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Change Theory - Rogers

Congregational Size

• Family Size0-50

• Pastoral Size51-150

• Program Size151-300

• Corporate SizeOver 350

Pastoral Size Congregation50 - 150 at Worship

Family Size Congregation0 - 50 at Worship

Program Size Congregation150 - 350 at Worship

Corporate Size Congregation350 + at Worship

Organizm Organization

Leading Change

• Understand the deepest reasons for the existence of the congregation.

• Understand yourself who and what you serve remember you are a servant leader.

• Stay in relationship ask “What happens if we do this?”

• “What happens if we don’t do this?”

• Act with humility.

Leading Change

• Take a principled stand for the good of the whole.

• Identify the individuals or group(s) that will be the most affected or have the most to lose.

• Involve them in the process early.

• Stand with the people as they struggle with their emotions.

• Do not stop the process because of discomfort.

Leading Change• Expect, invite and empower additions to the vision.

• Expect sabotage and don’t let it take over.

• Celebrate success.

• Thank people.

Unitarian Universalism striving to build

communities where faith and acceptance coexist in harmony.

Is this the way of the world?

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Is the caterpillar afraid of becoming the butterfly?

Sustainable Growth Diagram

Sustainable

Growth

Four Aspects of Sustainable Growth

Numerical Growth - Adding new members while maintaining the number ofmembers already within the congregation. Keeping track of losses andunderstanding why they happen. Changing the things that need to be changed inorder to retain healthy members. Never compromising ethics or principals.Understanding that some losses are healthy or inevitable.

Organic Growth - The task of building the community, fashioning theorganizational structures, developing the practices and processes that result in adependable, stable network of human relationships in which we can grow andfrom which we can make a difference.

Maturational Growth - The ability of a congregation to challenge, support andencourage each one of its members to grow in the maturity of their faith, todeepen their spiritual roots, and to broaden their religious imagination.

Incarnational Growth - What are the “outputs” of the congregation’sministry? What is it that the congregation seeks to export from its life back intothe life of the world, the social environment in which it exists? What are the goodworks that we are doing that will make the world a better place?

Introduction - Just to be sure we are all on the same page.

What are we afraid of ?

Fear

(fear) (fēr) the unpleasant emotional state consisting of psychological and psycho-physiological responses to a real external threat or danger, including agitation, alertness, tension, and physiological mobilization of the alarm reaction. Cf. anxiety.

Anxiety

Anxiety is an unpleasant, emotional state that involves a complex combination of emotions that include fear, apprehension, and worry. It is often accompanied by physical sensations such as heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath, or tension headache.

Crisis

• 1.a stage in a sequence of events at which the trend of all future events, esp. for better or for worse, is determined; turning point.

• 2.a condition of instability or danger, as in social, economic, political, or international affairs, leading to a decisive change.

• 3.a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person's life.

Anxiety

Acute Anxiety - the tiger is behind the door

Chronic Anxiety - we constantly think there is a tiger behind the door.

Chronic AnxietyConstant heightened state of alertness to danger that either does not exist or is not an immediate threat.

What level is America in right now?



Anxiety

• Healthy systems handle acute anxiety with resiliency.

• Unhealthy systems are, by nature, anti-resilient.

Leadership

Leadership is the spiritual process of discerning what one believes (clarity), acting on that belief in the public arena (decisiveness), and standing behind that action (responsibility) despite the varied responses of people (courage).

- Rev. Frank Thomas

Leaders and Followers

Mohandas Gandhi: “There go my people; I am their leader, I must follow them. “

Leadership

Mark 10The Request of James and John

35 Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher," they said, "we want you to do for us whatever we ask."

36 “ What do you want me to do for you?" he asked.

37 They replied, "Let one of us sit at your right and the other at your left in your glory."

38 "You don't know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?"

39 "We can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, 40but to sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to those for whom they have been prepared."

41 When the ten heard about this, they became indignant with James and John.

42 Jesus called them together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise authority over them.

43 Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant, 44 and whoever wants to be first must be slave of all. 45 “For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."



We are Servant Leaders

Who and what do we serve?

Faith development is all we do.

Unitarian Universalism is all we teach.

The congregation is the curriculum.

James Fowler - Stages of Faith Development

• Primal Faith - 0-1 1/2

• Intuitive-Protective - 2 - 6

• Mythical Literal - 7 -12

• Conventional - 13 - 21

• Individual Reflective - 22 - 35

• Conjunctive - 35

• Universal - Prophetic - 60+

Gardner's Multiple Intelligences

• Linguistic

• Logical-Mathematical

• Visual-Spatial

• Musical

• Bodily-Kinesthetic

• Interpersonal

• Intrapersonal

• Naturalist

Three Learning Styles

• Visual Learners

• Auditory Learners

• Kinesthetic Learners

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Unitarian Universalism striving to build

communities where faith and acceptance coexist in harmony.

Is this the way of the world?



Search Institute Study

• The minister knew my name

• My parents were involved

• I can articulate what it means to be a…

• They made room for my leadership

FIVE ASPECTS OF CONGREGATION LIFE CAN

COMMUNICATE ITS CURRICULUM





Worship- worship services and rituals practiced in groups within the congregation.

Community- the people and relationships of the church, pastoral care networks, social events, community celebrations, and sharing our faith through campus and other community-based ministries.

Social Justice- service projects, social justice activities and public witness.

Learning- Formal learning in Religious Education classes, training workshops, adult programs, as well as the informal learning that comes from engaging in the other aspects.

Leadership-Opportunities for all ages to learn and practice leadership skills; also the coaching and mentoring practices of professional staff and congregation leaders in empowering others.



THREE EXPRESSIONS OF A CONGREGATION’S

CURRICULUM

Explicit- Clearly stated or visually representations of beliefs such as Mission/Vision statements, principles & purposes, goals, visual symbols used throughout the sanctuary, RE spaces, halls, etc.

Implicit- The norms and practices of the congregation that are not articulated fully, but are evident and communicate much about the customs and values of the congregation. Such as: children and youth involvement in the worship services or coffee hour, dressing casually, lay pastoral care practices, etc.

Null- The paradox of curriculum that exists because it does not exist; what is absent but communicates the values of the congregation. For example: a church with no wheel chair access or sound system, or one with only male elders on the Finance Committee.





We are looking for a Credentialed Religious Educator with at least five years experience, but we’ll settle for someone with a van.



Who Teaches Our Faith?

• Do we honor our Teaching Elders?

• How do we think of our faith development program– Is it seen as an important part of our

ministry?– Is it seem as a program for children?– Is it staffed for growth and human

development?



Who Teaches Our Faith?

• Are all staff well supported?

• Does the congregation own the programs it offers?

• Do we search for the best candidate?

• Do we support staff professional and spiritual development?

• Do we allow leaders to lead?





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Leadership

Leadership is the spiritual process of discerning what one believes (clarity), acting on that belief in the public arena (decisiveness), and standing behind that action (responsibility) despite the varied responses of people (courage).- Rev. Frank Thomas



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