Leadership
Instead of a Top Ten list for things to do or think about as a Vestry leader, I'm more concerned with ways in which vestry service helps individuals thrive and a congregational culture take off. Here's my Top Ten list of ways…
A great way to deal with anxiety is to bring it into the open - expect anxiety, and ensure concerns and ideas continue to be heard.
Overall, more needs to be done to recognize the everyday contributions of those congregants within our church community.
Serving on the vestry can be both rewarding and challenging. This month, we share resources that will help you feel more equipped to lead with confidence.
It’s that time of year again when many vestries are orienting new members. This month, we are offering five resources to help vestries start the year off strong.
Annette Buchanan provides 10 suggestions for a process for planning funerals.
Set the expectation that an extended annual retreat is important and all leadership team members should attend.
There are so many places in our church life where members of our congregations do not know or have not been told what happens behind the scenes.
In celebration of ECF Vital Practices’ eighth anniversary, we went back through our archives to bring you some of the most popular articles from our past eight years of being an online resource.
As the Presiding Bishop continues to call us deeper into the Jesus Movement, especially now that we have the Way of Love as a tool to guide us deeper into relationship with Jesus and our neighbor, it’s time for us to start ta…
This month we offer five resources to help your congregation with leadership.
The question is not so much, “What is my vocation?” The question is rather, “How is God calling me to live out my vocation?”
What do you wish you had known when you first joined the vestry? See advice from ECFVP Facebook followers and resources to help you take concrete first steps towards effective vestry leadership.
Registration is now open for the 2018 Church Leadership Conference, March 2 - 4 at the Kanuga Conference and Retreat Center in Hendersonville, NC.
Within our churches and organizations as the leadership becomes more seasoned the question arises who will take over the responsibilities they now oversee.
Scott Gunn shares his thoughts on preaching along with a reflection of a recent webinar.
Giving and receiving positive feedback as well as negative (constructive) feedback is a prerequisite for having healthy church relationships.
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What shall we do with this powerful tool each of us has, the ability to speak truth into the world?
Anyone who has played even a small role in congregational leadership knows that change comes glacially in most churches and waiting is part of the process.