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Step 1: What is a Missionary

Disciple?

Complete only this page on your own and before your 1st Meeting

as a parish delegation:

Read!

Read Matthew 4:18-22 – Jesus Chooses His Disciples. Write notes below:

Read Living as Missionary Disciples: A Resource for Evangelization: Leadership Resource pages 1-8. What did you learn from this reading?

Read Matthew 12:3-8 – Parable of the Sower. Write notes below:

Review agenda and complete this worksheet page prior to 1st Meeting.

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Complete the Reflect! & Act! sections on your own after

your 1st Meeting as a Parish Delegation:

Meet!

Gather as a delegation with Pastor for 1st Meeting.

What key messages about Missionary Discipleship did you hear from Bishop Sullivan and Fr. Mark Toups?

The New Evangelization:

This is a call for all of us to have an encounter with Christ, best expressed in

simple, confident, informed and joyous witness to the faith, which attracts others

and invites them to wonder what secret is motivating the Christian disciple.

Reflect on your baptismal calling during the 1st Meeting: 1. Where and when were you baptized?

Living as Missionary Disciples: A Resource for Evangelization Leadership Resource, Leadership Resource, Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2017 p. 7

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2. How does baptism call us into Christ’s mission to love & to serve?

3. How are you called because of your baptism?

4. How have you fulfilled this calling?

Discuss Matthew 12:3-8 – Parable of the Sower. How does this scripture passage speak to you? Capture your thoughts here.

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Reflect!

Reflect the following questions after the 1st Meeting: 1. What does missionary discipleship mean to you?

2. Why should you be a missionary disciple?

3. How are you called to live as a missionary disciple?

Act!

Talk to God (Pray)

Be aware of how you are living as a missionary disciple bringing Jesus to others through word and action. Ask yourself:

1. Do I share Jesus with others? If so, how?

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2. How am I caring for others in need throughout the week?

Look across your neighborhood community. Consider those you see who are marginalized, alone, sick, or hurt. Consider the following:

1. How might I, as a Missionary Disciple, meet these needs?

2. How might our parish begin to meet these needs?