tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post112307485120586107..comments2023-09-27T07:42:18.141-07:00Comments on Rebel Without A Pew: Accomplishments in Present CallKaren Sapiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01952041607368514856noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1123380856858579162005-08-06T19:14:00.000-07:002005-08-06T19:14:00.000-07:00What they said.;-)This is just me, but if I were a...What they said.;-)<BR/><BR/>This is just me, but if I were a Grand Wazoo in the church bureaucracy (not an official job title in the ELCA, BTW;-)), I might think that someone who had just helped close a church might be a good person to help with a mission startup.LutheranChikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02685566332651377907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1123239814190407252005-08-05T04:03:00.000-07:002005-08-05T04:03:00.000-07:00You don't need spin. Tell them about the process o...You don't need spin. Tell them about the process of closing a church. I don't mean the presbytery steps but what it means to the people you serve. <BR/>I get choked everytime I read about what you are going through. <BR/>Have you considered speaking to conferences about your experiences with closing a church? Or writing about it? Many of your blog entries are ready for a book right now.St. Casserolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14046979001194772038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1123209386896751842005-08-04T19:36:00.000-07:002005-08-04T19:36:00.000-07:00Heartfelt 20 year commitment to a struggling congr...Heartfelt 20 year commitment to a struggling congregation whom the Lord has now freed to seek other avenues of His leading.bluhazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01354975279919185545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1123160015803381892005-08-04T05:53:00.000-07:002005-08-04T05:53:00.000-07:00Absolutely.You have helped them to prepare for a "...Absolutely.<BR/>You have helped them to prepare for a "good death" as a congregation. Letting go is the hardest thing for people, but you've enabled them to do this. That's got to be a worthwhile accomplishment...we're not into the same management goals as the rest of the world, are we?<BR/>Blessings on you as you fill out that form...Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1123090114282231292005-08-03T10:28:00.000-07:002005-08-03T10:28:00.000-07:00Let's see... you helped shepherd them through a ve...Let's see... you helped shepherd them through a very difficult discerrnment process, and are obviously skilled in pastoral care and grief issues. <BR/><BR/>It speaks of your abilities as a leader, truly. If people are willing to follow you into the true unknown like this is, is there anywhere you wouldn't be able to lead a congregation?<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of Maria Harris's thing about "living, dying, and rising" as the rhythm of Christ's life (Acts 2:something) and our life as a community of faith. Fact is, we don't want to face the dying, but we can't have resurrection without it.reverendmotherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07457532866087494676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12659679.post-1123075174141384962005-08-03T06:19:00.000-07:002005-08-03T06:19:00.000-07:00NO answers but a big question:WHat does success me...NO answers but a big question:<BR/>WHat does success mean in the church? Is it possible that allowing/helping/permitting them to realize that after struggling fo 20 years it was time to say goodbye is, in a different way, a success?<BR/><BR/>Too often I think we see success solely in terms of growth of numbers and money.Gordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03767921257861340046noreply@blogger.com