All posts about ‘communities’
Alban Weekly on 'Leading in a Culture of Change'
Monday, May 4th, 2009
From Alban Weekly: If this approach to change were taken in a congregation, there would be no formal engagement in a step-by-step change process. Instead, these various elements would be introduced over time: The church board would take time on a regular basis to consider the dynamics of change in a congregation and the forces [...]
Tags: albanweekly, change, communities, congregations, pastors
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Alban Weekly on 'Tending the Embers'
Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
From Alban Weekly: Some churches have become a cold, gray hearth, with nary a sign of life. Others have stoked and tend a full and robust fire. But in between, I am convinced, there are some congregations, maybe more than we’d guess, awaiting a discerning eye to bend close enough to see the glow of [...]
Tags: albanweekly, communities, congregations, pastors
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Report from Grant Recipient: First African Methodist Episcopal Church: BETHEL in New York City
Friday, February 27th, 2009
From Betty Grit: A 2008 Worship Renewal Grant was awarded to First African Methodist Episcopal Church: BETHEL, in New York City, to help worshipers learn, reflect and worship together. The pastor, Rev. Henry A. Belin, III stated “We are excited about what this grant will allow us to do. We are calling this season of [...]
Tags: Betty Grit, communities, congregations, HolySpirit, lent, Pentecost
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Alban Weekly on 'Optimal Level of Conflict'
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
From Alban Weekly: Every congregation experiences conflict, even though each one does so in unique ways. The sources of conflict may vary from the micro to the macro–from intrapersonal pathologies to personality differences to globalization forces–but over time they are inescapable. Various studies have shown that organizational leaders and managers spend up to 25 percent [...]
Tags: albanweekly, communities, conflict, congregations, pastors, z00009
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Alban Weekly on 'Narrative Leadership in Changing Times'
Thursday, February 19th, 2009
From Alban Weekly: How do congregations make the shift from nostalgia to a new story like neighborhood? What kind of leadership is needed—by pastors and lay leaders—to move beyond the stuck places of “we’ve always done it this way” to a new way of listening for “where are we being led?” Gifted pastors, rabbis, and [...]
Tags: communities, congregations, narrative, pastors, story, z00004
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Presenter Previews: Erik Carter and Barbara Newman at Symposium 2009
Tuesday, January 27th, 2009
Among over 70 presenters at this year’s Calvin Symposium on Worship will be two leading voices on including persons with disabilities in worshiping communities. Erik Carter is assistant professor of special education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and author of Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families, and Congregations. [...]
Tags: communities, congregations, disabilities, prespreviews09
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GR Press on Stockbridge Boiler Room community facing zoning issues
Thursday, December 4th, 2008
We saw this story in our local paper last weekend, featuring Symposium 2009 presenters Jenn and Tony Tendero: A prayer group that meets in a three-stall garage on the city’s West Side has run afoul of officials in the city’s Planning Department. They have asked the Stockbridge Boiler Room to apply for a special land-use [...]
Tags: communities, congregations, News, prayer
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