January 2010
Transition
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A warden’s guide: Surviving the process
By Anne Burns
Think of this time as the longest Advent season you have ever experienced.
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Interim rectorship: Shalts and shalt nots
By Jim Sell
Thou shalt…encourage more lay leadership. All too often, the last rector might have simply found it easier to “do it
him/herself.”
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Reaching for that trapeze bar
By Mike Ehmer
Our responses to change and transition in congregational life vary because our understanding of them is influenced by our experiences and individual temperament.
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“I could fill this job in about a week!”
By Gary Gleason
"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."
