Partnership — Grateful Disciples

Experienced. Caring. Partners in Ministry.

A special note to parish leaders:

We know the joys and challenges of parish leadership first-hand, whether as a staff person or parishioner leader. We have worked closely with pastors and parish teams, partnering with them as they take steps to transform their parish into true communities of disciples. We are ready to walk alongside you as well, and know that sometimes, bringing an outside perspective can make all the difference.

Virtual training

Draw all of your leaders together for a day or weekend; help them grasp the importance of the role they play in your parish; form them as servant leaders; build community; develop a strong sense of mission among leaders and in your parish. We are ready to work with you to design and develop a process that will meet your needs and help you establish or sustain engaging parish leadership now and for the future. Click here to learn more about our parish leadership processes.

Parish consulting

One day or a weekend is not sufficient to establish new or renewed life in the parish. That is why we offer consulting, rooted our desire to partner with you in ministry. We bring extensive experience to our consulting, offering guidance and perspective that is rooted in deep theological reflection, understanding of current research, and taking into account the best practices of hundreds of parishes with whom we have ministered in the past fifteen years. We regularly work with parishes to:

Gain clarity about and align members with your parish vision and mission
Build parish engagement using the Gallup ME25 engagement survey
Use a positive approach for planning, for your parish or ministries and organizations within the parish
Begin or grow strengths development
Establish or sustain stewardship as a way of life
Form parishioners to build a more engaging and evangelizing community
Develop faith formation for all in the community

Explore possibilities

Trusted. Practical. Bringing Excellence in Ministry. Valued Partner.

A Special Note to Diocesan Leaders:

We work closely with diocesan stewardship, evangelization, and catechetical leaders as partners in ministry. In fact, when we talk with diocesan leaders with whom we already work closely, they often use the words above to describe us. We are grateful they find our ministry with them beneficial, and hope you will as well! We provide inspiring and informative keynote presentations, workshops, days of reflection, and retreats. We also develop engaging and affordable resources, designed with you and your parish leaders in mind.

If you have worked with us in the past, we invite you explore this site and the many opportunities that are reflected here, as many of our offerings are new or have been fine-tuned in the past 18 months. In looking at our newer offerings, one diocesan leader exclaimed, "What I love about this is that your have built on all of your experience and expertise to develop this. Even though this is new, it is a natural extension of what you shared with us fifteen years ago!"

If you have not worked with us before, know that it would be our privilege to partner with you in the future. If you would like to talk with any of those diocesan leaders we mentioned earlier, please contact us here and we'll get you in touch with them. While every pastoral situation has its particular challenges, joys, and dynamics, we know their positive experience with us will speak volumes.

As you explore this site, know that all of the presentations and training that are described can be offered as a diocesan initiative, and in fact, we believe this is most helpful to the parish leaders you guide and serve. You know the special energy that happens when leaders come together, and you also know the benefit of their developing a common vision and approach to ministry and servant leadership. It will be our blessing to explore possibilities with you. Contact us here to begin the conversation.