We need your opinions!
I Want Your Input!!!
Dear St. Josaphat Parishioners,
We are fully immersed in the Evangelization Phase of the Archdiocese Renew My Church process and we want to meet you where you are in your relationship with our parish. To do that, it would be helpful to have some concrete information from you. That is why we decided to accept funding from the Archdiocese to partner with the nationally recognized Gallup Survey Group to run the succinct ME25 Member Engagement Survey. A few other parishes in the Archdiocese are also participating.
(The deadline is November 10th.)
The ME25 Member Engagement Survey will help us capture important information about the spiritual health of our faith community. Gallup will then assist me and the parish staff learn the difference between an engaged community and one that's just going through the motions.
What Is Engagement?
Engagement is the degree of belonging that an individual has in his or her local faith community. Engaged members feel their faith communities are like family. They demonstrate a high level of ownership for the mission and ministry of their local faith community.
Why Measure Engagement?
Gallup research has shown that engaged members are more than 10 times as likely to invite someone to participate in their congregation, are nearly 3 times as likely to say they are extremely satisfied with their lives, spend more than 2 hours per week serving and helping others in their communities, and give up to 3 times more to their faith communities annually.
Why Is This Important to Me?
Because I want parishioners to be excited to come to Mass and be a part of our faith community. And I want to ensure that everyone feels comfortable inviting friends and family members to be a part of our celebrations. In short, I want to make sure we are living up to our motto of being, "a church to come home to."
Please take a few minutes to fill out the Gallup Survey. It's important that we take advantage of this opportunity to partner with Gallup. With your help, we will learn a great deal about your impressions of the parish and will discover where I need to work with the parish staff to focus our attention moving forward.
God Bless,
