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He had asked me for my advice, so I said this:  \n“Congratulations, my friend. And welcome to the parish ministry. Allow me as you begin, however, to remind you of just a few things – things which you may know already:  \nYou are not in charge here.  \nThis is not your church.  \nYou are not indispensable.  \nYou are called to be a minister among the people of this church as they conduct its affairs. It is much less their responsibility to minister to you than you to them, and you can and will be replaced.”  \nThere was a stunned silence.  \n“Why,” I thought, “aren’t these things obvious?”  \nI continued:  \n“All this is not to say that you won’t be offered power  \nwithin this religious community. Knowing you I can say, with confidence that you will be. It is just that you will fail badly if you do not give it away as fast as it is turned over to you. For ministry is nothing, if it does not empower people to conduct their own religious lives and growth.”  \nI went on, of course, trying to make further sense of the opening words. It occurs to me now, though, that what I was really saying  \n—to all who were present—is that ministry is a risky business. For everyone. What if the minister does not give away the power? What if the congregation loses its nerve and wants to write a complete job description that reduces the ministry to certain tasks? These things happen. They kill ministry and its best opportunities. All I can say is that the benefits are worth all the failures—by along shot. Yet never think that good ministry is without moments requiring great courage. There is an immense amount at stake, after all: our religious lives. Yours and mine.  \n—Andrew Backus  \nTable of Contents  \nFrontispiece Andrew Backus  \nPreface Meeting Janus, the guardian of portals in time  \nIntroduction 1  \nInterim year developmental goals 3  \nA word about self care 4  \nPre-Arrival: Transition Team 5  \nArrival 6  \nLooking Back 7  \nPerceiving systems 8  \nDeep listening 10  \nAbout confidentiality, privacy, anonymity 11  \nCollecting history 13  \nUsing groups to gather history 14  \nThe Appreciative Inquiry Process 15  \nTimelines 17  \nScrapbook on the wall 17  \nHistory/HerStory 18  \nSacred cows 19  \nTrust building 20  \nSelf reflections as you build trust 21  \nClergy roles and authority 23  \nIf you become the one drawing fire 25  \nWorking with grief and anger 27  \nWorking with conflict 29  \nWhen a former minister dies 32  \nWorship and celebration 33  \nStanding in the Present 35  \nInterim as midwife 36  \nUsing collected facts and history 37  \nPriorities and buy-in 38  \nTask specific goals 39  \nNuts and bolts goals 40  \nUsing interim ministry evaluation as a model 41  \nPersonnel 42  \nCollegial connections 43  \nSupporting the Search 45  \nCongregational nurturance 46  \nThe Committee on Ministry 48  \nConflict culture resistance 49  \nLooking Forward 50  \nCovenant, vision and mission 51  \nStrategic and long range plans 53  \nStewardship as spiritual practice 54  \nShared ministry teamwork 55  \nSaying good-bye 56  \nSaying hello to the new minister 59  \nThe former minister who stays 60  \nA Last Word John Weston 63  \nEndpiece T.S. Eliot, from Little Gidding V  64  \nAppendices  \nBibliography  \nAddenda Days of Awe (Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur liturgy)  \nConversations in Community—Barbara Child Historical Odyssey—Barbara Child  \nPreface  \nWe'd like to introduce you to Janus, one of the principal gods in the ancient Roman pantheon. (JAY-nus is his preferred pronunciation.) Janus was the god of beginnings, of the first hour of the day, of the first day of the month, and the first month of the yea","cbCaieXOEGqzSPWw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieXOEGqzSPWw","pdf",2445119,122,"English","# Preface\n## Meeting Janus, the guardian of portals in time\n# Introduction\n## Interim year developmental goals\n## A word about self care\n## Pre-Arrival: Transition Team\n## Arrival\n## Looking Back\n## Perceiving systems\n## Deep listening\n## About confidentiality, privacy, anonymity\n## Collecting history\n## Using groups to gather history\n## The Appreciative Inquiry Process\n## Timelines\n## Scrapbook on the wall\n## History/HerStory\n## Sacred cows\n## Trust building\n## Self reflections as you build trust\n## Clergy roles and authority\n## If you become the one drawing fire\n## Working with grief and anger\n## Working with conflict\n## When a former minister dies\n## Worship and celebration\n## Standing in the Present\n## Interim as midwife\n## Using collected facts and history\n## Priorities and buy-in\n## Task specific goals\n## Nuts and bolts goals\n## Using interim ministry evaluation as a model\n## Personnel\n## Collegial connections\n## Supporting the Search\n## Congregational nurturance\n## The Committee on Ministry\n## Conflict culture resistance\n## Looking Forward\n## Covenant, vision and mission\n## Strategic and long range plans\n## Stewardship as spiritual practice\n## Shared ministry teamwork\n## Saying good-bye\n## Saying hello to the new minister\n## The former minister who stays\n## A Last Word John Weston\n## Endpiece T.S. 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