Manages the WhatsApp group for social communication
Organization
Schedules upcoming dinners
Receives event requests and filters what we bring to the group for discernment
Facilitates group events
Facilitation
Facilitates dinners
Assist host, welcomes, the “three J’s”
Keeps the group on task and on time
Shares updates at dinners
Games
The leadership team discerns any additional activities that we want to support and proposes the ideas to the whole group at a regular dinner
We consider supporting activities that at least 8 people are interested in
We do not consider more than one additional activity per month
All our decisions are founded on the movement of the Spirit. We pray and discern direction for all decisions.
The Group prayerfully discerns decisions as a body and the leadership makes final decisions.
Leaders are
Faithful catholics
18-39
Registered parishioners at St. Raphael’s
Active in The Group for at least three months
Leaders are chosen
Through prayerful discernment of the whole group
The current leadership trio determines who will replace them
Each person holds their position for one and a half years
Rotation is staggered so that a new person joins leadership every six months
We communicate with
WhatsApp group
Social communication for everyone
Email
Monthly big picture communication
The fine print
Any changes to our group are prayerfully discerned by the group leaders and proposed to the group for input beforehand.
Once someone has been in a group leadership position, they are not eligible for that same role again and they are only eligible for another role in leadership after a year break.