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Parish Assessment & Renewal Project

Project Purpose:

The Parish Assessment & Renewal Project will gather parishioner opinions on matters of parish life in order to develop a plan for St. Mark's future. Through this process, we believe God will reveal his plans for our faith family here at St. Mark. The project will be implemented over a 12- month period, beginning in September 2009. Watch the announcement introducing goals, timelines, committee members and consultants.

Key Thoughts:

St. Mark's 10-year anniversary seems an appropriate time to do a self-assessment and plan for the future.

We're a bigger and more diverse parish than we were at our founding.
We want St. Mark to be a relevant spiritual home for today's parishioners.

The Parish Assessment & Renewal Project will reveal God's plan for St. Mark's future, based on the needs and opinions of parishioners.

Parishioners will have the opportunity to express themselves through surveys and town hall meetings.
St. Mark staff and a core committee of parishioners are being guided through this process by Fr. Tom Sweetser, a consultant with 30 years' experience helping parishes plan for their futures.

While the specifics of St. Mark's long-term plan will be molded by parishioners, we expect the initiative to help our parish:

better meet parishioners' spiritual needs.
engage parishioners in ministries and other activities.
endure as a community, beyond any single pastor or administrator.

Calendar of Events:

Survey Sep 09'

Town Hall Meetings Jan 10'

One-On-One Meetings - Staff, Leaders Jan 10'

Observation of Liturgies & Activities Jan 10'

Analysis and Results Feb 10'

Develop/Implement Plan for Future Mar - Oct 10'

Project Leadership:

The Parish Assessment & Renewal Committee is co-chaired by parishioner Stan Banaszak and Margie McCarthy. Other committee members include: Katie Arora, Amy David, Marilyn & Tony Cenedella, Nancy Stapleton, Robert Seydel, and Alice & Dan Timmerman. Connect these names with faces by viewing our photo gallery of Operating Committee members.

Consultants:

St. Mark has contracted with outside consultants Fr. Thomas Sweetser and Sr. Peg Bishop, from the Milwaukee-based Parish Evaluation Project. They're guiding us through this entire effort, and have helped hundreds of other parishes chart their futures too. For more information about Fr. Tom, Sr. Peg and their parish-consulting firm, please visit www.pepparish.org.