St. Clement Parish
April 27, 2009 Parish Town Hall Meeting
Question was: What are the needs of today's parishioner?
Procedure: Each table discussed among themselves and then presented their ideas to the entire group.
Below is a list, sorted by focus group of the ideas presented.
| Focus Group | Subset | Item Discussed |
| Administration | Facility | Use the school as an activities center |
| Facility Plan | ||
| Refurbish, renovate, update all facilities | ||
| Priority - reach a decision on school building | ||
| Wheel Chair and AED on premises | ||
| Administration | Financial | Financial needs |
| How do we finance all this | ||
| Financial advising | ||
| Communication | Web Internet Program | |
| Publish council meeting minutes | ||
| enews letter | ||
| 21st century communication for young adults | ||
| updated web site | ||
| Community Development | joint Lakewood church community program | |
| Social Family, Parties, Fundraisers, hall functions | ||
| Social Events for all ages and other parishes | ||
| More Socials, Soup Sundays, family movies, teen/kid/elderly prom | ||
| More visibility in community, i.e. July 4th parade | ||
| Social Events for youth | ||
| To get to know one another | ||
| Develop Volunteers | ||
| Family game night/parish group attendance to Indians, CAVS, concerts | ||
| Welcoming committee needed for transition | ||
| H2O program | ||
| Tours of churches | ||
| Welcome ministry | ||
| Welcome pot luck, cookout | ||
| Community Prayer | Retreats | |
| First need, close relationship with Jesus | ||
| Retreats for married, single, widow/widowers | ||
| Women's night out/men's night out | ||
| Communion breakfast | ||
| Use power of prayer of our homebound | ||
| Prayer support | ||
| Continue adoration chapel | ||
| move and modernize the adoration chapel to school | ||
| Education | Adult | Adult Education for specific topics |
| Theology on Tap (Roaming) Religious oriented speakers for 20-30 year old range | ||
| Continuing faith education for adults | ||
| marriage prep and education | ||
| Adult Education for specific topics | ||
| Adult Retreats | ||
| Ministry to address spiritual hunger of adults | ||
| Education | General | Education program about faith and moral issues |
| Vocations - promote and educate | ||
| Bible study | ||
| Vocational strategy | ||
| Spiritual library, retreats | ||
| Pod cast for Bible Study | ||
| Education | Youth | Sunday School |
| Continue family PSR | ||
| Relevant PSR program | ||
| Youth, High school, PSR, Family and Classroom | ||
| Evangelization | Reaching out to draw others, door to door, by example | |
| Be a happy Catholic | ||
| Give special welcome | ||
| Evangelize | ||
| Invite others to join our church | ||
| Spiritual mentoring | ||
| Evangelize teams | ||
| Family Life | Adult | need for adult evening out |
| Support groups for divorced, widowed and youth | ||
| Parents date night with child care free | ||
| Speed dating events for Catholics | ||
| A faith based sense of community, belonging especially for single/adults, childless couples | ||
| Couples dinner/nights out | ||
| marriage encounter | ||
| Support Group for healthy marriages | ||
| Family Life | General | Welcoming new members/visitors, sign up for new members during coffee and donuts |
| Family Life | Seniors | Senior needs, transportation, social groups |
| To find transportation for seniors and handicapped | ||
| Family Life | Youth | Youth, Young Family Event Program |
| Youth Activities, Sports, Outings, Clubs | ||
| youth Minister | ||
| Mentoring for younger kids | ||
| Out Reach program to youth, blended families, | ||
| Youth Group Teen | ||
| To welcome and provide for diverse groups, especially youth | ||
| High school ministry | ||
| Certified youth minister | ||
| Youth Focused ministry, multiple listings (4) | ||
| How do we involve young people in parish when only one school | ||
| Liturgy | Mass | Youth involved in Mass |
| Sunday Evening Mass | ||
| Children's Liturgy at Saturday Mass | ||
| Invite LCA to Mass | ||
| Children's Chorus | ||
| Masses honoring community groups, i.e. girl scouts, H20 | ||
| Connect LCA Students and PSR to the church | ||
| Add Late Sunday or early Saturday Mass/coordinate with other parishes | ||
| Alternative venues for liturgy | ||
| need variety of Mass times in Lakewood | ||
| Contemporary Mass - add additional musicians | ||
| Liturgical focus for youth | ||
| Servers as more than just altar servers | ||
| Children's choir | ||
| later PM mass | ||
| Liturgy | Sacramental | Annual anointing of sick and aging, either for parish or cluster |
| Divine Mercy Sunday | ||
| Using the cluster for sacramental preparation | ||
| Liturgy | Christian musical festival with bands and food | |
| Liturgical dance | ||
| Vibrant wind dances | ||
| Social Action | Ride to church program | |
| community meal outreach | ||
| Emotional, spiritual Hotline | ||
| Physical needs, basic needs (food, shelter , clothing) | ||
| Ride to church program, doctor appointments within Lakewood area | ||
| Out Reach program to community | ||
| Transportation for the elderly for Mass | ||
| Spaghetti Dinner etc to benefit needy | ||
| Assistance for personal shopping | ||
| Spiritual growth, service, social activity | ||
| community based social activism, homeless, hunger, parenting & eldercare | ||
| Community meals open to the needy | ||
| Clothing exchange | ||
| Safe house for women and children | ||
| Clothing bank | ||