Shiny Ojects Make Good Targets
Resources for Endowed Parishes - Take Two!
Capital Campaigns: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Affinity 5: The Challenges of Downtown Churches
Affinity 4: Small Groups in Big Churches
Conference 2012: Affinity Group 1: Rector Search
Within the next few years, about 50% of the Rectors and Deans of CEEP member parishes will be retiring. Your congregation - and staff - will be in transition as you go through the steps of self-examination and reflection and preparing your parish profile. When it’s completed, you’ll put on a different hat and begin marketing your church to potential new leaders around the country. It’s a long process, and if the wrong selection is made, your congregation could suffer for years to come.
How do you pick the right rector/dean? For that matter, how do you know the interim you pick will plant the seeds for positive new beginnings you are hoping for? Transitions can be fraught with tension no matter how well meaning your parish leaders are.
What can the Consortium do? If you are in - or about to enter into - an interim period, you may want to register for “Affinity Group 1: Churches in a Rector Search” when you register for CEEP’s 2012 conference. Jean White (pictured), who led the search committee for a new rector at St. Paul’s, Richmond will help attendees network, discuss problems and issues, and make friends with one another. Who knows? Perhaps number 2 on your list would make a great number 1 for some other Church. Like in other areas of management, endowed parishes have unique issues when hiring a new leader. You owe it to yourself to hook up with others also in the process - maybe you can avoid some pitfalls or gain new insights as you enter into the adventure of transition.
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