CATEGORY: Leadership

Beyond Arm Twisting: Calling and Recruiting Officers and Volunteers

Some time ago we saw a Facebook conversation about different approaches to calling officers in the church. Here were a few of the responses… I don’t have any great ideas […]

Curing Presbyopia

By Rebecca Gillespie Messman “One in five Americans is now a NONE.”  It’s a clever word to describe those who when asked their religious affiliation respond simply – none. Not […]

Dis-Organize and Re-Organize, Repeat

by Jessica Tate One of the “universals” of community organizing is this: All organizing is dis-organizing and re-organizing. That makes me tired just hearing it. I’m a “J” on the […]

Offering Words

I have always been impressed by the liturgy written by my friend and colleague, Jenny McDevitt. Those who attended the NEXT National Conference in Dalls (2012) will remember the beautiful […]

The Most of These

by Kim McNeill Last week, with the help of dedicated youth advisors, I took a group of middle schoolers from University Presbyterian to Washington, DC for a spring break service […]

What New Ministers Need

by George Anderson “I went to Law School to learn Law.  I learned how to practice Law after I joined a law practice.”  Robert Ballou, a lawyer in the church […]

From Generation to Generation

by Steve Willis My sister works in a high rise building overlooking Rockefeller Square in New York City and her husband works in the city as well.  They live north […]