Leadership Agreement/Guidelines

Ministering with others is a gift aimed to enrich others and indirectly ourselves.  Leading a ministry at Holy Name of Mary happens in two levels.  The first of these is to help advance our HNM Mission by nurturing fellow members of a ministry to grow in their relationship with Christ and others.  Secondly, to empower members, in particular a fellow co-chair, in both the exploration and the development of his or her own call toward ministerial leadership.
 
To nurture members:

• Leading by example, in and out of church, particularly by availing myself of ongoing adult faith formation opportunities provided within the parish and archdiocese;
• Remembering that ministry is about people, not merely projects;
• Providing a clear vision and hope in achieving the ministry’s mission, goals, projects, and events;
• Listening and being open to new voices for the ongoing life of the ministry;
• Working with your Parish Council representative to grow in your understanding of the breadth of our parish life; and
• Providing opportunities for your members to receive continued spiritual and ministerial formation.

 
To empower co-leaders:

• Remembering we are called to community and need to model it to the ministry members;
• Being clear about one another’s roles within the ministry leadership;
• Being sensitive to each other’s gifts and abilities;
• Considering the goals and mission of the ministry, leaders are encouraged to mutually formulate a set of goals, timelines, and expectations;
• Participate in ongoing faith formation opportunities provided within the parish and archdiocese.