Parish Events



ADVENT RETREAT * BECOMING INTENTIONAL DISCIPLES * DECEMBER 5TH-7TH
Schedule of Events:
Friday, December 5, 6pm
- Dinner (provided)
- Session 1: The Call to Discipleship
- To be a Christian is to be a Disciple
- The work of a disciple is to become like Jesus
- Call to holiness and mission
- Adoration
- Guided meditation, silence, music
Saturday, December 6, 8am
- Mass
- Breakfast (provided)
- Session 2: Becoming Intentional Disciples
- Daily conversion and growing in life of prayer. Unceasing Prayer - Personal, Communal, and Spontaneous
- Exercise: Conversation 1
- Lunch (provided)
- Session 3: Go Therefore and Make Disciples!
- Simple ways to evangelize. Spontaneous prayer, sharing your faith, responding to God’s prompting
- Exercise: Conversation 2/3

*Nate Schaff serves as a Parish Transformation Coach for
Amazing Parish. In this role, he helps parish communities grow and strengthen their faith. His work follows his previous experience as a missionary for Life Teen and a youth minister. He is married, has five children, and he and his wife enjoy gardening, raising chickens and homeschooling their children.