PRESENTATION - "The Process of Church
Design"
As directed by the last meeting, the Steering Group welcomed Douglas Kochel, local
architect, who graciously agreed to offer a presentation on the process of church design.
Mr. Kochel was the employed architect on both the new St. Paul’s, Rothesay
renovations and the planned renovations to Trinity Church Hall in Saint John. The
presentation included details on the traditional approach used in church building projects
and its five stages, the staffing of a design team, financial considerations and, in
particular, options in the task of hiring of an architect. Mr. Kochel provided vital
information and the Group most appreciated his offering. A letter will be sent expressing
our thanks for both his recent visit and his visit to the Stage 3 Property Team last
winter.
FOLLOW-UP ON BUSINESS
1. The draft Project Time Line to assist with planning the year ahead is still being
formulated.
2. The task teams continue to recruit members where needed.
3. The River Valley Anglican Parish News is being circulated weekly.
4. The Parishes of Ketepec, Grand Bay, and Greenwich have joined the Anglican Foundation.
Westfield will join in the near future. The Anglican Foundation offers grants and loans to
Anglican building projects across the country.
TASK TEAM REPORTING:
A. Existing Facilities. Craig Patstone
Archdeacon Miller reported that the Diocesan Historical Properties Subcommittee is
available to assist the Steering Group task team. Evaluation forms for assessing
historical buildings have been developed and are available to the Team.
B. Community Building. Jackie Lohnes
The Team will be meeting on 11 June 2002 to gather ideas, begin organizing the four-parish
Corn Boil, and do some pre-planning for fall.
C. Financial Visioning. Andrew Logan / Keith Lane
Current financial information from all the parishes continues to be gathered. The draft
financial operating plan prepared for Stage Three is being revised and will be prepared
for the next Steering Group meeting.
D. Communication. Cindy Price
The Communications Task Team continues to plan for the publication of the four parish
newsletter’s first issue in late June.
E. Parish Vision. Debbie Black
The Parish Vision Team will hold its first meeting soon to begin preparing an approach in
beginning to formulate a new parish vision. The need for open consultation and an
invitation to participation by all is crucial.
F. New Facilities. Gordon Brown / Wanda Porter
Possible land sites are still being considered. Site selection has to be determined
considering many different factors including incline, accessibility in all seasons, and
the results of an engineering assessment. St. James the Less Church in Renforth will be
toured to gather ideas for a new facility. An advertisement will be placed in the River
Valley News and in the River Valley Viewer advertising for available land in the area.
Land inquires are directed to Wanda Porter 757 2510.
GOALS FOR NEXT MEETING
1. All task group members will give consideration to land sites keeping in mind that all
sites will need preparation.
2. C. Patstone will circulate the draft "time line" to members prior to the next
meeting for consideration.
3. A revised draft financial operating plan will be prepared by the Financial Task Team.
4. An advertisement for land will be placed in the River Valley News and the River Valley
Viewer.
5. Each of the Task Teams will give consideration and prepare a report on each of the task
areas, for the action plan as an interim report to be presented to the Bishop by the
pre-determined July 2002 deadline.
FUTURE MEETING DATES
Future meetings dates are:
23 July 2002 at St. James' Church, Westfield at 7:00 p.m.
20 August at St. Peter's Church, Public Landing at 7:00 p.m.
Next meeting: 25 June 2002, St. John's Church Grand Bay, 7:30 p.m..
13 June 2002
GMH/SM
