Most parishes cannot work deliberately on more than 3 or 4 goals over a 3 - 5 year period. Routine parish activity still continues, but the goals address significant changes desired in parish life. The number of objectives may vary. Some of these steps on the way to the goal are easily accomplished. Others may require substantial investments of time, personnel and financial resources.
Objectives last only one year.
Goal statements need to be measurable. Objectives need strong, specific verbs. We have already done parish planning using other methods. Many planning processes generate similar results. A major effort ought to be made to get youth to the parish assemblies.