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History of Congregational Development in the Episcopal Church - an outline

Preparation for the Sacrament of Reconciliation - An 8 page booklet

Pastoral Theology Sermons

Power from the center pervades the whole - August 21, 2011   And an insert in the bulletin

Hospitality sermon -“goin home” August 14, 2011  And an insert in the bulletin

Salt & Light 5 Epiphany sermon - Connects some of the themes in the In Your Holy Spirit books to the gospel reading of the day.

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Spiritual Practice Map from In Your Holy Spirit Books - Michelle Heyne and Robert Gallagher

Shape of the Parish Model   A two page summary of the model offered in Fill All Things: The Spiritual Dynamics of the Parish Church, Robert Gallagher

Definitions of Parish Development and Organization Development

Parish Web Sites - List of desirable characteristics 

Survey-Feedback is an OD method for collecting and analyzing information about an organization making use of a survey or questionnaire. The method has two primary objectives: 1). A tool in the improvement of the parish and 2). A tool that helps the working relationship between parish leaders and members. It is one among several methods used by OD practitioners along with interviews, observation, and group exploration & discovery processes.

Shared Leadership On maintaining the group’s task and relationship functions

A “testing” process - helps a community cope with situations in which a few persistent voices press a concern or idea that would have an effect on the community’s life. What they are saying may represent a widely shared view or it may simply be their view. Those expressing the issue may not really know how many they represent. … The use of a “testing process” requires leaders to use sound judgment in deciding when the process is likely to produce valid and useful information as well as help the community manage its anxiety. 

The Benedictine Promise and the Dynamics of the Spiritual Life - Each element of the Promise is rooted in recollection and has certain internal dynamics. In stability, obedience and conversion of life there comes an awareness of God’s presence.

Episcopal Spirituality - In a booklet form, the elements of an Episcopal Spirituality. The Episcopal Church has developed a particular form of Christian spirituality that has emerged from its roots in Anglicanism and in the American experience. That spirit can be found in most parishes and dioceses of the church

Episcopal Spirituality Assessment - For use in parish programs. Use with Episcopal Spirituality (above).

Six Strategies for Growth - Six ways in which parishes grow.

Three Growth Strategies  - There are three broad membership growth strategies we might tease out of current practice in the Episcopal Church: organic growth, change the church’s culture, appreciative marketing

Size Categories: Dynamics & Issues - As the parish grows there will be a tendency to increase coordination, routines and standard practices, formal communication and decision-making processes. That will impact the dynamics around: trust, communication, and leadership.

Some Key Factors - an assessment form

Incorporation Process Assessment- This assessment looks at the incorporation process as three phases: welcoming, orienting, and integrating. They are distinct phases as well as ongoing, overlapping processes.

Congregational Development Leadership - Consultant Assessment - A form for self, peer, and member/client assessments.

Vestries: Choices & Alignment  - An 18 page paper exploring issues of alignment, roles and the degree of centralization needed. By Bob Gallagher & Michelle Heyne

Appreciative Inquiry: An Overview - By Kendy Rossi 

Appreciative Inquiry: The pluses and minuses - R. Gallagher & M. Heyne

The Emotional Competence Framework - From the Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations     

Use of Self as an Instrument of Change  - Presenters: Katherine M. Curran, Charles N. Seashore, Ph.D., Michael G. Welp,M.S. Presented at: The 1995 ODN National Conference, Nov. 17, 1995, Seattle

 

Pastoral Leadership Today - Br Martin L. Smith SSJE at the General Seminary, April 14 1997, the College for Bishops. “A good deal of what I will say focuses on episcopal ministry, but I hope it is not difficult with a little recalibration of scale to apply many of the insights to pastoral ministry at the level of the parish. … My particular line, or bias, is to pursue the topic from the standpoint of what could be called roughly, interiority, or spirituality.”

 

Program Assessments - Reflection

Reflections on the First Weekend of Shaping the Parish in the Diocese of Washington

Mid point evaluation Washington program

Mid point evaluation of National Shaping the Parish - During national program June 2011

Action-Learning Process document 9-13-11

Reflection - Assessment Weekend Five March 2012