1 / 9

Empowering Parish Community: Strategic Ministry Fair Planning Guide

Learn to run a successful Ministry Fair to foster community, recruit new members, and enhance parish stewardship. This guide covers forming committees, setting themes, and follow-up strategies to boost volunteer support. Discover how to measure success and enhance ministry effectiveness.

maxime
Download Presentation

Empowering Parish Community: Strategic Ministry Fair Planning Guide

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Parish Ministry Fair Presented by Pat Swoope and Charlie Grobusky of St. Anne Parish Rock Hill, SC

  2. Ministry Fair –Overview • Introduction • Ministry Fair and Parish Strategic Plan • Purpose of Ministry Fair • Mechanics of Ministry Fair • Follow-up

  3. Introduction • Welcome to how to run a successful Ministry Fair • What are your expectations? • Where are you in planning a Ministry Fair? • What is the role of a Ministry Fair in your Parish?

  4. Parish Strategic Plan • St. Anne’s Stewardship Strategic Plan • Measure our success as a Stewardship Committee • Develop a Ministry Fair Plan as part of overall Stewardship Strategy

  5. Purpose of a Ministry Fair • To encourage broader volunteer support • Raise the level of generosity of parishioners • To foster a parish environment of community and challenging parishioners to discern talents they can share with God • Help ministries recruit new members and to highlight their mission • Develop a greater sense of how they can improve their ministry

  6. Mechanics of a Ministry Fair • Forming a Ministry Fair Committee • Select a Chairperson and determine what sub committees are needed • Set Date, time and location • Set a theme-make it a fun event • Set a timeline to prep and promote event • Get Pastoral Support and Input • Be clear what is expected from each ministry that participates

  7. Sub Committees • Food/Refreshments • Entertainment • Decorations/Theme • Games/Activities • Set-up/Clean-up • Ministry Involvement/Materials needed • Stewardship Testimonies • Communications

  8. Follow-up • Time, Talent and Treasure Appeal • Pledge weekend collection of Time, Talent and Treasure Surveys • Follow-up with those who signed up to volunteer with a Thank You letter • Evaluate results • Make a list of what worked and what didn’t work for future use.

  9. Review/Questions • Review expectations mentioned at the beginning of the session • Brainstorm Participant ideas/comments • Handouts/Sample Communications • Questions

More Related