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GROWING DISCIPLES:

PASTORAL PLAN 2014-2015

Most Precious Blood Catholic Church Growing Disciples Who Are Growing Disciples | Pastoral Plan 2014-15 UPDATED 01-19-15

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GROWING DISCIPLES WHO ARE GROWING DISCIPLES:

PASTORAL PLAN 2014-2015

Dear Friends in Christ,

The Pastoral Council of Most Precious Blood Catholic Church has developed this annual

Pastoral Plan with consultation from hundreds of parishioners in two dozen focus sessions,

parish staff, and our consultant Bob Shearer, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. It builds on

the plans and Spirit that has guided the parish since its first Mass in 2005.

This Pastoral Plan has been created to guide us in 2014-2015 towards realizing our Mission

Statement:

Empowered by the Eucharist,

we humbly commit ourselves

as a welcoming community

to grow in faith and share Christ’s love

through our joyful witness and selfless stewardship.

In each area of parish life, we ask, “Where we are going?” The short answer is, “To the Lord.”

We are moving to the Lord.

Our ministry and activities touch five groups of people. Each area of parish life in the Pastoral

Plan has a diagram entitled “Moving to the Lord.” On the diagram of concentric circles, we have

mapped a word-cloud to see which of the five groups the parish life events and activities touch.

The diagram shows where we invest our Time, Talent and Treasure to move the parish towards

the Lord:

The outermost circle of the diagram encompasses the Community. Anyone living in

Oviedo, Geneva and Chuluota, Catholic or not Catholic, is the Community. We invite

them to drop in. “Come and see!”

The next group of people is the Crowd. Many do come and see. This is where we all

begin. You might attend Mass only for Christmas and Easter. During the year, you might

attend Sunday Mass with your family but would likely not attend Mass on your own.

When asked what church you belong to, you would say, “I go to Most Precious Blood.”

The next group is the Connected. You have made a deeper commitment from “I go to

Most Precious Blood,” to “I belong to Most Precious Blood.” You have registered in the

parish and make a financial offering at least monthly. You pray daily and attend Sunday

Mass weekly.

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The next group is the Committed. You participate each week in the parish beyond

Sunday Mass, such as adult faith enrichment, a prayer group, or a retreat. You are

working towards tithing ten percent of your income. Your priorities and lifestyle are

changing.

The innermost circle is the Core. Giving as you have received from the Lord, you make a

difference in the lives of others. You tithe ten percent or more of your income. You lead

others and raise up leaders for the Church. You are the hands and feet of the Lord.

No matter where we are, we are moving to the Lord. How do we get there?

MPB 2020: A Most Precious Picture is our roadmap. It guides all that we do towards the year

2020. The Pastoral Plan, in each area of parish life, spells out particular initiatives for the year.

Some actions can be done in a year. Other actions (in italics) will take five years or more. Still

others have not yet been dreamed. The important thing is that we keep one eye on “Where we are

going” and another eye on “How do we get there.” This 20/20 vision moves us steadily to the

Lord.

Each area of parish life will grow. The Commissions, with Pastoral Council oversight, will

update the Pastoral Plan each spring. The key questions guiding each commission’s ongoing

discernment, informed by our Parish Values, are:

Who do our ministries and activities aim towards?

What part of the 5 Year Plan are we working on?

How do our ministries and activities move us from the Community to the Crowd to the

Connected to the Committed to the Core?

How do we raise up leaders for our parish and the Church?

How do we make a difference for our community?

How do we help the poor?

The areas of parish life are in a particular order in the Pastoral Plan. Community, Faith

Formation, Liturgy and Care & Outreach correspond roughly to the order of the Mass

(Gathering, Liturgy of the Word, Liturgy of the Eucharist, Sending). Evangelization,

Stewardship and Communication thread through all areas of parish life. Facilities and

Administration support these seven areas of parish life.

We have invested in beautiful grounds and facilities to support these parish ministries and

activities that move us to the Lord. The sooner that we pay off the debt on our investment, the

sooner we can expand our facilities to match our growth in ministry.

In a word, we are Growing Disciples Who Are Growing Disciples. We are growing in

discipleship as we move to the Lord. And we are growing disciples as we help them move to the

Lord. Go wide and go deep! Share blessings and build blessings!

