9-9-24 Pastoral Council Minutes
ST. JAMES PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 Chairperson, Joan Peluso called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The following council members were present: Fr. Mike Roach, … Read More
ST. JAMES PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024 Chairperson, Joan Peluso called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The following council members were present: Fr. Mike Roach, … Read More
Chris Fullinwider was born and raised in Philadelphia. She and her husband, Dean, have been married since 1993 and have two young adult children. They moved from St. Therese parish to St. James in 2012. Dean is the founding partner of a Liberty accounting firm and serves on the St. James Finance Committee. Chris is a Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner and works part time at Northland OB/GYN. She is excited to meet other parishioners and be more deeply involved in the parish.
To contact Chris Fullinwider: call/text 816-786-7150 or email
Jeff Ridder and his family have been parishioners at St James since 2013. He and his wife Karen have four children: John Paul, Joe, James, and Jessica.
Jeff grew up in Wichita, Kansas where he attended St. Joseph Grade School and Bishop Carroll High School. It is here that he first learned the Faith as a daily altar server at St. Joseph Parish. He graduated from Wichita State University with a BA in History. Jeff served in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 2014 after 23 years of service and now works for the Federal Aviation Administration as an electronics technician, doing work on the next-gen control systems for air traffic control and runway operations.
At St. James, Jeff sings in the parish choir, has taught religious education classes and volunteers regularly with the Scouting Organization Troop 374. In his spare time, he works on his old house, dreams of fixing up his old truck and is building a cabin on the family’s small piece of land in North Missouri.
To contact Jeff Ridder: call/text 816-379-1723 or email at
ST. JAMES PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, MAY 13, 2024 The May meeting of the St. James Pastoral Council was called to order by Chairman Kevin Casel at 7:00 p.m. … Read More
ST. JAMES PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, April 8, 2024 The April meeting of Pastoral Council was called to order by Chairman Kevin Casel at 7:00 p.m. The following council … Read More
ST. JAMES PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2023 Chairman Kevin Casel called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The following council members were present: Phil Baumert, Kevin … Read More
ST. JAMES PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, MARCH 18, 2024 Chairman Kevin Casel called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The following council members were present: Fr. Mike Roach, … Read More
ST. JAMES PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2024 Chairman Kevin Casel called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. The following council members were present: Fr. Mike … Read More