Annual General Meeting
St Matthew’s Greek Orthodox Parish
Aberdeen
16th
March 2013
Item No
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Description
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Action
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1
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New committee members announcement
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Announcement and greetings for the new Vice President
(Panagiotis Asimakopoulos).
Need for Secretary replacement was raised and a number of
volunteers have offered to fill the vacancy.
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2
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Annual review of 2012-13 (including accounts)
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The accounts of the 2012 financial year ending April 2013
were announced and discussed. The accounts are available for members upon
request.
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3
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Calendar of 2013 - extra Services, events and community
activities
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An additional service will be booked to celebrate St
Matthew’s Day.
An introduction of new meetings for discussions of faith,
community etc on Fridays at 6pm
will be available after Easter 2013. Further details will follow when dates
are confirmed.
Update from Fr Raphael on visiting sick members of our
Parish in hospital.
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4
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New church items to be purchased for 2013
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The new items to be purchased for 2014 will be all missing
items required to conduct a wedding and a baptism. An initial budget of £1000
has been allocated.
An additional collection has been proposed for charity
purposes.
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5
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Hellenic
School potential
co-operation 2013-14
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A need for a building to host the Hellenic School
was raised and an alternative solution was proposed to host it within St
Ninian’s Church. The school is proposed to run on a weekly basis. Teachers
have volunteered to help with the 2013 year. Fr Raphael has also offered to
help with Catechesis classes. The additional rent cost will be covered by the
parents.
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6
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Discuss the potential of having a permanent priest in Aberdeen
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The possibility of having a permanent priest was
discussed. It was proposed to aim to provisionally increase the frequency of
services to 4 times per month
if a priest becomes available |
7
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Other issues
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A new rota for the coffee service will be circulated.
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