Church Life
According to the Diocese of Davenport, the overall purpose of a parish’s Ministry of Church Life is to
develop stronger bonds within the parish, deanery and diocese.
develop stronger bonds within the parish, deanery and diocese.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- To welcome all into the faith community with warm hospitality.
- To promote faithful stewardship among all its members.
- To reach out and invite the un-churched and those alienated from the Church.
- To develop, plan and evaluate parish programs that will enable the entire parish to grow into a spiritual home.
- To analyze the communal needs of the parish community and to identify areas in need of development.
- To celebrate the diversity of peoples in the communal life of the parish (e.g., ethnic groups, age groups, the homebound, people with disabilities).
- To create opportunities to expand all ministries to more freely involve the diversity of the parish, reaching out in a particular way to any marginalized groups.
- To ensure good communication among all groups in the parish, deanery, and diocese, and to provide effective publicity for events.
- To initiate and support the growth of mutual understanding and common action among different faiths (ecumenism).
- To prepare a budget for the community-building needs of the parish.
- To encourage ever-increasing levels of participation of all ages in the life of the parish, deanery, and diocese.