welcome all to share the love of
Christ as we serve one another,
our community, and the world.
The Stewardship and Development Commission is responsible for the stewardship, strategic planning (both short and long range), and the use of technology to keep our parishioners connected. To implement our vision requires prayer, leadership, community support via dedicated and involved volunteers, AND a Master Plan to allow judicious development and conscientious management of our resources.
Ministries in this commission include:
- Capital Campaigns and Development
- Chili Cook-Off
- Festival Committee
- Information Technology
- Money Counters
- Social Committee
- Stewardship Committee
| Staff: | Father Jimmy Drennan, Pastor | |
| Ken Petri, Plant Manager |
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| Pastoral Council: | Larry Engbrock |
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| John Sondergaard |
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As one of the fastest growing Catholic Churches, we need to adjust our infrastructure to meet these growing needs. We will soon distribute our Master Plan to all parishioners to show what we need to accomplish this in future years. As we move to increasing parking, adding entrances, securing entrances, adding roads, improving safety, constructing new festival area and meeting facilities, building a mausoleum, building a new Rectory, restoring the Chapel, and building a much needed Family Life Center, we will focus on meeting needs to allow the community to grow spiritually within the future infrastructure.
| Contacts: | Ken Petri, Plant Manager |
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| Billy Moore |
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| Mark Morkovsky |
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| Neil Berry |
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God’s grace and love through his only son, Jesus Christ, and strengthened by the Holy Spirit, calls upon the many ministers of St. Joseph Church Festival to:
- Preserve and promote our historical church heritage
- Promote a sense of church community
- Promote involvement of all church parishioners
- Provide an environment that welcomes all members of our community, past and present
- Provide a safe, Christ centered family celebration
- Generate revenues to support the many ministries of St. Joseph – Honey Creek
| Contact: | Susi Boss |
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In a world of high tech we strive to maintain a balance of “high-tech, high-touch” which allows those who are literate and adaptive to new technology, to access information in a user friendly automated manner, or allow them access to a human being to assist them. As more parishioners learn the ease of 24/7 access, we will be there with the technology to meet their needs.
| Contact: | Tammy Frost, Director of Communications |
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The Money Counters are a group of adults who have been appointed by the pastor to count money collected during the Saturday and Sunday Masses. They open the offertory envelopes, record the amount of each donation, sort bills and coins and prepare a tally sheet that documents the weekly collection totals. The money counters work each Monday under the direction of the Parish Bookkeeper.
| Contact: | Ann Lindsey, Parish Bookkeeper |
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The Social Committee members are interested in bringing our parishioners together to promote and develop fellowship within our parish community. The members also provide support to our other parish ministries by assisting with organizing, set–up, serving, and clean–up as needed with their event.
| Contact: | Belinda Wade |
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Stewardship refers to, "the three T's" -- Time, Talent, and Treasure. Stewardship As Our Way of Life invites us to see our time, talent, and financial resources as gifts from God and asks us to make a response based on our being grateful. The more we are aware of being blessed, the more we want to express our gratitude. This is the heart of stewardship:
- Recognizes everything we have as a gift from God
- Calls forth praise and gratitude
- Invites us to give a percentage of our income to the Church
- Has us following through on our commitment
Please give prayerful consideration to increasing the percentage and/or amount of your support of our Parish. Using the weekly envelopes helps keep us focused on Stewardship.
| Contacts: | Patty Clayton, Director of Stewardship |
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