LiveSimply prayer – say together

Completed tasks

1st Shoe Rafiki collection

Banner made and blessed

Website updates

Interview progress

Ideas list

Registration form trial

Engaging individuals

Any other business


Completed tasks

1st Shoe Rafiki collection

200 pairs collected?  Should definitely have this as a supporting action for the year (3 times a year?) and involve Guides.

Banner made and blessed

Website updates

Started new menu titled “Actions” and added Rafiki as the first one – planned frequency will be put on each such page.

Interview progress

Complete progress matrix

Discuss results of interviews

Linda’s comments on excluding some groups

Pre-school is run externally but rental is nominal so it is effectively subsidised by the parish – Victoria can explain!

Similarly parent/toddler doesn’t pay rent, organisers are parishioners and we should try to involve them

School is independent but we’ve connected with them

Must agree who is doing what and stick to it

Is there sufficient enthusiasm for us to attempt a registration?

Ideas list

Circulate list and discuss feasibility/choice/additions

Registration form trial

LiveSimply website now says:

9 parishes around the country have now registered as livesimply parishes working towards the award. Well done to St John Bosco at Woodley, the Oxford Uni Chaplaincy, St John Vianney Tottenham, St Stanislaus Dulverton, St Matthews Northwood, St Josephs Colwyn Bay, St Josephs Ansdell, St Bonaventure Bristol and St Josephs Havant. Registration represents a real effort on the part of all these churches and a significant step on the journey towards living more responsibly toward the planet, the poor and to God. We would love you to join them.

I would be happy to do this and circulate but still think we need to talk to all groups and get firm ideas.

I can finish off any interviews not done after end of June

Engaging individuals

Suggest we ask people to sign up when we launch.  If they don't then we drop back to tokenism.  Start and hope people get message and join in?