Parish Pastoral Council
Purpose and Function
The PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL shall be the instrument through which a representative body of the People of God, that is Saint Matthew Parish, in a relationship of shared responsibility with the pastor, enables the parish to experience itself as a community of faith called to proclaim the Good News of God’s Kingdom present among us.
Saint Matthew Parish Council
Here are the members of our parish council. We thank our volunteers for their time and talents. We appreciate their dedication to our parish.
Rev. J. Nicholas Dant, Pastor
Loral Tansy, Pastoral Associate/Operations Manager
Jack Lashenik, President, At-Large Member
Tom Williams, Vice President, At-Large Member
Rick Gale, Secretary, At-Large Member
Rosalind Shaffer, At-Large Member
Scott Frank, At-Large Member
Kate Thedwall, At-Large Member
Amelia Flores, At-Large Member
Cassie Shipley, At-Large Member
Ed Freije, At-Large Member
Commissions and Representatives
J.P. Heisserer, Administration
Bob Kowal, Christian Outreach
Autumn Henderson, Youth Faith Formation
Victor Neff, Finance
Amy Stimpson, Generous Hearts
Tom Shaffer, School
Beth Desalvo, Social/Community Life
Leslie Kerr and Pat Witt, co-chairs, Spiritual Life