I want to extend to each of you an invitation. I would like to invite you to take the time to consider an invitation to join our Parish Pastoral Council. The Parish Pastoral Council is a group of parishioners who assist me in the tasks of discerning the vision & goals for our parish, helping to continue to move our parish forward. These parishioners are not meant to be the people who do everything, but are rather meant to serve as a representative voice of our larger parish family, working with me & helping me as I seek to do my best in leading 2 parish families.
Members of Parish Council are not appointed to lifetime terms, but rather serve on a rotating basis. This is very helpful, as it is important to me to not always be hearingIf you are interested in possibly filling a seat on Parish Pastoral Council, there will be interest forms available at the doors of the Church for the last 2 weeks of January (not this week, but the next 2 weeks). Please take one, fill it out, & drop it off in a sealed envelope (marked “Parish Pastoral Council Form”) in the collection. This is not an essay test, you do not need to answer the questions in complete sentences or like an essay in school, just simply jot down some thoughts to each question to help us in our work of discerning new members. Please know too that as we make the decision on who is going to fill the open seats, we will be doing so without looking at the name of the person applying. This is important to me as I want to invite people to join Parish Pastoral Council based on the ideas they might have, not simply on who they are. God Bless & have a great week! from the same voices all the time. The members of our current Parish Pastoral Council have done a great job in helping us through the time of transition in Pastors & also helping us to navigate our way through this continuing pandemic situation. I truly appreciate all their work, their dedication, & their commitment. In the upcoming months, a few of those members will be transitioning off of Parish Pastoral Council & we will be in search of a few new members to take their place. Terms on Parish Pastoral Council are for 3 years, with the possibility of an extension of a term for 1 or 2 additional years, if you so choose.