I am composing the mission statement for the St Joseph Newsletter that Larry tells me he will have ready by 9/23/07 ( a week before the meeting).  Also, in the article for the newsletter, I want to lay out some of what we do here at St Joseph all year. e.g.

 

SEP -  (Sunday School begins) 

        social at Celine's

        trip to the Holy Archagels monastery

        election of DOT officers

OCT - (annual meeting of church re board, etc)

        clean church for Bishop visit, or just because...

        St Tabitha feast day celebrated by the St Tabitha Circle and friends

NOV - St Joseph garage sale

        cookies for Prison Ministry

DEC - decorate for Nativity

        Nativity pot luck

JAN - (New Year Party)

        Epiphany pot luck, remove Nativity decorations

        DOT cookie social

        (Respect Life Sunday)

FEB - (Parish pledge cards due?) 

        Souper Bowl  - for camp transportation fund

        (Valentine Party)

MAR - Lent pot luck on Wednesday nights

        clean church

        collection for Romania by St Tabitha Circle

APR - Pascha (most years) with pot luck

        Priest Retirement Fund collection (per the Archdiocesan Women's Group)

MAY - post Pashca clean up

        collection for the Treehouse

        (Sunday School ends - Mens' Group barbecue celebration?)

JUN -  (Parish Life event, somewhere in the Archdiocese)

        (and why not a trip to a monastery?)

JUL - St Tabitha Circle summer luncheon

AUG - garden party social for DOT

        colleciton for Romania begins - by St Tabitha Circle

 

and then there is coffee hour sign up, pot lucks, and donations to Pregnancy Resource Center by St Tabitha Circle, ongoing all year.

 

DOT could schedule meetings for "every other month" or so, on the surmise that the other months there will be "social" get togethers of one kind or another.

 

Item Four:

For those who ask for spiritual care, there is a wonderful opportunity in the St Philip prayer and study group, although that is not specifically for women.  Another consideration is to expand monastery trips to include the skete in Washington TX, where the nuns are...

 

Dear execs, your input on any of this is of great value.  Please respond with your thoughts, complaints, impressions...etc.

 

thanks

Isabel

mme prez