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The book confi rmed what he learned about people in the pews not knowing how to have a relationship with Christ, he said. He, along with other pastors of the archdiocese, also attended the Amazing Parish Confer- ence that year, which served as the cat- alyst for starting discipleship programs at IHM. Father Spahn "deliberately hand- picked a group of people who had expe- rience in ministry" and±appointed them to be part of±a special committee at his parish that focused solely on ministry and evangelization e" orts. After meet- ing with them on a regular basis and dis- cussing ways in which the parish could better reach people in the pews, they came up with the concept for Disciple Maker training. "We wanted to hand pick the people in our parish who we saw that kind of already 'got it,' that already had a rela- tionship with Jesus, but wanted to help them get to that next level," Father Spahn explained. The goal of Disciple Maker training is to equip those in the program± with the necessary tools to be mentors and build relationships with others—just as Jesus did with his apostles. The pro- gram teaches various practical skills such as±how to engage with others, how to be hospitable and how to pray using lectioŒ divina. Ultimately, however, it's about making more disciples of Christ. "It's really about spiritual multipli- cation," Father Spahn said. "It's a snow- ball e" ect. Once you get this going, it feeds on itself." Andrew Barga, who has been a part of the evangelization committee at the parish since the beginning and teaches some of the Disciple Maker classes, has learned how to better utilize those moments in everyday life as an oppor- tunity to share the good news of the Gospel, and he said the goal of the pro- gram is to help every Christian realize that evangelism is a crucial part of fol- lowing Christ. "We tried to help people realize that the essential call of the Church has an evangelistic nature," Barga said. "We all have a part to play in that. Even though they might work at a food bank or teach at a school, they can still evangelize." In addition to disciple maker train- ing, Father Spahn has introduced several other programs to help with evangelization at the parish. He hosts discipleship nights every Wednesday during the school year, has introduced the Alpha program to help reach people who have never had a relationship with± Christ, and implemented Christ Renews His Parish retreats for men and women, which he said are setting people "on fi re for the Lord." These programs make it easier for Father Spahn as a pastor to make a proper "diagnosis" of where people in the parish are at and where they need to be. "You as pastors and parochial vicars and your deacons and your sta" need to be trained and have eyes to see people to engage and fi nd out where they're at in their faith journey and then plug them into the right place," he said. "It's criti- cal that you make a proper assessment." Father James Spahn, pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Northglenn, created an eight-week program called Disciple Maker to train Catholics in the pews to more fully live out the call of discipleship that Christ commissioned. PHOTO BY JORDON LEBSOCK Dr. Barbara Jenkins, AuD, BCABA Colorado's First Board Certifi ed Doctor of Audiology Diocese Parishioner We take your Hearing Seriously. www.AdvancedAudiology.com 303.649.2122 Centennial, Colorado 80112 • 85% of our patients come from physician and patient referrals • A+ Rated and BBB Gold Star Company • 2013 Best of Service Award – Centennial/Englewood • 2015 Better Business Bureau Torch Award for Ethics and Integrity Advanced Audiology, Inc. 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