St' Vincent de Paul Parish Town Meeting

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St. Vincent de Paul Parish Town Meeting
Welcome!

• Sunday, November 15
• 300 500 PM

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Town Meeting Objective

• To obtain Parish Community reaction and feedback
  on
• - Council 2009-10 Strategic Plan - Future
  Administrative Model - Results from the
  Re-visioning of our Mission Statement

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Session 1 2009-2010 Strategic Plan
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Council 2009-2010 Strategic Plan

• To develop a transition plan in anticipation of
  Fr. Lawrences retirement that preserves our
  community identity and function
• To implement the first phase of reflection,
  discussion, and evaluation relying on past
  examinations and seeking broad current community
  input
• To address community growth and
• To keep the parish community well-informed.

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Community Growth

• To change our mind-set - from to know us is
  to love us to how we as a community can meet the
  needs of younger adults and families
• To instruct all parish committees to develop
  creative projects within their scope
• To request the newly-formed 20s-30s Group and
  Young Families to evaluate
• To be willing to invest in the effort

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2009-10 Transition Plan Elements

• Re-vision the Mission Statement
• Self-evaluate our current structure and function
• Develop an Administrative Model
• Establish a Three-Year Strategic Plan to manage
  the entire transition

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Deliverables
Activity
Product
Final As Of Date
Mission Statement Re-visioning
Affirmed/Revised Mission Statement
Feb 2010
Three Year 2010-13 Strategic Plan
3 Year 2010-13 Strategic Plan
Mar 2010
Council Deliberation
Council Deliberation
Organizational Evaluation
Organizational Evaluation
Affirmed or Revised Organization
Affirmed/Revised Organization
Apr 2010
PLD Profile
Apr 2010
Post-Retirement Admin. Planning
Proposal for Archdiocese
Summer 2010
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Organizational Self-EvaluationConsiderations

• Council constitutional duty to appoint and
  terminate committees to implement mission
• Strength and blessing of St Vs that we have a
  multitude of groupsbut
• Not all need to be responsible for implementing
  strategic planning although some must
• We must present an effective organization to PLD
  candidates
• Need an effective bottom-up self-evaluation

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Three Year Strategic Planningfor Administrative
Transition

• Needs to include engagement period prior to
  contractual commitment to - get to know each
  other - demonstrate people/administrative
  skills- adapt to how we understand being
  Church- provide/receive mentoring
• Needs to include buffer time if we need to
  resume search