At that time, as Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax office; and he said to him, "Follow me." And he rose and followed him.
Matthew 9,9




Thursday 28 March 2013

AGM 2013




Annual General Meeting
St Matthew’s Greek Orthodox Parish
Aberdeen
16th March 2013


Item No
Description
Action
1
New committee members announcement
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.

2
Annual review of 2012-13 (including accounts)

The accounts of the 2012 financial year ending April 2013 were announced and discussed. The accounts are available for members upon request.
3
Calendar of 2013 - extra Services, events and community activities
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.
4
New church items to be purchased for 2013
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.
5
Hellenic School potential co-operation 2013-14
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.    

6
Discuss the potential of having a permanent priest in Aberdeen

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
Other issues
A new rota for the coffee service will be circulated. 

Parish Members 2013


1. Mr. Yerasimos Angelis - President
2. Dr. Panagiotis Asimakopoulos - Vice-president
3. Mrs. Rachel Beard - Secretary
4. Mr. Ronald Leith - Treasurer
5. Dr. Dragudin Gvozdanovic - Council Member
6. Ms. Nikoleta Stefanopoulou - Council Member
7. Mr. Geogre Pilichos - Council Member
8. Miss Biliana Karadzic - Council Member
9. Dr. Efthymia Dafnopatidou - Council Member