In June 2006, Good Shepherd formally
installed the members of the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) as a
consultative, advisory body to the Pastor and the parish.
The current Parish Pastoral Council has a
purpose different from those of past Good Shepherd parish councils –
formulate long-range plans and set goals that enrich the spiritual and
communal life of Good Shepherd. Past councils assisted the Pastor in
coordinating and managing the activities of the parish ministries and
committees, while the new PPC is charged with discerning and guiding a
deliberate and consistent strategic path for the parish.
The new purpose of the Parish Pastoral
Council is threefold:
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lead the process of setting long range
parish plans and goals in a shared partnership with the Pastor, the
Pastoral Team, parish committees, and the body of parishioners
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establish an ongoing system of evaluation
that charts how well the parish is achieving its goals
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serve as a consultative resource to the
Pastoral Team, committees and parish groups as each group charts its own
unique path of focused plans, goals and activities centered on living
out Good Shepherd’s vision and mission.
Good Shepherd’s vision and mission statements
are the central focus of planning and evaluation activities. Pastoral
planning and evaluation use principles and tools from leadership and the
management sciences. To these Good Shepherd’s PPC adds prayerful
discernment, reflection on Gospel values, and attentiveness to parish and
Church history, tradition and codes of canon law — all integrated with the
expressed needs of today’s parishioners, the local community and the Church.
PPC members look forward to engaging and
communicating with you. Feel free to contact us at
council@gs-cc.org or leave a message
in the PPC box in the parish office.
Together we will create plans and set
long-range goals that enhance our individual and collective spiritual and
communal lives, “loving as Christ loves, serving as Christ serves.”
