Why Be a CoWorker?

Why Be A Co-Worker?

1. in obedience to the Lord—"Do whatever He (Jesus) tell you" (Jn 2:5).
2. for encouragement—"We must consider how to rouse each other to love and good deeds. We should not absent ourselves from the assembly, as some do, but encourage one another" (Heb 10:24-25).
3. for greater power in evangelization and in making disciples—"The actual formation of groups of the lay faithful... leads to a more extensive and incisive effectiveness in work" (Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People, Pope John Paul II, 29). Being a co-worker will make you more effective in your parish.
4. for unity—"The profound reason that justifies and demands the lay faithful's forming of lay groups comes from a theology based on ecclesiology. The group apostolate is a 'sign of communion and of unity of the Church of Christ"' (Lay Members of Christ's Faithful People,29). If you are already working in Presentation Ministries, you express and strengthen your unity in Christ with other co-workers when you become a co-worker.