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VESTRY MINUTES
July 11 , 1977
Fr. E. Don Taylor , Presiding
--Opening prayer by Fr . Taylor .
of Mr . Dona ld Lutas of Seminary
in Jamaica who i s
--Introduction
working this summer at the Community Center. Mr . Lutas' acceptance
at the
meeting
was moved by Miss Hunter and seconded by Mr . Wm .
McAlpin.
Motion car ri ed .
-rCongratulatlons
to Mr . Fed erick McAlpin on his re cent marriage .
ATT ENDANCE; Vestry
:
Wm . McAlpin, Sahron Curry , James Ward , James
Williams,
Josie Hunter, Sweetie Wiggins, Willard Morse , Philip
Goffney.
Assoc . Vestry: B. Anita Wing, Wilfred xxxxxxxx
Epps ,
Frances Campbell, Alexand er Clark, Peggy Jo hnson . Non- Members:
Donald Lutas, Fred er i ck Mc Alpin. Mr . Clark telephoned his l a teness .
Corrections and Clarifications
"records",
instead of
-- Minutes
"recor s" , leaka ge refers to plumbing , "Mrs . " Reid instead of Mr.,
Boy ' s 'Choir bill of instead of og, Clarification of bill sent to
gas company without money.
Moved by J. Hunter, second ed by J . Williams that minutes be
accepted with corrections
a nd cl a rifi cations . Motion carried .
Matters Arising in Mlnut es--New a s sisting Pr iest , Dr . Pope, will
b e j oining us th e f i rst of September . Bis services will b e r estri c ted
to Sundays and mi nor duties during the week will b e wor k ed out.
-- Conta ct ed Re v. Bennett Sm i th a bout providing St . John ' s bus to
transport
g roup to Roch est er for UBE Conference . xxxxxxx Bus wa s
ma d e available, but could not provi ded driver. It was too late
to arrange for a
driver
with sp ec ial li cense.
--$1880 bill for Boy's Choir robes. Mr. McPherson ag reed to finance
robes
.
After boar d ,t hat had b een established by Fr. Taylor, had
to be dissolved, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
due to bi ckerin g by members on
their personal importance
,
Mr.McPhe r son ha s i gno r ed bills sent
to him after making an init ial payment of $100
.
Fr . Taylor
has assumed the responsibility f or rai sing the $1800.
He ha s asked
the Churc h Hdqtrs . f o r a s sista n ce and the mone y will be forthcomin g .
Mr. Ward asked if thee was any announcement
to t he Vestry of
dis s olution of the boar d and if t here shouldn ' t be some kind of
che ck s and balances, a nd should the choir be r es pons i ble to the
chur ch. An swer ·, Yes. Ther e are plans to est a blish a new board
and By-Laws which the Vestr y will approve . The drawback to establishment in the name of St. Phillps is that many organizations will
not f und chu r ch o rganizations
Mr . Ward
asked what steps will be
taken in the future. Fr . Taylor assured that any new steps a s far
a s t he choir is concer
n ed, will be taken to the vestry, Funding
will be soug ht a n t h e choir will r emain a part of St . Phillps .
Fr . Taylor spoketo the Parents Organization
of the cho i r the explain
the lett er from t he Vestry a ski ng about the unpaid bills and
finan ci a l t a tus of c ho i r . Miss Hunte r a sked if money wil available

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to meet the bill of app roximately $1800.
The matter wi ll ha ve
to be d is c ussed with Mrs. Ernestine
Greene , who is tr e as u rer . Miss
Hunter thinks something should be done soon to at least pay on
the bi ll, Company has been contacted , Catholic Sup plies has b een
paid $500 an Almay $ 100 in February. Fr. Tay lor noted that bills
should be s en t to Boy ' s Choir but they come to St. Phili ps in orde r
to use t ax exempt status . As surances g iven by Fr. Tay lor that a ctive
ef orts wi ll be made to g et the bill pa id and g et a new board started .
Supply
Priest--Moved by Miss Hunter, se c onde by Sharon Curry
th a t the overpaymen t o f of $75 instead of the budgeted
$40 be taken
fro m Reli g iou s Ed. or Community Ou t r each. Motion carried.
--Episcopal Char i t ie s --deficit n o t as l arg e after a final r e c heck showed
unrecorded pledg es. Men ' s club wrote check for $100 to cover pa rt
of deficit.
--Mrs.Reid--Job
des cript ion has n ot been redone , Me eti ng of Rector ,
Warden,
and Mrs . Reid has not taken pla c e, In light of Ves try's request
for such a meeting , the letter
to b e sent to Mrs . Reid a s
instructed by Mr. Van L , should n ot b e sent.
--Linen Bill--b ei ng received even though linen service ha s been discontinued. A call
should be made to Co, to clear up the matter .