Father David

Pastor


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Where we are going:

From “I go to Most Precious Blood” to “I belong to Most Precious Blood”

How do we get there:

1. Celebrate the 10th

Anniversary of the parish

2. Engage through social, service and spiritual activities

a. the Youth through Youth Ministry

i. Engage a full-time youth minister

ii. Partner with UCF students/interns

iii. Increase participation in Youth Ministry, forming youth that are spiritually

prepared for college and life after high school

b. the Men through Blood Brothers

c. the Women through Most Precious Women

d. the Hispanics through the Hispanic Ministry

e. the Seniors through Forever Young

f. Families and Singles through Valentine’s Dinner Dance, potlucks, movie nights,

and so on

g. People on the margins: migrants, people of Geneva and Chuluota, divorced

3. Raise up leaders

a. Add a member from Youth Ministry to the commission

b. Add a secretary position to the commission

c. Coordinate the parish calendar

d. Collaborate resources among parish societies

COMMUNITY

We come for a purpose. We stay for the people. The Holy Spirit connects us with one another.

All who believed were together and had all things in common Acts 2:44


Community Commission Chair: Angelo Guevara

Staff Liaison: Evelyn Carasquillo, Business Manager

Facilitators: Craig Leiss , Susan Freece, Mary Giovio, Lisa Twardowski, Nicole Bradica,

Tony Falero, Ann Giron , Mike Burd, Amy Puccio, Dr. Carlos Velez


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Where we are going:

Catholic families who know, love and serve the Lord


1. Use technology to support Faith Formation

a. Train Catechists regarding the website tools provided by Our Sunday Visitor in

support of the new curriculum Alive in Christ

b. Give option to build lesson plans on-line, tailoring them to the specific needs of

the class.

c. Give option to incorporate music, video, and ‘YouTube’ clips into classroom

lessons in support of church teaching.

2. Give parents tools to take part in faith formation with their children

a. Participate in the LIFE program (Love, Infatuation, Friendship, Exploitation)

b. Hold studies, presentations, and small group discussions for the parents while the

children are in class

c. Contact with catechists about what was covered in class and discussed

3. Raise up leaders

a. Host diocesan DCCP courses

4. Serve those in need

a. support the parish outreach activities serving the community such as Advent

Outreach and food drives for HOPE

b. hold an annual Faith Formation Mission project (shoe drive, dental mission

support, etc…)

*Items in italics are for the future after 2014-2015

FAITH FORMATION & DISCIPLESHIP

“The Christian faith is, above all, conversion to Jesus Christ….For the Christian, this metanoia [change of life] reorients all aspects of the person’s life to Christ. This conversion is the acceptance of a personal relationship with Christ, a sincere adherence to him, and a willingness to conform one’s life to his. Conversion to Christ involves making a genuine commitment to him and a personal decision to follow him as his disciple. Through this discipleship the believer is united to the community of disciples and appropriates the faith of the Church” (National Directory for Catechesis, page 48).

His disciples came to Him and He began to teach them. Mark 5:5



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Where we are going:

Full, conscious and active participation (FCAP) of the assembly and its liturgical ministers

in the Sunday Mass.


1. Use Music to increase FCAP a. Select and train cantors to lead the assembly with strong gesture, clear diction,

projected voice, and pleasing tone

b. Have Praise Band Mass as option on Easter Sunday

c. Create a database of a repertoire to guide music selection and introduction

d. Develop a Music Advisory Board to take a more active role to plan music, track

repertoire, survey the assembly, learn from other parishes

e. Start a Funeral Choir/Outreach Choir

2. Adjust the liturgical environment to increase FCAP

a. Adjust the seating in the PLC to bring the assembly together

b. Experiment with kneelers in the chapel

c. Set up for a screen/curtain to block view of crucifix during social events

3. Use Technology to increase FCAP a. Work with Communications Commission to post homilies on the parish website

b. Use video to train lectors and cantors as needed

c. Project assembly parts—Mass parts, creed, acclamations—and measure how

projection affects assembly singing

d. Explore changes in lighting during a liturgy or seasonally

e. Use closed-circuit video to make more visible Confirmation and other liturgical

moments

f. Work with Evangelization Commission to show short (3 minutes) catechesis

videos as part of the announcements

4. Add Children’s Liturgy of the Word at Mass

a. For pre-school children through first grade

b. The children are dismissed after the Opening Prayer and return during the

Presentation of the Gifts.

c. The presenters present the scripture readings for the Mass and a reflection that is

age appropriate.

