Membership Planning

A Perspective

Today’s Presentation

Importance Issues Perspective Action Plans Call to Action

What is Serra—a review

Catholic Lay People Dedicated Love of Church Love of ministry

Serra USA Mission

…is to foster and affirm vocations to the ordained priesthood and vowed religious life in the United States and, through this ministry, our members' common Catholic faith.

Through prayer, awareness, affirmation and support

Serra: State of Membership

FLAT Good?? Bad?? Local!?!?

Membership Health—Your Club

Number Trends Lost Members

Why? New Members

Trend

Membership Health—Your Club

Activity base Diversity Leadership

Membership Health—Your Club

Age

Age

Age

AGE…is our strength!!

Experienced Mature Wisdom filled Faith developed

Commitment Special talents Relationships Connected

Age status…

Average Age Trend “Ideal” age? Mean Age

Club: “State of the Membership”

Discussed Agreed Verbalized Written

New Members—The Target

The “Who” The “How”

New Members - ”The Who”

Daily Church Goers

Council members School boards Bible study

groups

Eucharistic Ministers

Choir members Lectors Etc.

The “How”—Action Plans

Epiphany To Inspire To Motivate YOU!

Approach to New Members

Gifting of Serra Hire it Done The Power of

Many

Approach to New Members

Power of the Clergy

“Ask and you shall receive.”

Location, Location, Location

Approach to New Members

THE LIST!

…best of times, worst of times...

Membership critical!

Critical: NOW!!

Who Among You…

“Be not afraid”

Then said the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace…

Acts 18:7-11