How to Talk to People About Money |
Interim Intervention |
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We need to be able to talk to individuals in our church communities about money and its stewardship, yet many clergy and lay leaders in the Church find it difficult, expressing discomfort and anxiety about it. During the annual pledge campaign component of stewardship ministry when the topic demands to be addressed, it is often done so with a great deal of awkwardness and apprehension.
Using discussion and role-play, this half-day seminar is designed to help a rector and her/his chosen lay leader to achieve a level of comfort and ease when talking to people about money. Once the necessary skills have been developed along with comfortable transparency about money conversations, people often respond with gratitude and an appreciation for the opportunity to talk freely about money and its stewardship. This seminar is a natural next component of the Stewardship of the Entirety of Our Lives © (SEOL) initiative offered by the Partnership for ReNEWal. and it is recommended that it be utilized once a parish has started the introduction of SEOL. |
Many churches struggling to find their path forward are hamstrung by systems issues that remain in place following a clergy transition. It is essential to explore the parish’s history, present values and gifts, and look toward building a strong future, in other words, to accomplish the interim work that is so necessary for the building and nourishing of healthy church community.
The Interim Intervention seminar is designed and led by a trained and certified interim. This seminar enables the church to free itself from systems issues that inhibit it from discovering and moving into its present divine purpose. It is also a means by which to invest in the short and long-term health of the parish and its rector. This half-day seminar enables churches to fully engage in and capitalize on the work they do in the Two-Phased approach and, ideally, would be utilized ahead of the Stewardship of the Entirety of Our Lives ©. |