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Here are seven points on using communications to leverage limited time: 1. The more personal, the better. A personal visit is tops. They don’t need to be made often — one visit a year should be sufficient for most constituents — and not every visit needs to be a home visit. Coffee, a meal, and a walk might be even better for some people. But nothing equals the impact of a church leader … ...
If clergy and lay leaders are working well together, they can respond effectively to the surprises that come in any season and are especially likely in a recession. “Planning” always sounds appealing, as if leaders had control over the key variables shaping parish life. In fact, they have little control,…
Don’t tell only the old, old stories. The old stories tend to evoke irritable energy, not creative energy, and they leave some team members confused, as if a code language had suddenly emerged. They tend to suggest strong feelings but aren’t transparent enough to identify the depth of those feelings.…
First, their heads would be spinning with instructions to remember and old habits to unlearn. Second, not a whole lot would change.The issue isn’t the competency and performance of the highest paid church employee. The issue is leadership. More specifically, the issue is the context in which leadership is allowed…
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