Education Commission





Parish Council Community Life Commission Education Commission Finance Commission Liturgy Commission Operations Commission Pastoral Care Commission Stewardship Commission	Education Commission What’s our purpose: The Education Commission is a visioning group whose mission is to encourage and facilitate lifelong education in Faith for the whole person. Who we are: We are active members of Epiphany Parish who are devoted to the support and guidance of the many education ministries that are core to the foundation of the Church of the Epiphany. We are a group of 9 discerned commissioners and 3 staff members. Current members of the education commission are chair person Mary Zielinski; Pat Bredenkamp, Sherry Campeau, Jane Carroll, Katie Gebhard, Tom Nathe, Mary Powell and Lisa Zastoupil. What we do: The purpose of the education commission is to facilitate and foster communication and collaboration between our educational committees, groups, and ministries in support of the parish plan and mission. We help provide on-going direction to the groups within the commission and assist them in reaching their goals. We serve as a liaison for our ministries to the Parish Council. Meeting minutes are posted following approval by commissioners and can be found below. How we do it: We seek the involvement of our ministries in the pursuit of the overall commission and parish objectives. We do this through communication and involvement in our monthly meetings and additional work sessions. (We meet the second Tuesday of the month.) We use a consensual decision-making process to guide our activities and recommendations. In addition, we reach out to become involved in their organizations through meetings and active participation. We do this to better understand their ministries and what they do. Contacting us: We can be contacted via email at education@epiphanymn.org . Emails are received and responded to by the chair of the Education Commission with input from others, as needed. If you’d like to contact any of the other commissioners, please indicate this in the email and it will be forwarded to them. Meeting minutes: January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 No September meeting August 2009 No meeting in July June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 Below is a list of active ministries and groups that fall under the Education Commission. Epiphany Catholic School Parent Teacher Organization Drama Athletic Association Epiphany Catholic Home-school Organization Epiphany Extended Day and School Readiness Programs Faith Formation Early Childhood Faith Formation Sunday School Nursery/childcare Elementary Faith Formation Vacation Bible School Middle School Faith Formation Senior High Faith Formation Life Night Youth Ministry Advisory Committee Adult Faith Formation Adult Faith Formation Taskforce Bible Study Lending Library Rite of Christian Initiation for Children Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults Sacramental Preparation Baptism Reconciliation Eucharist Confirmation Marriage Mentors/Sponsors Natural Family Planning Vocation Committee