What is Holy Listening?
We believe that everyone has God-given talents and gifts that can be used to benefit the community. We would like to spend a few minutes learning about your gifts, skills, and dreams. In doing this work we believe that everyone in the community has something to offer and everyone cares about something. Over the coming months, we will be reaching out to members of our community to schedule a Holy Listening session.
This process is rooted in the understanding that God has placed all that we need to participate in God’s good work within our communities and each other. We are intentionally searching and gathering those gifts, of which you are one!
In addition to these internal conversations, Phase 2 of the Holy Listening process will be to have similar conversations with our neighbors and community partners who are not direct members of Christ & St. Luke’s. By better understanding our parish community, our neighbors, and our geographical region, we will be better equipped to grow in ways that align us with God’s mission.
What to Expect
In the coming months, a member of our Holy Listening team will contact you to schedule a listening session. We’ve developed a specific set of questions that will help us better understand you as an individual. What makes you a wonderful and unique part of our community and of God’s world? These conversations are designed to be in-person, and one-on-one. Our hope is that you enter into these conversations with an open heart and an open mind.
Schedule
A member of the Holy Listening Team will reach out with some background information about the process and look for a time to meet with you in-person. We’re setting an initial time frame of 6 months to get through the majority of these listening sessions. Your call could come anytime in the next 6 months, so don’t be worried if you aren’t contacted immediately.
Share
On a day that works for both you and your listener, you will meet for a conversation using the guided questions designed by the Holy Listening Team. There is nothing that you need to prepare in advance. Plan for your conversation to take about an hour.
We will also ask you to fill out an optional demographic survey that answers some demographic questions that are outside the scope of the listening sessions.
Grow in Community
After your conversation, your listener will join your answers with the answers from others in our community. If you have any questions about how your responses will be used, we encourage you to read the confidentiality statement in the packet that your listener will provide to you. The Holy Listening committee will spend time reviewing answers from our entire community to help us discern what God has put in our midst, and where God might be calling us next.
Sign up for your listening session
We will be conducting scheduled listening sessions. If you’d like to participate in one of those sessions, please submit your request below, and we will get in touch with you to schedule a time to that works for you.
