Putting the Plan Into Action

In order for our Plan to succeed, it will take the work and cooperation of all. The importance of each parishioner’s involvement has already been set forth on page 5 of this document.

How will you make this happen? Where do you begin? There are supporting roles to help lead and guide the parish as it brings the Plan to fruition.

• The Rollout Team is charged with informing the community about the Plan. It will handle publicity and promote the Plan through a variety of activities. They are tasked with creating visuals that will draw attention and inspire the

The Team will help the parish to link the plan to its Eucharistic celebration. They will build momentum towards implementation.

• The Implementation Team is tasked with assisting staff, commissions, ministries and parishioners to develop effective action plans. They will train facilitators to work with each ministry or parish group. They will ascertain the best way to implement the
• The Commissions are tasked with assuring that each ministry within their area of responsibility will create and implement action plans. They will help define measurable ways to evaluate the action plans and make adjustments as
• The Pastoral Staff will work to encourage collaboration and cooperation among the various ministries, so that the Plan flows seamlessly in bringing about the change needed to transform the community into the envisioned missionary disciples. The pastoral staff will ensure success by seeing that each entity regularly reviews their action plan and affirms, adapts, or revises it as necessary.

• The Parish Pastoral Council, in conjunction with the pastoral staff and commissions, will oversee the continued execution of this Plan. They encourage all parishioners to be actively involved as, together, we all put the Plan into action. It will be the task of the PPC to review the Plan annually and revise accordingly.

Parish Plan Action Steps                                                            Approved, 9/5/2018

Liturgy

GOAL WORD/PHRASE (“GOOD FRUIT”)

Vibrant Liturgy

GOAL STATEMENT

To fully and intentionally engage in prayer, worship, and sacramental life that flow from baptism and reverential participation in the Eucharist—the source and summit of our faith.

LITURGY OBJECTIVE 1

To help each person better prepare for and actively participate in Liturgy, so that each of us can grow in the mysteries we celebrate and help others experience these mysteries.

LITURGY OBJECTIVE 2

To deepen, as a parish, our liturgical prayer by devoting ourselves to each component—song, spoken word, ritual gesture, attentive stillness, and the sacred beauty of the worship environment.

Welcome

GOAL WORD/PHRASE (“GOOD FRUIT”)

Belonging

GOAL STATEMENT

To practice radical hospitality and welcome as Jesus did, seeking out the disenfranchised and vulnerable and creating a sense of fellowship and belonging that is grounded in love for each other and humble gratitude to God.

WELCOME OBJECTIVE

To create a community characterized by infectious joy and love, where all come together to praise God and support each other.

Encounter

GOAL WORD/PHRASE (“GOOD FRUIT”)

Conversion

GOAL STATEMENT

To continually experience our own conversion and bring others to experience the same through evangelization, revealing the truth of the Gospel and witnessing to others how we ourselves have encountered Christ.

ENCOUNTER OBJECTIVE 1

To help each of us recognize our hunger for a deeper personal relationship with Jesus Christ and other people.

ENCOUNTER OBJECTIVE 2

To create a culture that enables experiencing God and promotes faith sharing and discipleship in Jesus Christ.

Accompaniment

GOAL WORD/PHRASE (“GOOD FRUIT”)

Spiritual Growth

GOAL STATEMENT

To grow as disciples of Christ and nurture growth in others as we study, share, and live out the teachings of Christ and his Church through education, faith formation, and discipleship endeavors.

ACCOMPANIMENT OBJECTIVE 1

To commit to helping each other learn about, share, and live out our lives in the Trinity through ever-deepening relationships.

ACCOMPANIMENT OBJECTIVE 2

To cultivate the identity of the family as the domestic church—the foundation of spirituality and faith.

Sending

GOAL WORD/PHRASE (“GOOD FRUIT”)

Disciple-Making

GOAL STATEMENT

To bring Christ to the world, practicing discipleship and encouraging each other through friendship and service as we support the work of the Church, provide for the material and pastoral care of the poor and suffering and advocate for the discernment of vocations in life, especially priestly vocations for those who feel called in this way.

SENDING OBJECTIVE

To build a community of disciples yearning to bring Christ to the marginalized and those in most need of God’s mercy.

Mission Support

GOAL WORD/PHRASE (“GOOD FRUIT”)

Mission Support

GOAL STATEMENT

To enact wise stewardship of the gifts God has granted us, the legacy entrusted to us by those who have preceded us in the faith, and the hope that lies in future generations of the faithful, so that our resources may be channeled to support the mission of disciple-making first and foremost.

MISSION SUPPORT OBJECTIVE

To focus our financial, facility, and administrative decisions on the primary mission of our parish.

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