Category: Team Building

Posted in Church Growth & Vitality, External Relations, Faith Formation, Is Interim Ministry for Me?, Leadership Development, Mission and Vision, Team Building, Volunteers Tagged with

15 min 02 s

Rev. Peter Ilgenfritz

  • First four minutes Peter shares a bit about his entry into interim ministry
  • Sparking curiosity among parishioners for change
  • Instilling ownership among parishioners for change
  • Making space for imagination in times of anxiety
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12 min 26 s

Rev. Dr. Laura Barnes

  • Creating a Covenant of Agreement with the staff
  • Why I make a point of spending time with the top financial donors
  • How I use my perceived objectivity as an outsider to advantage
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Posted in Change Management, Contracting and Negotiating Before Beginning, Entering and Engaging the Congregation, Finishing and Exiting, Managing Expectations, Mission and Vision, Team Building Tagged with

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 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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10 min 07 s

Rev. Dawn Adams

Innovative adaptions of governance to help engage younger generations;

Ways to make it easier for people to say, Yes, to serving;

Innovative ways to helps parishioners feel connected to the congregation and serve with joy;

The Spirit can often work through, No, not just through, Yes.

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Posted in Assessments and Evaluations, Change Management, Church Growth & Vitality, Entering and Engaging the Congregation, Governance, Leadership Development, Managing Expectations, Team Building Tagged with

18 min 49 s

Rev. Peter Ilgenfritz & Rev. Todd Weir

How church leaders learned to see the bigger picture – from the balcony rather than just the dance floor;

Equipping lay leaders to be able to lead collaboratively with the next settled pastor…

Tips for the interim minister when following a strong successful settled pastorate (it’s not as easy as it sounds);

How to effect change at the cultural level, not just the program level – with examples;

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9 min 49 s

Rev. Niki Harvell

Play can be that difference between a meeting being just business, or meeting being ministry (some examples);

Shifting the headspace at the start of your meeting so the Spirit can flow;

Are your church meetings too much business and not enough fun and joy?

Play has so many benefits for not only individuals, but for our ministries and our leadership.

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11 min 50 s

Rev. Niki Harvell

Injecting Play into Curriculum, like Confirmation, can boost engagement and focus purpose;

Tips and examples for how to incorporate play easily into class curriculums;

Advice for the leader who doesn’t think of themselves as a “play” person – who feels uncomfortable leading a play activity;

Play directly affects people’s level of engagement and motivation;

Using play to release Holy Spirit energy!

Play has so many benefits for not only individuals, but for our ministries and our leadership.

Examples of simple and more advanced games;

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11 min 31 s

Rev. Joe Graumann

Are your Church Council meetings a drag? You know – people come because they have to, persevering through a meeting that’s bogged down in procedures and run with a lack of imagination. Boring! Lots of time and energy is wasted. When can I go home?! If so, Rev. Joe Graumann offers some simple changes that can make Council meetings more fun and productive – ones that people will actually looking forward to attending – in this episode titled, “Flipping and Equipping the Church Council for Fun (enjoyable) and Productive Meetings”

Using the Relational Model for Council meetings – put cool stuff up front and

Reports submitted in advance;

Tapping into the flexibility offered by Roberts’ Rules;

Moving New & Old Business before the committee reports;

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