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- March 7, 2011
Finances are a difficult area for churches and the presbytery. In your communication with the local congregation, you might want…
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Finances are one of the more difficult things for pastors and sessions to discuss in a healthy manner. They are…
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In your communication with the clergy in this quarter, you can encourage them to engage their family in a conversation…
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In corresponding with the session for this quarter's emphasis, you need to be mindful that the family of a pastor…
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The focus for this quarter is the impact of ministry on the pastor's family. At this presbytery meeting, you are…
, , - February 28, 2011
During this quarter in which you are focusing on the emotional stress of ministry, you might choose to communicate with…
, , - February 25, 2011
After the presbytery meeting where you have raised the issue of the emotional drain in the ministry, your communication with…
, , - February 24, 2011
In preparation for the next presbytery meeting, you need to prepare a graph for all the commissioners. The graph looks…
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During this first quarter, the COM should also have some communication with the pastor of the participating congregation about caring…
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Once you have raised the awareness of the challenge of ministry and its demands through a presbytery event, then you…
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Most congregations don't deliberately set out to be unsupportive of a pastor. When it is raised to their consciousness, they…
, , , - February 18, 2011
HEALTHY CLERGY MAKE HEALTHY CONGREGATIONS. That is the message I would like see infuse our congregations across our denomination. It…
, , - February 17, 2011
At the end of WWII, congregations joined with the changing culture of society to institutionalize and professionalize ministry. Our denominations…
- February 15, 2011
Yesterday I shared the ideas from Laurence Schmidt newsletter that emphasized the value of some simple breathing exercises. In that…
, - February 14, 2011
The following is taken from the excellent newsletter put out by the Laurence Schmidt Center www.veralloyd.org which is worth subscribing…
, - February 10, 2011
I've been out a few days recovering from a small operation and this week will be erratic at best. However,…
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