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6 AUGUST 22-SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 | DENVER CATHOLIC 7 Reasons You Need an Estate Plan 1. PROBATE COSTS AND DELAYS: Avoid potential delays of nine months to twelve months or more. 2. NURSING HOME COSTS: Protect your nest egg from nursing home costs which average $8,000 aper month in Colorado! 3. DIVORCE: Up to 50% of your assets could walk out the door with your ex in-law. 4. REMARRIAGE: Prevent your assets from going to a stranger instead of your children if your spouse gets remarried after your death. 5. ESTATE TAXES: Eliminate or minimize federal estate taxes. 6. INHERITANCE: Prevent underage children or irresponsible adults from spending their inheritance all at once. 7. INCAPACITY: Avoid a publicly humiliating and expensive guardianship proceeding if you become incapacitated. Learn more about the benefi ts of having a Living Trust. Call 303.736.6060 or go online to www. ColoradoEstatePlan.com 7807 E. Peakview Ave. • Suite 130 • Centennial • CO • 80111 www.ColoradoEstatePlan.com • 303.736.6060 "Our clients' satisfaction is 100% guaranteed!" Catherine Hammond , Attorney Free Workshop on Wills, Trusts and Estate Planning Presented by Hammond Law Group Register Today! Call 303.736.6060 Thursday, Sept. 10 TH 2:00 PM or 6:30 PM Cielo at Castle Pines 485 W. Happy Canyon Rd., Castle Rock, CO 80108 Saturday, Sept. 12 TH 10:00 AM Bear Dance Golf Banquet Room 6630 Bear Dance Dr., Larkspur, CO 80118 The Archdiocese of Denver O ce of Black Catholic Ministry proudly congratulates Deacon Clarence McDavid on his appointment to Director of Human Resources for the Archdiocese of Denver. May God continue to bless you and your good work. DOO-WOP SHOW THE ULTIMATE As Seen on PBS! 6 ARTISTS Over 200 Million Records Sold! SAT. OCT. 17 Tickets available at Box Office, ParamountDenver.com, AltitudeTickets.com, 866-461-6556 Connecting parishes to people in the pews L ocal pastors and church sta£ are dreaming of the day when they can share Christ's message with their parishioners at the click of a button. Their dreams are becoming a reality as the Archdiocese of Denver launched a new initiative to help parishes use the latest technology to communicate directly, and instantly, with their fl ock. More than 100 priests and church sta£ attended a series of workshops—includ- ing one on Aug. 14—hosted by the O² ce of Communications to help parishes launch Flocknote, an email and texting commu- nication tool. "We're interested in new ways to reach our parishioners," said Father Robert Wedow, parochial vicar of St. Theresa Parish of Frederick, who attended the workshop. "We recognize the power of these (smartphone) devices." Surveys show that a large majority of Americans—about 85 percent of young adults and 71 percent of Hispanic adults— use a smartphone, according to the Pew Research Center. Flocknote is designed to help parishes meet their fl ock where they're at—on their phones. Some 33 parishes in the archdiocese already claimed their free Flocknote account in order to reach parishioners beyond its Sunday bulletin and pulpit announcements. Matt Warner, founder and president of Flocknote, shared with attendees that Flocknote is not simply a communica- tion tool, but a way to share the message of Christ. "It's not really about a tool, it's about helping you do something meaningful," he told the packed workshop held at the St. John Paul II Center in Denver. "Most parishioners can't reach half of the people in their pews on Sunday. At the end of the day this is what we're trying to do. We're trying to make that connection." Flocknote is just one of several digital communication tools o£ ered to parishes as part of the office's Denver Parish Connect initiative, a new e£ ort to bring faithful together to pray, think and act as one Church. Joshua Karabinos, associate director of marketing, works in tandem with David Hazen, associate director of digital ser- vices, to host the workshops and lead the initiative. Karabinos said e£ ective com- munication is increasingly important for faith communities. "E£ ective communication has always been integral to all we do as faith-fi lled communities. In this new missionary era, it has a heightened importance," Karabi- nos said. "The O² ce of Communications welcomes the opportunity to share with priests, parish sta£ and parishioners not only the reasons Flocknote has been so helpful but how it fi ts into a broader strategy for improving their ability to connect with their communities more intentionally." Parishes are on the frontlines of com- munication with faithful and should be supported in its e£ orts, Warner said. "You really want to help the parishes fi rst," Warner told the crowd. "That's where the rubber meets the road. You guys are the ones that are minister- ing directly to the parishioners of the archdiocese." BY NISSA LAPOINT 303-715-3138 | nissa.lapoint@archden.org www.twitter.com/Nissa_LaPoint Around the Archdiocese DENVER PARISH CONNECT Denverparish.com/fl ocknote