MARC Record from Library of Congress

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001 2007015823
003 DLC
005 20070424151304.0
008 070416s2007 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2007015823
020 $a9780898695694 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC
050 00 $aBX5950$b.M53 2007
082 00 $a254/.0373$222
100 1 $aMichell, Neal O.
245 10 $aBeyond business as usual :$bvestry leadership development /$cby Neal O. Michell.
260 $aNew York :$bChurch Pub.,$c2007.
263 $a0709
300 $ap. cm.
505 0 $aA new way for clergy and vestries to think -- Defining reality : our churches are in decline -- Cultural changes -- Decline in the Episcopal Church -- A word about church growth -- Who is responsible? -- What use are vestries? -- He said he'd never serve on the vestry again -- Lead, follow, or get out of the way -- What is your mental model? -- The teaching role of the pastor -- Choose your mental model -- Vestry as learning community -- Vestry as a community of disciples -- Benefits of a learning community -- Modeling a teachable spirit -- Discerning the pinch points -- Spiritual pinch points -- Relational pinch points -- Administrative pinch points -- Recognizing your commitment level -- Committed to the ongoing life of the church -- Committed to participation in the life of the vestry -- Committed to the financial support of the church -- How to conduct an effective vestry meeting -- The tried and tired method -- A better way -- Preparing the agenda -- Other means for forming a vestry as a learning community -- Vestry selection process -- Vestry orientation -- Vestry retreat -- Teachable moments -- Holding urgency and being a non-anxious presence in healthy tension -- Tyranny of the urgent -- Right urgency as the antidote to complacency -- Non-anxious presence -- Being a non-anxious presence is not simply a technique -- Exercises for moving beyond business as usual.
610 20 $aEpiscopal Church$xGovernment.
650 0 $aChurch management.