LITURGY AND WORSHIP

The Liturgy and Worship Commission is responsible for the worship and sacramental life of the parish. The Sunday Mass is the source and summit of our parish life.

I am the bread of Life. John 6:35


5. Raise up leaders

a. Train a sacristan to take care of weddings and funerals

b. Train sufficient sacristans for Sunday Mass to have back-ups.

c. Partner with UCF students/interns for the children’s choir, technology for liturgy,

and so on

6. Share cultural expressions of faith in liturgical celebrations

a. Build up the Spanish worshipping community

i. Lent Day of Reflection

ii. Devotions such as Divino Niño

iii. Hispanic Heritage Mass/Celebration with Patroness procession with a

potluck

iv. Posadas leading up to Christmas

v. Epiphany/3 Kings Mass with a lunch potluck

b. Integrate Spanish and English in appropriate liturgies

i. Stations of the Cross during Lent

ii. Our Lady of Guadalupe early morning Mass with a breakfast potluck

iii. Holy Week

7. Use liturgical movement to increase FCAP

a. Move communion stations to make the communion procession a “coming to the

table of the Lord” where all in the assembly come forward to the sanctuary

b. Add or extend processions, for example, for Adoration at Taize Prayer Service



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Liturgy & Worship Commission Chair: Sam Siciliano

Staff Liaisons: Mark Sibons, Music Director / Marie Siciliano, Liturgy

Facilitators: Dr. Carlos Velez Olen & Ellen Atkins, Ann Giron, Myriam Koertner, Mark Sibons

Laurie Carroll, Tim Ball, Sam Siciliano,Donna Mercado, Claudia Chica,Linda Nolan,Cheryl

Jerabek, Andrea Hildebrand, Linda McCafferty, Bob Pollack


Where we are going:

Sharing our blessings through 500 parishioners who go forth at least once a year to serve

those who live in poverty


1. Use the parish tithe (5% of the Sunday offertory) to establish long term

relationships with several organizations and put wind in their sails with treasure,

time and talent

a. Hope Helps, Inc.

b. Sister Diocese in the Dominican Republic

c. Possibly one more Catholic local organization

d. Communicate quarterly with the parish about the tithe

2. Take part in the corporal works of mercy

a. Feed the hungry (food drives, Lenten Rice Bowls)

b. Visit the sick (Savannah Court)

c. Bury the dead (Bereavement)

d. Serve the poor (backpack drive, migrant jackets, Advent Outreach, Sister Diocese

in the Dominican Republic, Hope Helps, emergency financial assistance/Caring

Connections)

e. Arrange transportation to Mass and parish activities for the elderly and migrants.

3. Learn the differences between charity and social action, to teach to fish vs. give a

fish

a. Promote Advocacy for Life

b. Coordinate with the Evangelization Commission to educate voters using church

teaching on Faithful Citizenship

4. Raise up leaders for Care & Outreach

a. Develop a coordinator for community service

b. Partner with UCF students/interns for outreach projects


CARE & OUTREACH

The Mass sends us forth to love and serve the Lord. The Care & Outreach Commission is responsible to lead the parish to love and serve his people through works of charity for the common good.

As I have loved you, so you should also love one another. John 13:34


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Care & Outreach Commission Chair: Marcia Boehm

Staff Liaison: Frances Stadler, Marriage Prep & Family Life

Facilitators: Sean Connelly, Maria Cantor, Margot Schmitt, Carmen Morell, Maryann Lehman

Suzanne Dvojack, Lisa Sochar, Zack Tennant Sean Connelly Christine Monteleone Linda McCafferty


Where we are going:

Catholic adults who know, love and serve the Lord


1. Reach out to the Community

a. Re-work and evaluate Welcome Card sent to new homeowners

b. Assist at Oviedo community events e.g. Taste of Oviedo, Great Day in the

Country

2. Reach out to the Crowd

a. Promote Christ Renews His Parish retreat

b. Introduce Symbolon Adult Formation digital media series using parish website:

“learn more about your faith on your own schedule”

c. Catholic book give-away at Faith Formation registration

d. Start Rite of Christian Initiation (RCIA) Facebook page (using intern?) with video

testimony/photos for those in RCIA to stay connected, and for those seeking

information about becoming Catholic to “check us out”.

