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Capstone Proposal for Kristi Jenkins

**__Capstone Project Outline__**

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 * 1) **Your Name: Kristine Neumayer Jenkins**
 * 2) **Project Title: Parent to Parent: Podcasting Gospel Discussions**
 * 3) **Project Description:** Our faith formation ministry, Families Building Faith (FBF), uses the Pflaum Gospel Weeklies as our primary text. We meet only twice a month in a class setting, and expect parents to review the Gospel Weeklies with their children on non-class Sundays. To help parents discuss the Gospels with their children on non-class weeks, this project would use the time when children are in class to have parents prepare a podcasts that families can listen to together on non-class weeks.
 * **Relevance to ministry:** The project connects to the children's curriculum, and provides a way for parents to model or learn faith sharing at home.
 * **References to supporting resources:** CARA's survey, "Sacraments Today: Belief and Practice among Catholics" at [], the Vatican's World Communications Day 2011 Message at [] and the PEW / Internet paper on "Networked Families" at []
 * **Social dimension of your project:** It builds community among parents in the FBF ministry, and provides a resource to the parish at large.
 * 1) **Project Goals and Objectives**
 * To involve parents in small group Gospel reading and face to face faith sharing.
 * To create Gospel podcasts that encourage faith sharing among families, accessible to parents online or on mobile devices
 * To increase home use of Pflaum Gospel Weeklies on non-class weekends.
 * 1) **Audience Description:** This project primarily targets the parents or guardian of FBF children, who are in grades preK- 5th. Since they have enrolled their children in the parish faith formation program, parents have demonstrated some level of interest in educating their children in the Catholic faith. However, there are varying comfort levels of discussing scripture or faith with their children.
 * 2) **Projected Timeline**
 * **Timeline for implementation between September 1 and November 1, 2011:** September is for research and preparation. October will see project implementation, with recorded podcasts for 3 non-class Sundays.
 * **Timeline for follow-up plans:** November 2011 through April 2012 will continue the podcasting during our ‘school’ year. Depending on the level of interest and use, we may continue the project during the summer or future years.
 * 1) **Technology To Be Utilized** Parent Cell Phones – (varies) will be used as cameras and microphones. Since parents will be working in small groups, only one phone per group is needed.
 * 1) **Projected Budget:** No monies should be needed, as all technology is free. For hardware, existing cell phones and computers will be utilized.
 * 2) **Do you need departmental or administrator approval? If yes, please indicate the steps you have taken.** The Pastor was notified and gave his verbal approval of the project.

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