LT (Leadership Team) vs PPC (Parish Pastoral Council) vs FC (Finance Council)
What role should your leadership team take with other teams?
How much synergy should be expected across teams?
Are the boundaries between teams clear to everyone? Where can this improve?
How can you maintain healthy communication and support between parish teams?
How do your teams create space for the Holy Spirit to empower their work?
Are the non-negotiables of a healthy team an important part of your selection process?
If it doesn’t work out with a team member, how is it handled?
What does your ideal team look like?
Team Building
What do you think are the advantages of having a Leadership Team that operates as a managing body, a Pastoral Council that operates as a visioning body, and a Finance Council that operates as a stewarding body?
What does it mean to you that these three leadership bodies are to advise and support the pastor?
What are practices that will help maintain a harmony between these three leadership bodies?
How can these three leadership bodies ground themselves in prayer and continue to make prayer a regular part of their existence and discernment?
Discerning the Right People
How comfortable are you with calling upon and entrusting the laity to take on leadership roles in the parish?
How do you envision the LT, PPC, and FC will function?
Considering the skills and experience that are needed for these leadership bodies, what do you think would be a good way to assess whether someone has the skills and experience necessary for each team?