All Saints is on a journey to become a Next Generation Parish!
Together, we will come together in faith to forge a renewed path that brings hope and Christ’s love into our community. Over the next year (2026-2027), we will increasingly seek to become a parish that fosters spiritual maturity, shares leadership, offers a vibrant Sunday experience, and embraces a missionary impulse.
Our New Pastoral Plan
Over the past six months, our parish staff completed a journey of prayer, listening, and discernment — meeting for 12 sessions to review parish interviews, listening sessions, sacramental and demographic information, and the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) survey results — and the pastoral plan is ready. This will be the guiding document for our parish for the next several years. Many thanks to the team for their time and service in putting this together! Some highlights include:
Our Mission
Formed by the Word and rooted in the Eucharist, we are disciples of Jesus on mission to awaken the faith in our parish and community.
Our Vision
We envision a parish centered on Christ and His mission that invites others into deeper encounter with Him, who transform hearts, homes and communities through faith and love.
Our Values
- Rooted in Prayer and Mission
- Stay Joyful and Mission-Focused
- Build a Culture of Discipleship and Formation
Our Top 3 Pastoral Priorities
- Priority #1: Shared Responsibility for Mission and Culture
- Priority #2: Foster Intentional Worship
- Priority #3: Deepening Personal Relationship with Jesus
We want to leverage the best of what we have to offer while setting a plan that will transform our future. Together we must embrace Christ’s vision for missionary discipleship so our parish can thrive and be a place for others to grow together in faith.
Next Steps
Next, we enter Phase 3: Accompaniment — the implementation phase of our pastoral plan, which runs through August 2027. We will begin the work of bringing our priorities and goals to life. More details to come. Please continue to pray for this intention and for the growth and protection of our parish.
How it Began
In the Spring of 2025, All Saints parishioners were invited to participate in the Disciple Maker Index (DMI) survey, provided to us by the Archdiocese of Atlanta in partnership with the Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI).
We had 451 respondents. A tremendous response rate of 38% (8-10% is typical according to CLI)!
Thank you to all who participated in the survey! The results are invaluable for understanding our parish’s greatest opportunities and strengths, and they will be used to develop a path forward and setting clear benchmarks as we grow stronger together in faith and friendship.
With this success conducting the DMI, we were then asked to take the next step in this journey as one of the Next Generation Parishes (“NextGen”) for the Archdiocese of Atlanta.
Successful Next Gen parishes raise up disciples and model a vibrant faith that thrives within the church walls and pours outward by sharing and witnessing Christ to our local Dunwoody community and beyond.
Diving Deeper into Our Journey
The DMI survey results were shared with participating parishes late last summer. With in-person facilitation from a CLI representative, Fr. Michael and the parish staff then met for a total of 12 sessions to review the results — alongside parish interviews, as well as sacramental and demographic information — coming together to pray and discern where the Holy Spirit is calling our parish and how we can accomplish getting there.
This process helped us to identify our mission, vision, values, as well as develop 3 pastoral priorities for coming years.
