Risen Savior Townhall Meetings Updates

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Town Hall Sessions UPDATE, September 2024

Click here to view or download the full report.

Back in February, Fr. Matthew and the Parish Leadership held Town Hall Sessions here at Risen Savior Church to provide opportunities for registered parishioners to raise questions or comments specific to our parish. Those sessions generated numerous comments, questions, and concerns that are helpful in developing a multi-year strategic plan. Responses to some of them were provided the same day the sessions were held while others were taken into consideration. Since then, a sub-committee worked to categorize all those comments, questions, and concerns into the following main affinity groups:

  1. Processes & Programs
  2. Worship Space, Commons Space, Chapel Space
  3. Funding, Finance, Budget
  4. General & Administrative
  5. The Liturgy
  6. Youth Involvement
  7. Faith Formation
  8. Building & Grounds Infrastructure
  9. Staffing

For accountability and transparency purposes, a summary report is now available. Click here to view or download the report. This report lists all comments, questions, and concerns received, responses given at the time, and actions that are either already taken or planned. Response codes, described below, were assigned on each comment, question, and concern:

  • RC 1: Action has been taken and completed or the issue has been responded to adequately
  • RC 2: Action begun but not yet complete. Further action necessary.
  • RC 3: Maintenance action mode. Maintaining action is appropriate and is on-going.
  • RC 4: No action taken at this time. Further discernment, definition and consideration is needed to determine the action to be taken.

Out of 64 comments, questions, and concerns raised, 25% were coded as RC 1, 44% were coded as RC 2, 17% were coded as RC 3, and 14% were coded as RC 4.  Periodic updates will be published as progress is made.

Contact: Sherwin Pasillos, [email protected], (952) 698-1720

 

SEE OLDER INFORMATION BELOW

Upcoming Townhall Sessions

Fr. Matthew and Parish Leadership would like to hear from registered parishioners. What is the parish doing well? What can the parish do better? What isn’t the parish doing that we should be doing? What should we be doing less of? The opportunity to share responses to those questions and to raise other questions/comments from registered parishioners specific to Risen Savior parish, will occur during Town Hall Meetings scheduled in the Sanctuary on:

  • Thursday February 15 6:30 p.m.
  • Sunday February 18 2:30 p.m.
  • Monday February 19 10:00 a.m.

Questions/comments can be raised through several channels:

  • Before the sessions, send an email to [email protected]. Include your name, email address, phone number, and state that you are a registered parishioner.
  • Fill out a Question/Comment card in the Commons after Masses on February 3/4 or February 10/11.
  • During the Open Microphone portion of each Town Hall session, after stating your name and confirming you are a registered parishioner.

If Parish leadership is unable to address each question/comment during the Town Hall session they have committed to provide a response following the meeting using the contact information provided by each questioner/commenter.

For those unable to attend a live Town Hall session, the sessions will be recorded and available for viewing on the Risen Savior YouTube channel after the sessions. During the sessions, every effort will be made to translate questions/comments and responses in English and Spanish.

These sessions will help Fr. Matthew and Parish Leadership develop a multi-year strategic plan designed to address the issues raised by parishioners. To ensure accountability and transparency, the strategic plan will be made available to the parish with periodic updates as to progress, changes, revisions, etc.

Please contact the Parish Administrator at [email protected] or call (952) 698-1720 with questions regarding the townhall sessions.