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126 items found for "Indiscretion: What not to Share with Parishioners"

  • Engaged Listening: A Key Leadership Skill

    , what priorities need to be asserted, what funding will be required, etc. Reflect what has been said by paraphrasing. “What do you mean when you say.” “Is this what you mean?” I find myself taking what you said personally. What I heard you say is ………..; is this what you meant?” 4.

  • An Essential Parish Program: Bereavement Ministry

    To mourn is to forget oneself for a moment and to share in someone else’s pain and then to find oneself in the very act of sharing. But then what? We learn that oftentimes, saying nothing and yet somehow sharing in their profound grief is the best At a time such as this, people want the priest to share their lives, especially their sorrows.

  • Courage to Undertake Difficult Conversations

    Will I be scolded, rejected, shamed? “What was my role in this?” “Could we talk about what happened yesterday?” What is the problem? 2. What would my counterpart say the problem is? 3. What’s my preferred outcome? 4. What’s my preferred working relationship with my counterpart?

  • Look Up

    ., more people are looking down at their devices than at each other or what is going on around them. And what form of example are you setting for others who may be watching (in between glances up from their in shame for what they had done (or not done), including the repentant tax collector in Luke 18:13. ​ I believe stewardship is what you do with all of the gifts God gave you. So if you want to live the stewardship calling entrusted to you by your Father, ask yourself, “What have

  • Parish Envisioning Exercise

    place mission first, for vision detached from mission can quickly devolve into a “private” vision or what Strategic means asking yourself, ‘What do we want to become?’ If you know what you want to become, then you can validate every objective with the question: ‘Does it to do it or to do it better is exactly what you want but I encourage you to think strategically.” Pass out the “Participant Copy” and invite each person to fill in the blank regarding what the parish

  • Prospective Donor Diagnostic

    It indicates what they could give if they were highly motivated to do so. We are estimating what they potentially could give if they were highly motivated to do so. 6) Now write What could be done to elevate people in the lower right hand corner vertically to the upper right hand What are limitations of this assessment? What assumptions are being made? What do these findings suggest regarding the role of the chairperson of the effort?

  • “You’re Dying in 6 Days”

    OK, what’s your plan for “getting your affairs in order.” You can’t change what you didn’t do in the past. You can only change what you will do from now on. on what your stewardship legacy will be. ​ What church ministry did you devote yourself to? So, what’s your plan, and what will you do now (and from now on)?

  • A Simple Parish Management Tool for Priests

    functions are employed: Analysis: Research, gather information, evaluate data, ask questions, apply SWOP (What are our strengths and weaknesses and what are the opportunities and threats concerning this activity Planning: What is our roadmap? How will we get there? What are the timelines, the tasks and the benchmarks? Execution: What happens when the plan is implemented?

  • Envisioning: An Essential Task of Leadership

    What are impediments to envisioning? Six suggested preliminary questions for envisioning: What do we wish to become? What are we trying to achieve? How does the vision affect key audiences? What if money was not a problem, what would we do? What are the implications of the vision for me and for my family?

  • Five Responsibilities of a Volunteer to the Parish

    Not what was hoped for? Or just bored and ready for something else? If they don’t know that a volunteer is not getting from the experience what they had hoped to receive A volunteer needs to help improve the reputation of volunteers in the parish by doing what was agreed The responsibility not to promise what can’t be delivered This one is worth singling out as it’s fairly service portfolio (even if it’s just a one day gig on the side), and having realistic expectations about what

  • Ascertaining the State of the Parish Using the Adizes Life Cycle of Organizations

    Over what time frame? What does the dotted line represent? What would that suggest for our parish? What aspects of parish life, if any, are found on the downward slope of the figure? What aspects of parish life bring hope and promises to our future? What specific, concrete steps should be taken in light of our discussion today?

  • The Annual Parish Council One-Day Retreat

    Father, Son and Holy Spirit 2) Train for servant leadership through formal parish council development 3) Share Create opportunities for the parish council chairperson to share in leading the retreat with the priest

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