Transitional Ministry Basic Training

Is transitional ministry / intentional interim ministry for you? Or are you supporting churches in transition and need a more robust way to think about it? This training will give you all you need to start doing this work.

For more information on training dates and how to register, click here.

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Three Questions to Ask When Creating A Discipling Culture

Uncategorized Nov 03, 2020

Culture is the way we do things around here. If you want to create a discipling culture in your church, there's a matrix that might help you get there.

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Three Circles You Need to Get Right When Facilitating

facilitation Oct 26, 2020

There are three circles to keep in mind when facilitating small or large groups both in-person or online. The order they come in isn't random and can be the difference between success or failure.

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How You Think About Space Might Change Everything

facilitation Oct 21, 2020

There are four types of interpersonal space. When applied to our work with people, can give us a helpful filter for determining the gaps and where change is needed.

Two questions
1. How well are these four spaces represented in your context?
2. What changes might be needed to support greater engagement and ultimately changed lives?

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Do You See Mud or Stars?

Uncategorized Oct 15, 2020

When you consider the room where you sit, what do you see when you look out the bars? Let these words inspire you to have a perspective that will change everything.

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The Transitional Journey - A Roadmap for Pastoral Transition

The transitional journey roadmap is a powerful diagram to help tie everything together as you think about dealing with transition. Whether in your own life or with a congregation in transition.

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One Key Quality That Impacts Everything: Stillness

Uncategorized Sep 22, 2020

An ingredient I found was lacking after a busy weekend and a full Monday was stillness. Today I found my way down to the stream and to the place where I find the stillness I've learned that I can't live without.

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One Essential Skill in Conflict You Can't Live Without

Conflict is something we deal with whether we want to or not. In this video you will hear an essential skill to be a peacemaker and 3 reasons why it's so effective.

 

 

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Is Your Congregational Grief and Loss Model Adequate?

closure grief loss transition Sep 08, 2020

FULL TRANSCRIPT
[The following is the transcript of this week’s video. It’s not word for word but a close representation of what Cam said in his video. This transcript is provided for those of you who are unable to watch the video or would prefer to read the message instead of listen to it].

Is your congregational grief and loss model adequate? I asked you that question, not only for those of you dealing with congregations in transition as you come to the season of closure, but because we have a much broader reality going on in our congregations because of what's going on in our culture because of the pandemic. and COVID realities and restrictions. There's been a lot of loss.

There's been a lot of things to be grieved in order for congregations to be able to move forward. What I have to say today might be relevant for a lot of situations. Now, I'm speaking mostly to people who are involved with churches in transition but as you rub shoulders and come in touch with...

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Is Your Grief and Loss Model Adequate?

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FULL TRANSCRIPT
[The following is the transcript of this week’s video. It’s not word for word but a close representation of what Cam said in his video. This transcript is provided for those of you who are unable to watch the video or would prefer to read the message instead of listen to it].

I have a question for you that I'd like you to think about for just for a few minutes.

Is your grief and loss model that you're working with adequate? There's been so many losses this last year. So many people that are dealing with transition, dealing with job loss, financial loss, loss of health. People have lost family members. There's been a great disturbance in the whole church community — going from the way things used to be to whatever the way things might look like in the future.

I want to suggest that your loss model and my loss model, if it looks like this (see image), might be inadequate. This model does have value and can help...

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