Change Management - Coaching For Interims

Tagged with Rev. Dr. Todd Grant Yonkman

Why I use ‘Transition’ in my title

12 min 09 s

Why setting expectations is critical & how to do it
How the metaphor of “Midwife” for the transition pastor can clarify roles and responsibilities
The church you were is not the church you are going to be…
What are you willing to let go of to get what you most want?

Tagged with Rev. Dr. Rochelle (Shelly) Stackhouse

16 min 36 s

The book of Acts is an underutilized resource for discerning about the building
There’s more than one way to solve the problem…
Solutions to the building problem only surface by going deeply into discerning your relationship with the community around you
What might you have to do to your physical space to make other people want to use it?
Learning not to underestimate the beauty of our spaces… > Dealing with idolatry of the building

Tagged with Rev. Chris Mereschuk

10 min 43 s

Key questions to build relationships with people at the beginning;
How to avoid closed ended questions;
Getting the congregation to think more deeply about their future when closure is a real possibility;
Helping the congregation get to its “Why”
Assessing the capacity of the congregation for ministry; Questions to help a declining congregation think realistically about its options;
Questions to help a declining congregation think realistically about its options;

Tagged with Rev. Dr. Todd Grant Yonkman

15 min 33 s

When the energy gets low, churches often don’t know there are other options to closing;
Thoughts on various options: merger restart, adoption, consolidation, redevelopment…;
Barrier for vitality is shame and blame;
Avoiding the “Twin Titanic” model (throwing a rope from one sinking congregation to another);
Key to church mergers: learn to love other things together;
The challenge of trying to do vitality work and consolidation work at the same;

Tagged with Rev. Dr. Rochelle (Shelly) Stackhouse

12 min 33 s

Book of Acts reminds us that the first congregations shared space;
Many New England churches originally called themselves “meeting houses” – places for all kinds of meetings, not just Sunday worship;
Assessing the many ways your congregation adds value to your community;
“Partners for Sacred Places” can help your church think creatively about uses for your building;
Over the centuries, churches have functioned as patrons of the arts;
Integrating social justice in multi-purposing your space;

Tagged with Rev. Dr. Rochelle (Shelly) Stackhouse

10 min 59 s

Is the church over?
Is this great experiment that was started by Jesus – this experiment that the Holy Spirit exploded on Pentecost – is it really over?
Perhaps we’re asking the wrong question….
If our role isn’t to preserve the Church, what is it?

Tagged with Rev. Pegi Ridout

10 min 50 s

The difficulty with conflict isn’t that we have it, it’s that we don’t know how to do it well.
How do we treat conflict as gift? How do we get there?
Respectful communication guidelines developed by Eric Law at the Kaleidoscope Institute
trust, respect, listen, then speak.
Conflict skills/muscles are built through practice;
Pegi’s 3 types of practice for building our conflict muscles;

Tagged with Rev. Terasa Cooley