A Process For Parish Development

1. a process for parish dev

1. shared leadership and responsibility

1.1.  bounded by routine: what would u do if u were not afraid?

1.2.  learning from others: training pastor on leadership, the church as a family, chosing leaders from among the families, training this leadership from among the people

2. strategic planning

2.1.  what is happening within our organisation and what is happening outside our organisation which might impact on what we want to do?

2.2.  what are the strengths and weakness within our organisation?

Strengths	Weakness
Pro-active parish, good range of parish organisations	Lack of volunteers, declining church attendance, declining church collection
Opportunities	Threats
Make more use of church venue, develop special program for young people, celebrate good marriages	Loss of workers, continuing failure to attract volunteers, continuing scandal in church.

2.3.  what are the opportunities and threats we may face?

2.4.  what changes do we want to effect? In other words what is our vision for the future?

Make sure you will go to heaven	Take as many people as possible with you to heaven
Live a life of holiness	Preach the gospel throughout the world
Plant churches in every nation of the world

2.5.  what is our mission, why do we exist, what is our purpose?

2.6.  what aims or goals might we set ourselves as we try to achieve our vision?

2.7.  what tasks need to be accomplished if we are to realise those aims or goals?

2.8.  what resources will we need to enable us to carry out the tasks we have set for ourselves? Where and how might we access these resources?

2.9.  when will we carry out our task? What is our programme of work?

2.10.                    how will we monitor and evaluate our progress

3. summary of process

2. working at the parish dev

1. calling the community
2. consulting the community
3. gathering the community
4. empowered by the community

3. partnership

1. seven habts of highly effective partnerships
2. partnership with the pastoral council
3. partnership through the pastoral council

4. evaluation

1. is it all worthwhile?

5. resources

1. starting up
2. pastoral council feast
3. books and media
4. other useful materials

6. spirituality

1. rooted in the scriptures
2. the disciples on the road to Emmaus
3. the person of Christ

7. church

1. the wedding feast at cana
2. the transfiguration

8. evangelisation

1. the prayer of jesus at the last supper
2. the commission of the disciples

vision statement

1. people first
2. everyone who wants to be involved can be involved
3. everyone feels valued and welcomed
4. pastors and people work in partnership
5. we have the courage to invoke change
6. we care for everyone
7. young people play an active role
8. our faith is strong and vibrant
9. we have good relationship with other churches.