Description
There are times in our professional lives when we find ourselves in the in-between times. . .a time between one ministry leader and the next. Many times the expectations for this time are on maintenance. . . doing what has always been done until the next person is called or hired. What might happen in the church if we looked at the time as one which presents itself as a time for exploration and preparation? What might happen in our churches if we spent the majority of our time looking at the five tasks of interim ministry as fertile soil for self-discovery in our congregations and a bridge towards renewed ministry in them?
Looking at the five tasks of Interim/Transitional ministry (Heritage, Mission, Connections, Leadership, Future) we will talk about pastoral and educational Interims and how we might re-frame the Interim/Transitional ministry model into an opportunity for growth, insight and vision in a congregation. Come with your questions, your resources, your ideas, and your visions, as we share in the frame-bending exploration of educational and pastoral ministry as educators in the church.
If people can’t see what God is doing, they stumble all over themselves;
But when they attend to what he reveals, they are most blessed.
Proverbs 29:18, The Message
Workshop Leader: Janice West
Janice C. West
Janice is a pastor/educator, now embracing life as a Transitional/Interim pastor as she looks toward retirement at some foreseeable future! She has served congregations in California, Texas, Florida, Michigan, Illinois, New York, Georgia and Arkansas in her 35+ years of ministry (the last three churches have been Interims). She likes asking questions (what have I learned from this thing is a favorite), her Kitty-Boys (Tokyo & Pasco) and trying her hand at watercolor. If there is an opportunity to travel, Janice will take it!
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