Passion team update - by Ker Ching

Dear all,

1. In my effort in initial coordination, I've received valuable feedback reminding us that we should initially stay focused on the 4 highest priorities defined by the result of 20/20 survey, one in each of the four areas.

2. On May 9, Evangelization Team (although I prefer to call it Outreach Team) held a kickoff meeting. In this meeting we defined the preliminary assignment and schedule. Monthly meetings will be held to review status.

3. As I continue to communicate with lay people and clergy who came from Mainland in recent years, I find one thing in common from all the feedback is that "practical assistance in life" 實際的生活幫助 is recognized as the most effective means to win people’s hearts.

Kerching

Church is our home: Invitation/Eddie,Joseph,XiuLi

Invitation

On March 25, 2007, SJCCC community has given their voices on the four areas of interest. One of them is “The Church is our home” and the result is shown below. It is time to plan for the 2^nd stage of our strategies and we need all of you who support this category and help out as much as possible. You are cordially invited in attending a meeting on Saturday June 16, 2007 at 9:30am. This meeting is intended to brainstorming ideas how to proceed. We need your participation and expertise to complete these important tasks.

Please reserve this date in your busy schedule. Also, please come up some ideas on how to accomplish these tasks. Remember that no suggestion is a bad suggestion. If you are able to attend this meeting, please contact any of the following persons. If you email us about the attendance, please include your phone number.

Location: St. Clare Church, Room 1 or 5

Date: Saturday 06/16/2007

Time: 9:30am to 11:30am

Fr Lynch Retreat/Kai Min

Hi Kai Min:

It was wonderful to talk with you this evening. Here are the English
and Chinese versions of the retreat. Please keep in mind that there
will be some changes, but this material will give you a good idea of
what it is all about.

We found it best to print them out (using both sides of the page) and
put them into three-ringed binders. The English and Chinese versions
have the same page numbers for easy comparison.

Please give my warmest greetings to everyone. Prayers for deep peace
and joy of heart! Michael

Update on the 4 Community Action teams by Tony

----- Original Message ----
From: Tony Fu
To: Kai Min
Cc: Wendar Fu ; Joanne Hsia ; Eddie Liu ; Ana Tsai ; Li-peng Chou ; Isabel Chou ; musikaklassika-sjccc@yahoo.com; Rae Yang ; Hai Hsia Chen ; josephswc@hotmail.com; Joseph ; yvonne tang ; Xiuli Chu ; Sunny Sang ; Steve Chu ; Patrick Ku ; Margarita Hua ; james_c_hua
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 9:06:35 PM
Subject: update on the 4 Community Action teams

Dear Kai Min,
Praise and thank God, we are making progress in each of the 4 areas, thanks to hard work of many dedicated servants for God! Here is a quick update:

• Church is our Home.
  
• Eddie is leading the initial coordination with Tai-Er, Joseph/Yvonne Tang, Xiu-Li, and Sunny Sang
  
• initial brainstorming meeting open to entire community (Mandarin, Cantonese, English), 9:30-11:30 on 6/16 (Sat)
• Youth is our Future
• Isabel is leading the initial coordination with Patrick Ku, Joanne Hsai, Steve Chu
• initial brainstorming meeting tentatively scheduled for 6/10 (Sun) after Mass
• Faith is our Foundation
• Ana and Li-Peng are leading the initial coordination with Joanne Hsai, Margarita Hua
• just met and provided them with the list yesterday at BBQ, the initial brainstorming meeting is being planned
• Service, Outreach, and Evangelization is our Passion
• Ker-Ching is leading the initial coordination with help from Rae. This team may split into 3 parallel tracks due to the diverse focus:
• Service (internal services): Hai Hsia is planning to gather a core team for initial brainstorming first
• Outreach (external services): Shing-Wu is planning an initial brainstorming
• Evangelization: tentative initial brainstorming tentatively targeted for weekend of 6/3 or 6/10

Wow, this is amazing progress in short amount of time. Thank you ALL for your work for Christ and for the community.

May God bless us to do His will and serve His people,
+Tony & Wendar

Youth is our future/initial meeting - Isabel

Hey Pat,

Thanks for hosting us today. It was a good prelim meeting. Things are usually 'hazy' at the beginning... but God will lead us through.

Sorry I had to leave early. I'll let you host me again for lunch some other day. :) ha ha.

-i.

On 5/18/07, Steve Chu <slkchu@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Patrick,

What a great list! I think it'll be more than a starting point. I can't think of anything else to add but I will pray for you all at the meeting today.

Steve

----- Original Message ----
From: Patrick Ku < patrick.ku@gmail.com>
To: Tony Fu <tony@blessed-family.org>
Cc: ichou@alum.calberkeley.org; Joanne Hsia < obelixnasterix@yahoo.com>; Wendar Fu <wendar@blessed-family.org>; Steve Chu < slkchu@yahoo.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 9:28:11 PM
Subject: Re: meeting this friday

Hi Tony,

Here are my thoughts and ideas for potential qualifications of a full
time youth minister:

Possible Qualifications:
- Baccalaureate degree and divinity degree (desirable)
- X number of years with Catholic youth ministry (at least a few) (desirable)
- Understanding and passion for Chinese American Catholic youth
- Ability to disciple, teach (Bible, CM, training), and evangelize
- Ability to counsel young people well
- Ability to creatively develop programs for youth to young adults
(YAG is desirable)
- an ideal candidate would have beliefs consistent with the Vatican's teachings
- Certified catechist (or one of the more advanced certifications)
- Solid home family life (does not necessarily need to be married, but
would be ideal)
- Would be able to interact well with various members of the community
- Trilingual (Cantonese, Mandarin, English) (preferred)
- Ability to oversee and lead a team of volunteers - emotional and
spiritual well-being (that would be us)

Responsibilities:
- Oversee youth Mass
- Oversee Watermark
- Oversee YAG (desirable)
- Potentially start a middle school group

Possible Compensation Issues:
1. Basic package (annually)
Base salary $
Housing allowance $
Utilities allowance $

2. Benefits (annually)
Retirement $
Car allowance $
Health insurance $
Social Security allowance $
Books and subscriptions $
Continuing education $

3. Vacation time: weeks per year.

Anyways, those are just my initial thoughts. I know those are some
intense and highly selective qualifications. We'd better start
praying =P

Pat


On 5/16/07, Tony Fu <tony@blessed-family.org> wrote:
>
> Isabel Chou wrote:
>
> Ha ha. It's okay then. Let's just stick to 11:30.
>
> Thanks,
> Isabel
>
> OK, see you guys at 11:30! Here are some topics we would like to discuss with you:
>
>
> Brief update of 20/20 status, recommendation, and next step
>
> Providing list of people interested in supporting the "Youth is our future" group
> Suggestion of processes and initial milestones
> Resources that you may need
> Thank you all for your excellent efforts for Christ and for the community.
>
> May God bless you and your family always,
> +Tony & Wendar
>
>