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3 Page 2. Pastoral Challenge #1: Worksheets for Parish Goals and Action Steps Please note: One Worksheet must be completed for each pastoral challenge to be addressed. Pastoral Challenge to be addressed: Evangelization Rationale for Choosing this Priority Area: Contemporary teaching of the Church emphasizes the necessity of a new evangelization in order to wake up the community to a zealous life of faith as a parish community. We want in this lively current teaching to enable a connection with the Church. Awake parishioners to be more involved and responsible for parish life. Statement of the First Goal to be achieved: Strengthen relationship with Jesus and between parishioners as well as the community. Conscious life of faith, with active inclusion in the religious life of the parish, and experience the love of God. Action Step# 1 to achieve the Goal: New Evangelization Retreats beginning October 6, Eight weeks charismatic retreats of healing prayer to choose Jesus as the master of your life, and prayer for the revival of the Holy Spirit. Strengthen our Charismatic Group to awaken people to be closer to Jesus. This kind of retreat to be repeated annually. Summary Information for Action Step #1: Timeline for completion : Nine months Responsible person/rafal Bronowicz and Monica Nawrocka, Fr. Michal Nowak

4 Page 3. Pastoral Challenge to be addressed continued: 1. Evangelization Summary Information for Action Step #1 continued: Diocesan Office assisting (if any): none Projected Costs (if any): none (Please complete this page only if the parish plan proposes additional action steps to realize its First Goal) Action Step #2 to achieve Goal: Monthly Retreat Days Lectio Divina ; 3 hour meditation, silent adoration and worshiping among attendees. Our goal is to introduce to the parishioners the Word of God and learn as known for centuries the method of Lectio Divina, showing the depth of the biblical message and its importance, we believe of interest to participants and daily meditation of the Holy Bible. Summary Information for Action Step #2: Timeline for completion : Two Years Responsible person/marcin Krzysztofik, Robert Zegarek. Fr. Michal Nowak Diocesan Office assisting (if any): None Projected Costs (if any): None

5 Page 2. Pastoral Challenge #1: Worksheets for Parish Goals and Action Steps Please note: One Worksheet must be completed for each pastoral challenge to be addressed. Pastoral Challenge to be addressed: Liturgy & Worship Rationale for Choosing this Priority Area: Encourage all attending at Mass to sing and worship. We believe that a good preparation of the Liturgy accompanied by music increases the devotion and encourages parishioners to participate actively in the celebration of the Holy Mass. Statement of the First Goal to be achieved: Initiate full participation of worshipers in daily and Sunday Masses. Action Step# 1 to achieve the Goal: New organist and music director to organize adult choir as well as youth and children's choirs, for both English and Polish Speaking Masses. Summary Information for Action Step #1:. Timeline for completion: Two Years Responsible person/marcin Krzysztofik, Mary Salwierz Fr. Michal Nowak 0. Diocesan Office assisting (if any): none Projected Costs (if any):n none

6 (Please complete this page only if the parish plan proposes additional action steps to realize its First Goal) Page 3. Pastoral Challenge to be addressed continued: 1. Liturgy & Worship Action Step #2 to achieve Goal: Encourage youth to do readings Welcoming and hospitality representatives to greet worshipers Stronger representation of altar servers Summary Information for Action Step #2: Timeline for completion : Two Years Responsible person/izabela Pardo-Malecka & Terry Sissick. 0. Diocesan Office assisting (if any): None Projected Costs (if any): None

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