MISS6002 Draft Ministerial Project Plan – Due 26 August
Information about this task
Due: 26 August
Weight: 20%
Type of assessment: individual
Rationale: All faith-based organisations, whether parishes, dioceses, or specific ministries, will benefit from a planning process that develops explicit statements about the identity, mission, vision, culture, and strategy of the organisation. This exercise requires students to present a draft of a ministerial project plan that engages with each of these elements.
Task description:
It is important to note that this is a hypothetical exercise – you are not being asked to actually impose this plan upon your parish leadership team or a ministry. It is intended to get you to reflect upon and think about your real-life ministry experience and/or your parish, but it is just an exercise for you alone (To create a mission plan or a ministry action plan is a team exercise in reality).
There are 6 parts to this Mission Plan:
1. Identity and Mission
2. Discipleship definition
3. Culture
4. Vision
5. Strategy
6. Strategic priorities
For this draft paper, compose initial answers to the following questions:
Identity and Mission
1. Create an identity statement for the parish/ministry.
2. Does the parish/ministry have a mission statement?
3. How would you evaluate the mission statement in the light of the lecture materials on mission statements?
4. Amend the current mission statement or create your own mission statement for the parish/ministry in the light of the lecture materials.
5. Provide a rationale for the mission statement you have created.
Discipleship definition
6. How would you define discipleship for your parish/ministry?
7. Explain the rationale for your definition.
Culture
8. What do you think are the core values of your parish? What are they and why did you choose them?
9. How would you operationalise those values into concrete behaviours?
10. What activities, practices, behaviours do you want to become normal in your parish?
Vision
11. If the current limitations on personnel and finance weren’t an issue, what do you dream your parish/ministry would look like ten years from now? To organise that vision, some of the headings you might include are: worship, mission, formation, community, ministry, and administration. Write down what you dream of here. [Note that some of these headings might not be applicable to some ministries. You may also need different headings].
Strategy
12. What are the key strategic ingredients you need to include and be intentional about to achieve your vision?
Strategic Priority (Goals)
13. What’s the most important goal(s) to achieve over the next twelve to eighteen months in your parish/ministry?
14. Why? What’s your rationale for selecting this goal(s)?
Format: Draft Paper
Submission: Submit your work through the Arete LMS
Marking criteria for this task
| Grade | High Distinction | Distinction | Credit | Pass | Conceded Pass | Fail |
| Criteria | Exceptional Performance | Excellent Performance | Good Performance | Adequate Performance | Inadequate Performance | Inadequate performance |
| Mark | 80-100 | 70-79 | 60-69 | 50-59 | 48-49 | 0-49 |
| Understanding of the Topic | The paper demonstrates an exceptional understanding of the topics | The paper demonstrates an excellent understanding of the topics | The paper demonstrates a strong understanding of the topics | The paper demonstrates an adequate understanding of the topics | The paper demonstrates an inadequate understanding of the topics | The paper demonstrates an inadequate understanding of the topics |
| Personal Appropriation of the Topic | The paper engages in an in depth application of the topics to the student’s parish/ ministry | The paper engages in some depth when applying the topics to the student’s parish/ ministry | The paper engages in reasonable reflection upon the student’s parish/ ministry in the light of the topics | The paper engages in an adequate reflection upon the student’s parish/ ministry in the light of the topics | The paper provides an in adequate reflection upon the student’s parish/ ministry in the light of the topics | The paper provides an in adequate reflection upon the student’s parish/ ministry in the light of the topics |
| Referencing | Full referencing is not required for this draft paper | |||||
| Bibliography | A full bibliography is not required for this draft paper | |||||
| Language and writing style | The writing style is clear and concise – enjoyable to read | The writing style is easy to read | The writing style is easy to read but confusing at some points | The writing style is adequate | The writing style is difficult to read and confusing for the marker | The writing style is difficult to read and confusing for the marker |
| Spelling and Grammar | Excellent – few if any errors | Very few errors | Some errors | Quite a few errors | Frequent grammatical and spelling errors | Frequent grammatical and spelling errors |