RECTOR'S REPORT--June
was dominated by plans
f or UBE Confer ence.
Confere nc e was a reat sue ,ess--tremendous acclaim from d ele gate s, A word of
of commendation
to our UBE members. Mrs. Rudd elec ted V, Pres.
o f National UBE. S t . Phi lip's role in UBE Confe r enc e was financed
without going into the red .
--Corres
p ondence --D House --certificates fr om d iocese f or l ay de l egates
f o r convention in Oc t.
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION- - Miss Hunte r-- Report written and file d . Ventu r e s
in Mi ssi on workshop t hat was held i n May with part ic i pants that
r ep r esented a cro ss - section of the parishi on ers .
Thiswo rkshop wa s
conducted i n each p a rish throughout the diocese wit h th e purpose
o f coming up with a l ist o f par i sh priorities
for mission and ---then comb i ni n g them to set up di o c e san prior ities. The Vestry
was asked to consider/what dire c tions we should g o in i mplementing
what St . Philip ' s workshop produced as i ts pri o r i ties . When fi nal
meeting was held at Calva ry , references were made to St . Phi lip's
group e·ng the most enli g htening and b est struc tured . Fr , Tayl o r:
Rather tha n p r esent a slate of priority li s tings f o r diocese this
ye ar at the co vention, diocesan priorities will c ome from VIM
workshop s be cause it reflects true priorities of th e d ioce s e, S t.
Ph ilip ' s priorities were unders t andably different from tho s e of
other
parishes a nd speci a l attention
should be g i v en St. Ph i lip's
becauseof c t i vities g ene r ated a nd f or edu cat ional purposes.
TREASURER' S REPORT--No report .

Repo rt wi th a bsent

Mr.

VanL .

REBUILDIN G-- Contra c ts si gned but no work begun.
Some activities
t o start this week . Mr . VanL ha s a l l informat ion on r ebuilding

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work . Mrs . Wing comment e d that th e Jr . Warden should know what
Sr . War d en knows . They sho ul d work to g ether , so that if Mr. VanL
is not here , Mr . Wiggins
can mak e report.
Sugges tion wa s made to
call
Mr. VanL at home . Mr . Wi ggins called . Phone con ve r sa tion
revealed that Mr . Va n L has eye t rouble.
Is unable t o attend meeting.
However,
contra ctors will beg i n work Wed. o f this we ek.(J uly 13)
PROP ERTY NEXT DOOR--Fr . Tay lor--pap ers drawn up by Mr. Mc Granor ' s
the
l awyer . Offer of $6,000 made . It was ref us ed f or $7,000,
original request.
Mr. Sparks is fo llowing through.
Wa i tlng to
hear from the McGranor ' s Lawye r, whohas been very abusive to Fr .
Taylor and has threatened a lawsuit
or breach of promise .
$5,000
has been r ece i ved fromFestiva l Com itt ee for the purc hase . It
was rest at ed that ou r o ffer was $6,000 because t hat wa s what Mr.
Sparks said t he property\was worth , but even be f o r e t he appraisal by Mr , Spar
Sparks the Ve stry approved the purcha se f o r $7,000 .
Mrs . Camp b ell
called the whole matter unfo rtunat e. A len g thy di sc us si on was hel d
on how th e matt er has been handled.
OLD BUSINES S- -Par i sh Picnic--to be publicized to attract k ids in
ord er to introduce
them to S t. Ph ilip ' s . No limitation
on numb er
who can att end . All are welcomed. Th e goal is to hav e p eo ple
feel that the picnic is not clo sed to them because t hey ar e n ot
members o f St . P hilip's.
--Re c tory Repairs --Needs pai nting
and mi n or p lumbing , particularly
draining in basement.
Vestry ne ed s to gi ve some c ons i d eration
before serious defe ct s and costly ren ovations . Miss Hun t er a sked
what d i d property committee do wh en the matter
wa s ca lled to their
at t ention earlier . Mr. Cla rk noted that he and K. Greene went
ov er and appra i sed the p rop erty and mad e a list
of recommendat ions .
Paint charts were sent
to Mrs . Taylor to select paints.
Not hing
else has be en done . Mr . Williams ask ed that th e Property Comm ittee
follow through . Mr . Mors e s a id that he would g et painte rs to g o
in one Sat . and paint the int erior. Mov ed by Mi s s Hunter, s econd ed
by Mr. Morse that wha tever mon e y is a vail a ble be used to d o wha t
has to be done.
Motion
carried , Mr . Mors e p ro p o s ed asking parishio ners
to give mon ey to reno vat e. Mi s s Hunte r f eels pari shioners should
not be asked . Fr . Tayl o r also s p ok e against th is proposal . Miss
Hunter sugg es t ed that Org . of Org . come up with a p l an t o generate
fund ing for renova t io . Fr. Tay lor fu r th e r s ug g ested that Propert y ,
stewardship , and Org
.
of Org. g e t tog ether f or strateg y on rai s ing
money for renovation.
Fr . Taylor also mad e urg ent r equest f or
sturdy
d o ors for t h e Rectory fo r se c urity purposes.
.
NEW BUSINESS
--Fr.
Taylo r asked that organizations
t ak e note before
going on vacation that t he Ann ual Parish Meeting this year i s to
be hel d in Dec . and to be g in the n e c e s s a ry p r eli minar i es .
--Fr. Tay lor has d e f er r ed his va ca tion until Fr . Po p e will be here
andwe wi ll not n e ed a supply priest . He is to attend Colleg e o f
Preachers in Wash.,
DC t o do study in Sept.
Miss

Hunter moved

adjournment,

Closing
wit h prayer.

seconded

by Mc Alpi n .