C L U S T E R C O R N E R

Bay City Southwest Cluster

St. Hedwig, Holy Trinity and St. Mary Parishes

Bay City, Michigan

CLUSTER COMMITTEE

CLUSTER TOWN HALL REPORT

From Bulletin Report of May 29, 2005

3. AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, HOW WILL I BECOME PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN OUR FUTURE?

General Helping

• Helping out whenever I can
  

• Share ideas from today with those who didn't make it
  

• Invite others to become involved
  

• Increase our comfort zones by attending other parish masses, activities, etc..
  

• Stay active in parish and cluster activities
  

• Expand support of each parish's activities
  

• I'm serving according to my time! Very busy
  

• Continue to go to church and functions like this meeting
  

• Promote unity in the cluster
  

• Keep an open mind
  

Helping with a Specific Task

Administrative

• Computer skills/Office organization
  

• Marketing/Communication skills
  

• Parish Newsletter
  

Ministers

• Lay ministry
  

• Hospital ministers
  

Liturgical

• Children's music
  

• Lector
  

• Set up tent at group mass
  

• Preside at prayer services
  

• Eucharistic minister/nursing homes
  

Programs

• St. Vincent de Paul
  

• Develop small group programs
  

Children/Youth

• Working with youth
  

• Scout leader
  

• Coordinate faith formation classes
  

Stewardship

• Support financially
  

• CSA
  

Other

• Complete Time & Talent surveys
  

• Give recognition to those involved
  

Personal Responses

• Acknowledge my gift from God and act on it.
  

• Serve on Committees
  

• Get my children more involved
  

• Being concerned with future of not only one parish but all parishes .Know & understand what is happening in cluster
  

• Stop "us" and "them" thinking about parishes
  

• Encourage people in cluster to go into the changes
  

Action by Church Leadership

• Joint meeting of commissions and councils frequently
  

• Facilitate a large community Sunday Mass
  

• We should have a parish directory for each parish
  

• Help explain and sell ideas presented
  

• Leadership roles shared among all neighborhoods
  

• Informational meetings being a requirement
  

• Leaders to follow Canon Law and Catechism of the Catholic Church .Stop eliminating masses
  

Prayer Responses

• Pray
  

• Pray about opportunities that I can be involved in
  

• Pray together
  

Miscellaneous

• Need more followers and fewer leaders
  

• Less soap boxing and preaching by many
  

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