Flipping and Equipping the Church Council for Fun (enjoyable) and Productive Meetings
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;
The Rev. Joseph Graumann is pastor of St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church in Woodbury, NJ. During six years of ministry in eastern Massachusetts, Joe enjoyed developing his passion for strategic planning and governance alongside a commitment to having fun in congregational life. He was a recent fellow of Hartford International University’s Pastoral Innovation Network of New England, and he’s currently on the board of CrossRoads, the joint Episcopal-ELCA summer camp in New Jersey. Joe is a graduate of United Lutheran Seminary in Gettysburg, PA.
- Recorded in July 2023
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