9 min 17 s
Rev. Philomena Hare
- Don’t shy away from conflict, but….
- Is it ok to have staff changes during the interim time?
- Congregations usually know there is a problem, but…
- Why staff performance evaluations are so important
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11 min 37 s
Rev. Erica Avena
- Building interim training / continuing education into your contract
- Key contractual differences between interim and settled positions
- Doing a self-inventory: what do I need?
- IRS commuting cost allowance for interims
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7 min 59 s
Rev. Lynn Carman Bodden
- Why meeting regularly with other interims is so important
- The necessary characteristics of an effective support group
- Start one yourself or join an existing group
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8 min 14 s
Rev. Lynn Carman Bodden
- Why taking an interim job outside of your home denomination can make you a more effective interim minister
- Taking a job outside your home denomination can expand your marketability
- Tips for learning the polity of a different denomination
- Tips for managing the differing expectations and cultures of other denominations
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10 min 58 s
Rev. Quentin Chin
- Helping the congregation think realistically about part-time ministry
- Reframing part-time ministry from loss to gain
- Ideas for how to lead Confirmation, preaching, etc., in new ways
- Is attending church suppers considered “work” for the pastor? If so, how to negotiate that
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8 min 18 s
Rev. Quentin Chin
- What happens in part-time ministry?
- Reframing the notion of having a part-time minister from negative to positive
- How having a part-time minister can actually empower the laity
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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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12 min 10 s
Rev. Jeff MacDonald
- Characteristics of churches that thrive after moving to a part-time pastor;
- Highlights of how lay ministries benefit the congregation;
- Creating platforms for laypeople to share experiences of meaningful engagement;
- Barriers hindering lay people from using their gifts; Suggestions for how the pastor can help lay people to overcome barriers to using their gifts in ministry;
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14 min 10 s
Rev. Jeff MacDonald
- Being intentional rather than reactionary in the move to a part-time pastorate;
- Questions to help the laity get clear about their roles in the move to a part-time pastorate;
- Key questions to ask yourself to understand how your pastorate is structured now;
- Formal vs. unspoken expectations and their consequences;
- Allowing the laity to do what they’ve long been authorized to do but don’t realize it;
- Helping the laity to see that there’s actually very little that is doable only by the pastor;
- Seeing the pastor as a strategic resource to advance the mission of the congregation;
- Why being clear about the congregation’s mission is so essential to a successful part-time pastorate;
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14 min 30 s
Rev. Jeff MacDonald
- How the pastor can overcome resistance by the laity;
- How can a pastor help a congregation move beyond the resistance that just comes up when, when change is in the air;
- Being intentional rather than reactionary in the move to a part-time pastorate;
- Questions to help the laity get clear about their roles in the move to a part-time pastorate;
- Key questions to ask yourself to understand how your pastorate is structured now;
- Formal vs. unspoken expectations and their consequences;
- Allowing the laity to do what they’ve long been authorized to do but don’t realize it;
- Helping the laity to see that there’s actually very little that is doable only by the pastor;
- Seeing the pastor as a strategic resource to advance the mission of the congregation;
- Why being clear about the congregation’s mission is so essential to a successful part-time
