Summit Mission Area
The Summit Mission Area is comprised of:Akron - Church of Our Saviour Akron - St. Andrew's Akron - St. Paul's Akron - St. Philip's Barberton - St. Andrew's Cuyahoga Falls - St. John's Hudson - Christ Church Kent - Christ Church Macedonia - St. Timothy's Medina - St. Paul's Ravenna - Grace Church Wadsworth - St. Mark's |
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Summit Mission Area Council
Council Chair: The Rev. Dr. Eric Funston (St. Paul's, Medina)
Vice Chair: Sally Goodall
Dean: The Rev. Albert Jennings
Representative to Diocesan Council: Diane Hawkins (St. Mark's, Wadsworth)
ECW President: Barbara Baird
Treasurer: The Rev. Meghan Froehlich
Secretary: Karen Rockwell
Minutes of the Summit Mission Area Council - September 13, 2011
St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Wadsworth
Members Present: Church of Our Saviour – Anne Schwan; St. Paul’s Akron –Elizabeth Armstrong, The Rev. Polly Glanville, Sally Goodall, Mary Shepherd; Christ Church (Hudson) –Marilyn Hansen, Jane Harrison, Pam Zuhl; Christ Church (Kent) – Sallie Bear, Gloria Gagich: St. Timothy’s – Hilary Nerby, Karen Rockwell; St. Paul’s Medina – Kim Kelly; Grace Church – The Rev. Carol Evans, Sue Ahrens, St. Mark’s – The Rev. Allan Belton, Jim Thompson.
Members Absent:; St. Andrew’s (North Hill); St. Phillip’s; St. Andrew’s (Barberton); St. John’s
Regrets received from: Albert Jennings, Lynette Miller, Barbara Baird, Diane Hawkins
Guests: ECS Members Suzanne Palmer and Dick Wilkinson
The meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m. by the vice chair, Sally Goodall. She asked The Rev. Allan Belton, to lead us in a prayer. He chose one by Percy Dearmer.
The regular agenda was suspended so that Suzanne Palmer, Anne Schwan and Dick Wilkinson, from the Diocese of Ohio’s Episcopal Community Services Development Council, speak on the Bishop’s Annual Appeal and Episcopal Community Services. They asked that each parish consider supporting the Bishop’s Annual Appeal; bringing it to the attention of the parish in a locally appropriate manner – from the pulpit, in a newsletter, with a speaker, etc. They volunteered to speak to any parish. Each member of the Council has been assigned to liaise with individual parishes in the diocese.
In 2010, the Bishop’s Annual Appeal raised $171,000. It is possible to support the appeal with a single gift or a pledge of a series of payments. You may designate your gift to benefit the Community Services (the old ECSF), whose funds are distributed by Development Council, or have it go the Bishop’s Appeal. Members of the Council will be happy to help individual parishes develop proposals for the funds available.
Read more: Minutes of the Summit Mission Area Council - September 13, 2011
