10 min 49 s
Rev. Erica Avena
- It begins with your first interview with them
- What to ask in your first interview
- How I form and use a transition team
- How soon to define the goals of the interim period
- How I get buy-in from the congregation on the goals of the interim period
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10 min 29 s
Rev. Erica Avena
- My method for understanding the financial realities of a congregation even though I have no formal financial training
- How to promote financial transparency
- Promoting greater financial understanding within the congregation
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8 min 50 s
Rev. Lynn Carman Bodden
- Helping children & youth understand the transition
- Thoughts about having a youth on the Pastor Search Committee
- Ways to help youth feel important to the transition / interim process
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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 04 s
Rev. Lynn Carman Bodden
- Managing staff conflict
- Seeing the pattern of conflict within the system
- Asking questions they might not think to ask
- Complexities of multi-staff congregations
- Getting clarity about your role vis-à-vis other staff
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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 49 s
Rev. Quentin Chin
- Fundraisers in the manner of Jesus
- What could be learned from calling a one-year moratorium on fundraising?
- Do you really understand what your fundraisers are doing (or not) for you?
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11 min 12 s
Rev. Quentin Chin
- How hospice philosophy relates to congregations in decline
- The positive message of hospice
- Be the best church you can be right now!
- Even in decline, there are still lots of things you can do
- Finiteness is what makes a thing valuable
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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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