08 min 43 s
Rev. Dr. Jonathan New
- How to know if / when it’s appropriate to take on a significant project during the interim time
- The layers to think about when considering a major project during the interim time such as a capital campaign or an Open & Affirming process
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14 min 06 s
Rev. Gail Irwin
- A case study in pastor sharing that began with sharing an interim pastor as a feasibility experiment for sharing a settled pastor;
- Helping a cong. accept the reality that they can no longer afford a full-time pastor, and leading them into new territory in creative and hopeful ways;
- Leading the creation of a shared culture when two congregations decide to share a pastor.
- Good questions to ask when considering a shared pastor ministry model (two congregations sharing a pastor);
- Helping a cong. understand the details of moving from a full-time to a half-time pastor;
- Key things that made the half-time pastor sharing model work successfully;
- My 3 key training areas to equip the lay leaders for success in a half-time pastor-sharing ministry model;
- How the interim minister can be a catalyst for helping a congregation move into a pastor-sharing model.
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13 min 28 s
Rev. Gail Irwin
- Non-threatening ways to help a congregation declining in numbers begin to think about sharing a pastor (or their building) with another congregation;
- Using your position as the interim minister to investigate the wider community on behalf of the cong.
- Good questions an entering interim minister can ask to help a congregation declining in numbers gain a positive mindset;
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12 min 30 s
Rev. Chris Mereschuk
- When is Designated Term appropriate?
- Designated Term puts everything on the table
- When serving as an interim pastor, what if calling a settled pastor next isn’t what’s really needed?
- Designated Term: you do have goals, but maybe not a specific outcome (like being ready to call a settled pastor)
- How Interim Pastors and Designated Pastors can work together
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12 min 09 s
Rev. Dr. Todd Grant Yonkman
- 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?
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12 min 33 s
Rev. Dr. Rochelle (Shelly) Stackhouse
- 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;
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10 min 59 s
Rev. Dr. Rochelle (Shelly) Stackhouse
- 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?
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10 min 19 s
Rev. Holly MillerShank
- Some routine things the interim minister can do to create containers for the challenging staff conversations that will likely come;
- The plusses and minuses of having a staff person report to a committee versus reporting to an individual person;
- Recommended staff practices to put in place as the Interim;
- Some difficult conversations that interims need to have with staff;
- Tips for teambuilding among the staff;
- Creating accountability relationships with staff;
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12 min 51 s
Rev. Holly MillerShank
- How to have good conversations around boundaries with staff who are also members of the congregation;
- Navigating the tension between the need for job performance by staff and the need for compassionate pastoral care to them;
- What obligation – or responsibility – do interim ministers have to initiate those difficult conversations with staff?
- What options do we have as the interim, when a staff member, who is also a congregation member, is no longer able to perform their staff duties?
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13 min 23s
Rev. Quentin Chin
- Bringing 1 Corinthians 12 to life;
- How clergy and congregation can make space for each other to shine!;
- Collaborative ministry requires clergy and congregation to share with each other their respective strengths and weaker areas – especially important for part-time pastorates;
- Some of the things I’m doing to prepare the congregation for a potentially indefinite period of part-time pastorates;
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