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Daybook, from Episcopal News Service

March 29, 2005 - Tuesday to Note & To Read

Start Up! Start Over! Congregational Development seminar registration
opens

[Episcopal News Service] Clergy and laity of congregations seeking
rejuvenation and vision will gather in Santa Fe, New Mexico for a Start
Up!
Start Over! seminar November 14-18.

Start Up! Start Over! is a national training event for clergy and laity
that
provides basic congregational development theory and skills for
congregations in decline and seeking a new direction, have hit a growth
plateau and need new energy, or are thriving and ready for their next
step.

The Rev. Charles N. Fulton III, director of Congregational Development
and
president of the Episcopal Church Building Fund will lead a seminar
staff of
experienced practitioners of church growth who have started new churches
and
led congregational turn-arounds.

Seminar participants will learn practical, goal oriented skills to help
them
rediscover the optimistic, mission oriented spirit that marks healthy
thriving congregations.

Agenda topics include:

* The basic principles of congregational development and church life
cycle
* Interpreting your congregational demographics to program towards
growth
* Decision making and meeting management skills
* Marketing & conducting a campaign to invite new members
* Planning church space that is within your budget, appropriate for your
future
* New member incorporation - how visitors become involved members of a
congregation
* Leading in changing times
* The use of multi-media in congregation life and worship
* Making your site and buildings inviting to the visitor
* Understanding generational differences and reaching the un-churched
members of the electronic culture

The cost which includes tuition, housing, and 10 meals is: $750 single,
$625
double, $380 commuter. Call 800.334.7626 ext. 6003 or email
buildchurch@ecbf.org to register. Registration materials can also be
downloaded from http://www.episcopalchurch.org/congdev/
(Note: This seminar regularly fills to capacity months before the
registration deadline. Call to verify availability.)

Start Up! Start Over! is sponsored by the Office of Congregational
Development and coordinated in partnership with the Episcopal Church
Building Fund.

Note: The following titles are available from the Episcopal
Book/Resource
Center, 815 Second Ave., New York, NY 10017; 800.334.7626;
http://www.episcopalbookstore.org/

To read: http://www.congregationalresources.org/: A Guide to Resources
for
Building Congregational Vitality by Richard Bass, (The Alban Institute,
Herndon, Virgina 2005, 250 pages, $18.00)

>From the publisher: As a companion to the groundbreaking Congregational
Resource Guide, an online resource produced by the Alban Institute and
the
Indianapolis Center for Congregations, this book is an invaluable
resource
for congregational leaders. It puts the rich array of important
congregational resources into context by examining the key books,
organizations, Web sites, and people that will help leaders gain an
understanding of important issues facing their faith communities.

Richard Bass is director of publishing at the Alban Institute. He was
formerly the project director of the Congregational Resource Guide.

To read: BIRTH OF A CHURCH by Joseph Nangle, O.F.M. (Orbis Books,
Maryknoll,
New York 2004, 165 pages, $16.00)

>From the publisher: "An inspiring and relevant account of one church's
journey from individual spirituality to public theology to faith in
practice. The struggles faced by Most Holy Name Parish are balanced by
powerful stories of hope in the face of intense poverty and corrupt
politics."

Joseph Nangle, O.F.M., is a Franciscan priest who serves as co-director
of
the Franciscan Mission Service, Washington, D.C. He is the co-author of
St.
Francis and the Foolishness of God and Say to This Mountain.

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