After Father Kottar reviewed the survey, his comments/feedback was integrated into the document. His input was primarily trimming down lengthy questions and eliminating some questions where he determined parishioners did not have a basis to not respond, i.e., “Is the church kitchen sufficiently large for holding parish-wide social events?”
The survey was completed reformatted. Copies were to be made for distribution after weekend Masses the weekends of December 9-10 and December 16-17. The plan was to hand out the surveys to all parishioners in each family age 16 and up. Also, a basket was to be available for dropping off the completed surveys.
An important part of the Pastoral Plan is gathering an accurate census of parishioners.
The Executive Committee of the Pastoral Council met to set the agenda for the Pastoral Council meeting planned for November 6, 2017. The progress of the survey development was an agenda item and Father Kottar asked for input from the Executive Committee about the survey; the format, the length, the topics. Laura Ziegler, Vice President of the Pastoral Council was adamant that the parishioners, in fact no one would be interested in the survey beyond the first page or at most 10 questions. Terry Seen was in complete agreement, reiterating that one page was the most the survey should include.
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