3. Reach out to the Congregation

a. Offer “Living Faith” education to parents during Faith Formation as space

allows

b. Experiment with a Question of the Week for the bulletin

c. Provide short catechesis piece at end of Mass after announcements

d. Have a parish-wide Lenten practice and/or parish mission, possibly sharing a

speaker with another parish

e. Provide milestones to guide parishioners to deeper faith

4. Reach out to the Committed

a. Increase by twenty percent the people getting out of rows and getting into circles

(small groups and adult faith enrichment opportunities)

EVANGELIZATION

“To foster in the heart of every believer an experience of personal conversion to Jesus Christ that leads to a personal renewal and greater participation in the Christian life in the Church, the Mystical Body of Christ….To focus efforts and resources on the conversion and renewal of the parish, especially through the implementation of the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.” (The National Directory for Catechesis, page 51)

Go out into the whole world and proclaim the Good News. Mark 16:15


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5. Reach out to the Core

a. Recruit RCIA sponsors from Christ Renews His Parish participants

b. Offer small group facilitator training to current Adult Formation facilitators

6. Reach out to married couples and couples preparing for marriage a. Cooking Class

i. (“Love Beyond Measure”), where couples prepare and share a meal

together.

ii. Similar version of Love Beyond Measure for single parents

b. Hold marriage enrichment workshop. Spanish and English. Friday evening and

Saturday.

c. Hold marriage preparation workshops including convalidation preparation that

help couples become active in parish life.

d. Offer faith-based parenting classes and resources targeting Faith Formation

parents

e. Collaborate with neighbor parishes.

7. Reach out to families preparing for infant Baptism

a. Offer marriage enrichment in baptism preparation

b. Train assistants to help with baptisms at Mass



Evangelization Commission Chair: Cindy Gainer

Staff Liaison: Donna Scimeca, Evangelization, Adult Formation & Annulment Advocate

Facilitators: Sue Reilly, Candy Murray, Chris Fernandez, Nicole Fernandez Pam Adkins,

Chris Capp, Ed Maldonado, Laura Chiaradio, Leisha Schulz, Donna Scimeca, Gail Schwalm

Deacon Alan Espinoza, Tonya Tolan, Pat & Darrell Lopez, Nathalie Bose-Silver, Frances

Stadler, Enid Velez, Frances Stadler, Donna Scimeca , Ed & Claudia Maldonado,Vivian Rivera

Sharon Brann , Richard Creedon, Oscar and Marta Bravo, Carl Boyd


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STEWARDSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

“Who is a Christian steward? One who receives God’s gifts gratefully, cherishes and tends them in a responsible and accountable manner, shares them in justice and love with others, and returns them with increase to the Lord” (USCCB Stewardship: A Disciple’s Response).

“As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another

as good stewards of God’s varied grace.” 1 Peter 4:10

Where we are going:

A way of life that gives time, talent and treasure with gratitude


1. Enable participation in one ministry as Stewardship of Time and Talent

a. Coordinate the Ministry Fair in the Fall

b. Make available the Ministry Directory on the parish website

c. Coordinate orientations for new members of the parish

2. Educate the parish about Stewardship of Treasure

a. Support Evangelization Commission with the promotion of Sacrificial Giving

Studies.

b. Coordinate Sacrificial Giving in the Fall to move us from giving what’s left to

giving what’s right

3. Develop a coordinator to oversee parish financial growth

a. debt reduction

b. sacrificial giving

4. Raise up leaders in Stewardship

a. Hold a Leadership Gathering September 13, 2014 to train facilitators

b. Add a youth member to the Stewardship Commission

c. Reach out to retirees and university students

d. Send four participants to the International Catholic Stewardship Conference in

Orlando, October 5-8, 2014

5. Recognize and celebrate the precious gifts of Time and Talent

a. Coordinate the Volunteer Appreciation Gathering in May

b. Select the recipients of the MPB High School Senior Scholarships



Stewardship Commission Chair: Jim Riley

Staff Liaison: Janette Martinez

Commission: Gloria Riley, Margie & George Steinbarger, , Erin Pollack, Jim & Myriam

Koertner, Martha Donovan, Mary Ann Blind, David Espiritu, Ianna & Gustavo Ayala


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Where we are going:

Parishioners connected and the Community invited.


