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Vital Teams Interview Tool
An interview tool to help congregations in a clergy search process identify individuals with strong team leadership skills.
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Congregational Confidentiality and Release of Info
Who has found some good norms for confidentiality? Who has figured out some helpful and healthy practices around confidentiality? Please share them.
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2016 Church Leadership Conference: ECF Presentations
ECF offered a number of workshops the 2016 Church Leadership Conference: Be Still and Grow. Copies of the presentations and resources are offered below.
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Vestry Covenants and Norms
Every vestry should establish written group norms and a vestry covenant.
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Christmas: Sharing the Good News with a Video
Want a 1 minute video sharing the message of Christmas that you can personalize for your church to add service times? A gift from your friends at the Acts 8 Movement.
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Advent Wreath Making and Prayers
Originally developed for children and their families, these Advent prayers and reflections were soon shared throughout the congregation.
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2015 Advent Devotional Calendar
The Advent calendar provides a scripture reading and suggested devotion for each day of Advent. Musical settings for an Advent hymn are also available at the website.
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Via Crucis/Stations of the Cross
A bilingual Stations of the Cross service created by the Misa Alegría congregation, part of St. Stephen’s and the Incarnation Episcopal Church in Washington, DC.
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Let's Drop the 'Us vs. Them'
As the 'official' presidential campaigns nears, it is imperative that followers of Jesus do whatever necessary to change the climate of 'us vs. them'.
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Pledge Drive & Plate Offering Analysis Worksheet
If you were to analyze giving and pledging trends in your congregation, what trends and patterns would you realize? This worksheet may help you begin this process.