Dear St. Peter’s Parishioners,

As you may be aware, we began our Parish Strategic Planning on Saturday, September 17th. This is the culmination of work that really began with the parish forums in 2004 and my listening sessions when I arrived in 2009. Last year the Parish Council, along with the Parish Staff, carefully reviewed the information gathered in these sessions and identified five areas of focus for the parish. These areas are: spiritual formation from cradle to grave; financial stability; communication and marketing; evangelization and community outreach; and parish life. The Strategic Planning team will concentrate on these areas in a meeting on October 2nd, identifying suggested initiatives and action teams in each of the five areas. It is my hope that each of these action teams, working in conjunction with the Strategic Planning Team will come up with detailed action plans for the near future. I am confident this will help us as we strive to meet the needs of our community. I ask you to be generous in responding to any special requests that may be asked of you as a part of this process. Please keep us in your prayers.

Our Strategic Planning Team: myself, Brent Arenberg, Virginia Bagby, Jason Carter-Solomon, Karen Conley, Angie Douglas, Mark Fitzpatrick, Karen Grover (KCMO School District), Mark Hague, Ken Johnson, Sal Monteleone, Teresa Moore, Janet Spallo, and Angie Meyer (not pictured). Our facilitator is Rick Tirrell.


Sincerely,

Father Steve Cook, Pastor