“I give thanks to my God at every remembrance of you,
praying always with joy in my every prayer for all of you,
because of your PARTNERSHIP for
the gospel from the first day until now. I am confident of this, that the one who
began a good work in you will
continue to complete it until the day of Christ Jesus.” -Philippians
1:3-6
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(Spanish) and 5:00pm –
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Partners in Ministry Means: 1.
All
have an opportunity to live our Baptismal Call: Increasing in Faith, Hope and Love in order
to praise, reverence and serve God 2.
More
people responding to their God given design realizing that all we have is
gift, putting it all at the service of others. 3.
A
community walking in fulfillment in times of pain and joy 4.
Knowing and experiencing the peace of Jesus Christ
regardless of the storms of community/personal life. 5.
Having
a distinctive church model rather than a corporate/business model for Church
ministry. 6.
All
have a role and responsibility in the mission of the Church, it’s mission
depends on us all Earlier this spring our financial situation
confronted us with a potential parish budget shortfall of $170,000+ for the
2010-2011 fiscal year. Our parish and school Finance Committees
account for every penny of our joint parish/school budgets of approximately
$3,000,000. As utilities, insurance and other costs have increased over the
past several years we have cut costs in ministry, salaries and trimmed
spending down to the bone. We did not want to go into the budgeting
process with an “un-allotment” attitude and take a
scissors and simply cut as if we were some corporation or government. So
placing our trust in God, this past March a broad consortium of parish
leadership (PPC, Staff, Finance Committee and Parish Life Committee members)
began a process of looking at three questions: “What are we deeply passionate
about?” “What can Divine Mercy be the best in the world at?” and “What fuels
or drives us?” We prayed, participated in several
meetings, prayed some more and have come to see our focus must be Sunday
Eucharist. From that perspective we
realize the importance of community, worship, belonging – from which we
engage in ministry both within our parish and beyond. A smaller group representing the Staff (now referred to
as Stewards) Leadership Team, Parish Council Executive Committee and Parish
Trustees met to further discern and process the ·
Eucharist
(Sunday Mass) as the core of our mission ·
Prayer
and liturgical life as the immediate support of that core ·
Building
up the Body of Christ through our internal ministries as the next level of
support. Which we termed the as the Ministry
of ·
Serving
the Body of Christ through our external ministries as the next level of
support. Which we termed the Ministry
of Mission. ·
The Ministry
of Administration is the link that supports the Ministry of Mission and
the Ministry of Our weekly celebration of the Eucharist
defines Divine Mercy Catholic Church and School. We are a Catholic community
coming together every Sunday, nourished by Christian formation and the
sacraments, driven by the Holy Spirit to love and serve our Lord and
neighbors. (Click on the Flier or video for more info) |
Our
Lady of Perpetual Help, Pray for us! |
