Community Building Weekend
Remember the weekend of October 17 & 18 last year, when
Fr.Bowen spoke at all of our eight Masses here at St.Augustine’s?
Recalling the important conversation his mom (and other moms) used
to have over the back fence with each other about their families
while hanging out laundry , our congregation was invited to begin
a con-versation “over the pew” with one another about our parish,
what they liked about it, what needs they saw in it, and to
suggest how we could build a stronger community here at
St.Augustine’s.
On that day, one member “interviewed” the other, and wrote down on
a flyer the basics of the conversation, the concerns and comments
of the other. (For a list of all “Community Building Week-end”)
see below. Itemized by time of service.
Survey Responses
Summary Report
7 AM and 8 AM Mass Responses
9:15 AM Mass Responses
10:45 AM Mass Responses
12:15 PM Mass Responses
4 PM Mass Responses
5 PM Mass Responses
6 PM Mass Responses
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact any
of the St. Augustine Pastoral Council Sponsoring Committee members below:
Our Church Community Building continues with "House"
meetings. Please view our St. Augustine Church Community
Newsletters below for more information:
St.
Augustine Church Community Newsletter - July 17-18, 2010
St. Augustine Church Community Newsletter - January
30-31, 2010
St. Augustine Church Community Newsletter - January 16-17, 2010
St. Augustine Church Community Newsletter - January 9-10, 2010
What is a “House Meeting?"
“Issues, actions and leaders... emerge as a “core team” of leaders
conduct house meet-ings. House meetings provide an opportunity for
small groups of people to share their stories and interests in
order to build a community relationship.
What does a House meeting look like?
Size: 10-15 persons
Time: 60 minutes or less, with the discipline of starting
and ending on time.
Location: Congregation, home, apartment, school, workplace,
congregation ministry site.
Who to invite: People You Know: Either members of our
parish, others who may not be mem-bers but attend our church, or
other members in our commu-nity that may visit our church on
occasion and have some fa-miliarity with or interest in our
parish.
Ongoing Timeline for House Meetings
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January 11 - February 11: |
Explanation and Invitation of
Process set before Parish Community, House Meeting Hosts called
forth and trained, members invited to attend house meetings |
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January 18: |
Meeting of Pastoral Council Sponsoring
Committee; 7 PM; Burke Wing |
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February 1: |
Training for House Meeting Leaders; 7 - 8:30
PM; Burke Wing |
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February 11 - March 11: |
House Meeting—each group meets 2 times in same
amount of weeks. |
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March: |
Leaders gather to evaluate and share what they
learned from their groups, and to figure out what topics to
research and identify potential leaders to join the current
leaders of the Parish Pastoral Council |
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April 1: |
Council meets to figure out what an agenda for
the congregation would look like |
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April 15: |
Bring together house meeting leaders to ratify
the agenda |
|
May 1: |
Congregation ratifies agenda of church and
community issues and plan for action |
I would like to be part of the Parish House Meeting Initiative!
What can I do?
There are several ways to take part. Choose what is comfortable
for you!
Think you could facilitate a meeting?
Be a House Meeting Leader
Attend training session on February 1st
Invite 10-15 people to your meeting
Attend a leader follow-up meeting
Have the place but prefer not to lead a meeting?
Be a House Meeting Host
We'll place a leader and host together
Want to attend a house meeting?
Let us know!
House meeting leaders will be inviting parishioners, but they
don't know anyone!
We'll be sure that you are invited to a meeting in your area
Click here for the In Pew Brochure.
