Dear friends in Christ,
We are partners in the mission of Jesus to bring all people into God’s Kingdom of love.
How can we best accomplish what God has in mind for us? How can we best use the gifts and talents of the people who are a part of our community? How can we invite more people to join us? These are important questions that we are asking here at Christ the King.
In the coming weeks, we will conduct a significant pastoral planning process to focus our ministries and rekindle the flame of faith among us. This will include a deep review of our current reality and trends that will impact our future at multiple “round table” events.
First, every member aged 18 and older and anyone who considers him or herself a part of our parish will have the opportunity to share his or her opinions about some of the key aspects of our parish life together through a Member Engagement Survey. The purpose of this survey is to help us identify areas of strength in our parish and areas where we can improve.
The survey will be administered and tabulated by Gallup, an independent research company. We can begin to take the survey on August 15 through September 7, either on paper at church, or by clicking on the survey link in our weekly eblast or on our website. Your opinions will be completely confidential. Gallup will not reveal any individual responses to anyone. After we have received the results from Gallup, we will use them to start a dialogue about how we can more effectively accomplish our mission.
This is an exciting time for us here at Christ the King as we take important steps toward renewing God’s purpose for us. Please watch for more information about our “Rekindling the Spirit” pastoral planning process in the near future in our eblast and online. We will also make announcements at Mass. Thank you, in advance, for your willingness to share your thoughts, opinions, and ideas through the upcoming Member Engagement Survey and throughout our planning process.
Sincerely,
Fr. Erich Rutten, Pastor, The Church of Christ the King