LiveSimply prayer – say together

Interview progress

Any interviews done since last meeting?

Draft Action Plan (CAFOD registration)

Reminder that for each of the three principles of:

living Simply,

living Sustainably,

living in Solidarity

We need one Substantial and at least two Supporting actions.

Each Action is classed as representing:

Reflection & Worship

Practical

or Reaching Out

Next steps

Run the draft Action Plan past CAFOD to gauge its reaction

Agree Actions with the groups/individuals we have identified

Discuss the Action Plan with Fr Bryan

Submit our registration to CAFOD

Assuming it is accepted, devise a timetable prior to launch

Any other business

Ideas for launch and engaging individual parishioners

Meeting agreements/discussion

Linda will collect books left over from school fayre ready for Autumn Festival

Mary to talk to Nick Babb.

We shall need a nominated person or group for each action.

Julian to send out something to all groups.

Breda and Teresa on holiday

Actions for me

Calculate CO2 and cost of switch to Good Energy – waiting to speak to Austin Barradell to confirm.

I have to speak to Fr Bryan about principles and the plan - done

I have asked Mary to review the action plan to improve R&W situation (I forgot to remind her she was to talk to Nick Babb)

Interviewed Stuart the Group Scout Leader and he met with the leaders - keen on the garden but just the wrong time to be thinking about the September programme apparently.  He has promised to keep us in mind.

Registration

  Mary has done great work on this

  Must agree actions with those we have listed

  More R&W themes needed

  Have asked CAFOD about adding things but only doing 3.  Campaign coordinator on holiday till next Thursday so no answer yet.

  We need to engage all those who have made promises to confirm

Launch ideas

  Posters

  Flyers

  Video

  The Action Plan

  Encourage non-parish group parishioners - use timtalas to identify interests (e.g. gardening)

Jamie's debating ethical issues - how to make this into an event for young?

Helena's poem and a competition

Forest carbon site http://www.forestcarbon.co.uk/

Help Jubilee Park - Friends would like help and they would guide us on a walk

Schemes like washing patios the eco way

Already on J's list? Carbon offsetting

Use ideas list when doing next interview

Story of Stuff is an interesting website and has various videos including one on fixing things

http://www.storyofstuff.org/2012/06/05/the-good-stuff-%E2%80%94-episode-4-fix-it-dont-nix-it/

Draft Action Plan

Julian updated the interview progress and ideas spreadsheet and sent to me

When I looked at the CAFOD form, I realised we had been thinking upside down about the categories!

Form requires actions to be listed by Simply, Sustainably and Solidarity

Indicating for each action whether it is Substantial or Supporting

And does it represent Reflection, Practical or Reaching Out.

So I re-ordered the list and things fell out reasonably easily

Have we got enough activities to engage a wide cross-section of the parish? 

I think we need a stronger emphasis on Reflection & Worship because that is the one area that all members of a congregation can be involved.

Interview progress

I can finish off any interviews not done but can’t guarantee to complete them much before the end of July

I do need help though because of heavy family commitments over the next few months and a general need to slacken off a bit.

Engaging individuals

Suggest we ask people to sign up when we launch. 

If they don't then we are in danger of dropping back to box ticking.

Or start and hope people get message and join in?