The past couple of years of ministry and the experience of The Amazing Parish conference confirmed for us a need for A Real Leadership Team as a priority for the ministry and pastoral life in our parish of St Lawrence. It’s important to remember that a parish leadership team is not the same as a parish council. And it is not the parish office staff, or the people who do bookkeeping, reception and other administrative functions. It is the group of leaders who the pastors will rely on to help him with strategic and operational decisions and implementation.

In the coming days we will be calling some of parishioners who passionate about the parish and its renewal to step up to this leadership vocation. We will begin with forming the pastoral team from the perspective of building trust, mastering conflict, achieving commitment, embracing accountability and focusing on results. This will give us a great start in the process of building “amazing” leadership team for our parish of St Lawrence. Please keep us in prayer!