As part of their responsibility to fulfill the recently passed Resolution to help congregations in their mission to Focus on the Needs of Children, the Justice Board has designed a simple questionnaire to collect information on current and desired mission ventures.
Recently we asked for parish leadership to take a few moments to fill out this on-line survey in the Leadership News and had no responses. We are extending the deadline until May 25. We hope that you can attend to this task as it will greatly help the Justice Board’s work of developing resources to help our common mission and ministry. We invite as many of you and/or your congregational leaders to engage in this exercise as would be appropriate. There is no limit.
Instructions
We ask that you facilitate the distribution of this opportunity. The questionnaire is available online here: Justice Board Questionnaire: Engaging in Mission to Children. We are extending the deadline until May 25.
Background
Over the last year the Justice Board in consultation with the Bishop has identified the support and protection of children as the primary focus for our justice work in the Diocese of Newark. The 137th Diocesan Convention passed a Resolution urging all congregations to discern the justice needs of children in their community. The 138th Convention passed an additional Resolution inviting congregations to consider including children and their needs as a focus of their mission. Many congregations are already engaged in a wide variety of ministries for children. The Justice Board has agreed (also as part of the recently passed resolution) to compile and collect information on present and/or desired mission opportunities. We have agreed to disseminate the information to the Diocese. This questionnaire is the first step in our fulfillment of this assignment.
