Imagine Huron Survey

At the Deanery Council meeting on March 6th, Archdeacon Richard Salt asked that we, as the Kent Deanery, provide him feedback concerning some key areas identified in the Imagine Huron Report. This report was provided to Lay Delegates at last year’s synod.
It was decided at the Deanery Council meeting that the lay delegate(s) from each church should receive this survey so that they and their congregations could provide direct feedback concerning the issues identified. We often voice the opinion that we have no input… this was our chance to use our Deanery Council in a proactive way.

This survey was completed and returned to Shirley Sewell by April 12th so the results could be tabulated by the executive before the next meeting of Deanery Council, which was May 1st.

1. Are the current deanery boundaries relevant … do we need to flatten the boundaries … are they appropriate in the current configuration? Do they provide effective ministry in the format of today?

2. Two-way pathways of communication. It is recognized that communication at the congregational / parish / deanery / diocesan council / synod level is always in need of improvement and readjustment to be effective and timely. The communication flow has to go in both directions. How can we keep everyone “in the loop”? To begin your discussion you might want to refer to the handout distributed at the Deanery Council meeting suggesting pathways that might be explored to enhance communication.

The beginning

We're just trying this out. Kent Deanery Council agreed at its last meeting that it needs a website. As the webmaster of www.parishofthetransfiguration.net had offered, it took her up on it. The problem is, that webmaster thinks things like, "Why wouldn't we make this a blog?" So let's see how this works.
Yours, The Parish of the Transfiguration Webmaster