1. Pro-actively educate ministries and staff how the Communications Commission can

help

a. make known their message

b. promote their event

c. connect with parishioners through Social Media

d. develop promotional items and prayer cards

2. Launch a redesigned parish Website

a. Place homilies/podcasts by priests/deacons on YouTube

b. put ministry descriptions and directory on parish website to provide up to date

information and eliminate individual ministry brochures

c. Have links on MPB website to approved Catholic resource

sites/studies/smartphone apps, etc.

d. Livestream a Mass

e. Place MPB product/promotional item “store” on MPB website

3. Publish with the finance committee the Stewardship Annual Report reviewing the

past year’s parish ministries and finances and debt, by the end of August

4. Use Social Media to connect people to the parish

a. Crowd source, such as collecting parish photos through Dropbox

b. Stream our Facebook feed through our website

c. Add youth position to Communications Social Media sub-group

5. Enhance Welcome Experience in Narthex of the PLC

a. Staffed welcome table after weekend Masses for ease of access, answer questions.

b. Consider use of iPad/tablet to facilitate data collection/look up

COMMUNICATIONS “In a world like this, media can help us to feel closer to one another, creating a sense of the unity of the human family which can in turn inspire solidarity and serious efforts to ensure a more dignified life for all. Good communication helps us to grow closer, to know one another better, and ultimately, to grow in unity.” (Message of Pope Francis for the 48th World Communications Day, Sunday June 1, 2014)

We, though many, are one body in Christ. Romans 12:5


6. Place targeted local ads for parish events, a. use conventional media (ex. Brighthouse, Regal Cinemas, LA Fitness)

b. use social media (Google ads and facebook)

c. Run billboard ad for the parish for 1-2 months prior to Christmas or Easter



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Communication Commission Chair: Glenda Meekins

Staff Liaison: Janette Martinez, Administration

Facilitators: Tim Ball, Patti Spicuzza,,Janeth Bejarano, Darrell & Pat Lopez

Karin & Louis Richner, Patrick Madden, and Shiela Madden


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Where we are going:

Spaces and places for ministry and worship that make you want to stay longer on the

campus.


1. Develop a team of volunteers to assist in ordinary tasks such as setting up the Parish

Life Center for Faith Formation so that maintenance staff can tend to repair and

maintenance projects

2. Maintain current facilities

a. Establish an emergency fund for unplanned large repairs.

b. Fund and follow five year plan for maintenance

3. Build a Rosary Garden

4. Soundproof the chapel so that separate events can take place in the PLC and in the

chapel at the same time

5. Save costs and maintain quality

a. Replace the lawn service with onsite lawncare to save money

i. Build a shed to house lawn equipment

ii. Add hours to maintenance staff for landscaping

b. Organize and evaluate service contracts

c. Solicit donated or used equipment such as a disk pressure washer, floor stripper,

vacuum cleaners

6. Explore the possibility of an Early Learning Center

a. Provide quality faith-based formation for Pre-K children

b. Attract families to the parish

c. Provide childcare space on evenings and weekends

d. Produce revenue

7. Make plans for a Multipurpose Building/Welcome Center


FACILITIES

The Facilities Committee is responsible for planning and maintaining buildings and grounds necessary to the parish mission and ministries.

“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20


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Where we are going:

Pastoral Ministries have the tools they need.


1. Increase the receptionist position to full-time

a. Recruit and train volunteer receptionists to allow the staff receptionist to update

the parish website and other administration

2. Give staff off-site access to IT system

a. Change the parish IT equipment

b. Evaluate IT consultant contract

3. Control costs

ADMINISTRATION

Administration ministers to ministries.

“It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to serve at table.” Acts 6:2


“As each one has

received a gift,

use it to serve one

another as

good stewards

of God’s

varied grace.”

1 Peter 4:10

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