How the Interim Time Created Space for the New Settled Pastor to Lead with Their Own Natural Leadership Style

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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;

Rev. Peter Ilgenfritz

Peter Ilgenfritz is the interim pastor at First Congregational Church in Littleton, New Hampshire.  He serves on the Program Advisory Board of the BTS (Bangor Theological Seminary) Center in Portland Maine and through the BTS Center will be co-facilitating a year-long course with leadership at 5 small churches in northern New England. He is also the convener of the Interim Minister Support Group for the New Hampshire Conference of the UCC. You can often find Peter out on the trails wandering, hiking, biking and skiing in the North Country.

Previously, he served as Interim Minister at the Congregational Church UCC of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, for two years concluding in 2022. Before that, he was pastor and member of the leadership staff team at University Congregational UCC in Seattle from 1994-2018.  He concluded his ministry of almost 25 years to follow a call to support and empower communities and individuals in times of transition and change.  

Peter’s call to the ministry of transformation was born in his experience of learning how to sail seven years ago in a little tippy boat on Lake Union in downtown Seattle.  He brings his curiosity, love of life and the opportunity and challenge of stepping away from the familiar into deeper wonder and joy to his ministry of Navigating Through Change. Https//:www.navigatingthroughchange.com.  His memoir about his experience learning to sail, Testing the Wind, is available from Coffeehouse Press.

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