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Jillian Koeneman
- Oct 28, 2019
- 2 min
Disciple Maker Index- How will it help?
Part Four of a four-part series on a new and exciting initiative called Next Generation Parish Last week we released part three of our series on the Next Generation Parish program. We have been discussing the upcoming Disciple Maker Index survey. Part three explained why the survey would be helpful. Today is our final post, and we will focus on the impact the survey can have in our parish. Here are two reasons it will help our parish. The first reason the survey will hel
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Jillian Koeneman
- Oct 23, 2019
- 2 min
El Índice del Creador de Discípulo- Por Que?
Parte tres de una serie de cuatro partes sobre una iniciativa nueva y emocionante llamada Parroquia de la Próxima Generación En la segunda parte de nuestra serie de la semana pasada, describimos el proceso de la primera fase de nuestra asociación de la Parroquia de la Próxima Generación con el Instituto de Liderazgo Católico. La primera fase se enfoca en reunir información sobre el estado actual de nuestra parroquia en lo que se refiere a tener una cultura de discipulado. N
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Jillian Koeneman
- Oct 21, 2019
- 2 min
Disciple Maker Index Survey- Why do it?
Part Three of a four-part series on a new and exciting initiative called Next Generation Parish In part two of our series last week, we described the process of phase one of our Next Generation Parish partnership with the Catholic Leadership Institute. Phase one’s focus is to gather information on the current state of our parish as it relates to having a culture of discipleship. Our coach is asking St. John’s to distribute a survey tool called the Disciple Maker Index. We
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Jillian Koeneman
- Oct 18, 2019
- 2 min
El Índice del Creador de Discípulos
Segunda parte de una serie de cuatro partes sobre una nueva y emocionante iniciativa llamada Parroquia de la próxima generación La semana pasada presentamos nuestras series en una nueva asociación de cuatro años, con el Instituto de Liderazgo Católico llamado, “Parroquia de la próxima Generación”. Definimos el objetivo de esta iniciativa sobre como ayudar a nuestra parroquia a cambiar nuestra cultura, enfocada en el discipulado. Este cambio cultural ocurrirá en cuatro fases.
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Jillian Koeneman
- Oct 18, 2019
- 2 min
The Disciple Maker Index Survey
Last week, we debuted our series on a new four-year partnership with the Catholic Leadership Institute called Next Generation Parish. We defined the goal of this initiative as shifting our parish culture to one focused on discipleship. This culture shift will occur in four phases. The first phase involves our coach gathering information to measure the status of our current culture in our parish. We are currently in the first phase at St. John’s. The coach will determine h
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Fr Royce Gregerson
- Oct 13, 2019
- 9 min
Sermon: The Soil of our True Identity
The Sacred Scriptures are so rich that within the smallest details we can find the deepest meanings. In the story of Naaman in today’s Old Testament lesson, there is a small detail that contains a powerful message. But first, who is this Naaman guy anyways? Naaman is the general of the Syrian army – the most powerful country in the world at the time. So he is pretty important. But he is a leper, which is surprising for someone so powerful. Naaman has heard about the great pro
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Jillian Koeneman
- Oct 10, 2019
- 2 min
Parroquia de la Próxima Generación
Nuestra parroquia de San Juan Evangelista en Goshen, Indiana. Ha sido elegida para participar en un programa de cuatro años llamado, "Parroquia de la Próxima Generación". No es de ninguna manera un nombre llamativo u ostentoso, pero un programa que esperamos sea impactante. Una organización llamada Instituto de Liderazgo Católico, ha desarrollado recientemente el programa y está buscando una Diócesis para participar. Se acercaron a nuestro obispo, el obispo Kevin Rhoades y le
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Jillian Koeneman
- Oct 9, 2019
- 2 min
Next Generation Parish
Part One of a four-part series on a new and exciting initiative called “Next Generation Parish Our parish of St. John the Evangelist in Goshen, Indiana has been chosen to participate in a four-year program called “Next Generation Parish.” Not a catchy or flashy name by any means, but a program we hope is impactful. An organization called the Catholic Leadership Institute has recently developed the program and is looking for a Diocese to participate. They approached our Bis
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