• Parish Paper — Ideas and Insights for Active Congregations —

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  • FREE Resources Opportunity
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Dear Colleagues in Ministry, I would like to introduce you to an excellent resource for congregational life. The Pacific Southwest District has now subscribed to "The Parish Paper" with articles about ideas and insights for congregations. This resource is available to you for reprint in your church newsletter. I have used "The Parish Paper" for years and I have found the insights and wisdom are worth sharing with the wider church. Please feel free to copy and use "The Parish Paper" in any way, shape or form for your congregation, following the copyright permissions below. Don Booz, District Executive Minister

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Paid Issues Available to PSWD Churches

• 2012

  • April — How Is Your Congregation’s Health?
  • March — What Type of Future Are We Building?
  • February — How to Manage Change Resistance
  • January — How to Perfect Your Leadership Triangle

• 2011

  • December — How Do We Successfully Launch a New Project?
  • November — Should We Unleash the Power of Congregational Planning?
  • October — Why Do Smart Churches Make Dumb Decisions?
  • September — Why Do People Connect with Christ and a Congregation?
  • August — How to Prevent Bad Behavior during Times of Change
  • July — How to Select Quality Staff
  • June — What Is the Pastor’s Role in Church Finances?
  • May — When Does Success Lead to Failure?
  • April — Incoming Pastors: Building Smoother Transition Bridges
  • March — Does a Congregation's Location Influence Its Effectiveness?
  • February — Accomplishing Worthy Goals: Being Smart Is not Enough!
  • January — What Is Your Unconscious Intent?

• 2010

  • December — Fifty Years Later: What Has Changed?
  • November — What Are the Big-Picture Trends in Congregations?
  • October — Why Are Worship Visitors Important?
  • September — Planning for the Unexpected Financial Crisis
  • August — How Much Should We Pay Our Pastor?
  • July — Should Our Congregations Use Internet Social Media?
  • June — Why Does Mentoring Succeed and Fail?
  • May — Generous Givers: A Product of Motivation & Methods
  • April — What can we learn from Emerging Church Movement?
  • March — New Trends in Belonging
  • February — Should We Fine Tune Our Church's Internal Culture
  • January — Become Comfortable With Conflict: Moving Beyond It

• 2009

  • December — Are We a Leader-Sending Congregation?
  • November — Seven Roads to a Multicultural Congregation
  • October — Women Pastors: Are Our Assumptions Correct?
  • September — Are We Singing the Right Hymns
  • August — Shepherding Churches through Grief Storms
  • July — Lay Testimonials Strengthen Giving
  • June — One Congregation Many Locations
  • May — Permanent Endowment Fund
  • April — What Do People Want in their Pastors?
  • March — Website Basics

• Older Issues

  • 2008 August — How Does Church Size Impact Decision-Making?
  • 2007 November — Turnaround Strategies for Small Churches
  • 2007 January — E-mail Uses and Misuses in Congregations
  • 2006 June — Financial Stewardship Myths & Principles
  • 2005 December — The Core Group Drives the Future!
  • 2005 September — Are We Connecting with the Opportunity Group?

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Copyright Permissions

Pacific Southwest District of the Church of the Brethren's purchase of a subscription to The Parish Paper INCLUDES:

1. Permission to provide copies to our staff and to the congregations within our jurisdiction in any of the following ways: E-mail, Postal, newspaper, newsletter, meetings, training events, and our Web site.
2. Permission for each congregation within our jurisdiction to (a) photocopy or electronically distribute for local use as many copies as it needs, (b) post them on its Web site, and (c) quote sentences and paragraphs.
3. Congregations within our PSWD jurisdiction to which we distribute The Parish Paper do NOT have permission (a) to delete the copyright notice on page 2; (b) to re-write, paraphrase, or change the wording of sentences and paragraphs; or (c) to give ANY THIRD PARTY, – other than your staff and constituents, – permission to photocopy or reprint (in any quantity, no matter how small, whether for free distribution or for sale).

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FREE Resources Opportunity

Download the following FREE resources at the www.TheParishPaper.com Web site:

• 34 Volumes of Church Effectiveness Nuggets – Each volume provides principles and how-to-do-it procedures that strengthen effectiveness with a particular ministry.
• Planning Process – How to Accomplish Effective Congregational Planning
• Core Values – The Powerful, Invisible Influence of Core Values: Why Every Congregation Needs to Identify Them
• Prayer Development – The Secret to Abundant Living: Learning How to Ask
• Financial Stewardship – Planning and Leading a Miracle Sunday Campaign

Please share this FREE-resources download opportunity by passing along to colleagues in congregations and organizations of your own and other denominations the www.TheParishPaper.com Web site.

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