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  • St. Alban's: ¿Por qué crecer? ✓
    Después de un declive considerable en tamaño, una de las principales concentraciones de St. Alban’s ha sido el crecimiento.
  • Resurrection Leadership ✓
    Do we really believe in resurrection? That is the question that the people of St. Alban’s Episcopal Church in Waco, Texas, asked themselves after closing St. Alban’s Memorial School, an Episcopal school that had served the children of Waco for 60…
  • The End to 'Business as Usual' ✓
    For a better future to happen, vestries need to recognize that business-as-usual is over. Over the next two to three years, vestries need to undertake six radical shifts in how they operate.
  • Vestry work in real life: New vision ✓
    How does true spiritual discernment work with nuts-and-bolts issues like vision statements and parish budgets?
  • “I could fill this job in about a week!” ✓
    "Why should we spend a year trying to get a new minister? I could fill this job in about a week!" the vestry member proclaimed. "Yes," I replied, "but it's not a good idea."
  • Limited funds, limited time, yet success ✓
    Many small parishes never undertake capital campaigns because of the difficulties and limitations that come with having few resources.
  • Capital campaigns, faith and hard times ✓
    St. Michael and All Angels is not a wealthy congregation. However, the story of our capital campaign over the past couple of years has been quite remarkable.
  • Cultivating a culture of discernment ✓
    St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in St. Paul, MN has been re-envisioning the role of the vestry over the last five years: inviting vestry members to understand their role as that of a spiritual discernment team.
  • Of Dinosaurs & Discernment
    Concern for the future started Lisa Towle and ECW-NC on a journey of discernment and discovery. More
  • Real Collaboration
    Collaboration has about as much buzz as any buzzword seems to buzz these days.
  • Out of Many, One: New River Regional Ministry
    The New River Regional Ministry is the result of the commitment of The Diocese of Southeast Florida, All Saints Church, St. Ambrose Church, El Centro Hispano de Todos los Santos, and St. Ambrose Pre-school to serve joyfully both in the abundance and …
  • The Future or the Now
    If we want to be a Church for the Future, then we have to assess the Now and determine the best course to follow.
  • El Futuro o el Hoy
    Si queremos ser una Iglesia del Futuro tenemos que evaluar El Hoy y determinar el mejor camino a seguir.
  • One Step Out of "Stuckness"
    Helping others make spirited and rooted next steps often involves being intentional about not only where you want to go but also what is keeping you from getting started.
  • Misión de Unión e Integración
    Mi visión como sacerdote es integrarar comunidades de lenguas y culturas diversas en una sola congregación en la que compartimos el espacio sagrado, la liturgia y la misión cristiana, y a la vez creamos intimidad espiritual en Cristo Jesús.
  • Your website: A communications hub
    You do have a parish communication strategy, don't you?
  • For youth, it's all about relationships
    Six years ago, when I took on the position of Youth Minister at Grace Episcopal Church, I didn't have the slightest idea of where to begin.
  • A Bible Study for Difficult Decisions
    How can you tell when a ministry is no longer viable?