Hi All: Just a quick note to say Ministry and Employment is on Twitter!
Follow M&E for updates on information posted on United Church of Canada sites, such as WonderCafe, www.united-church.ca, and ChurchLeadershipNet (CLN).
@uccan_mande (also UCCan_MandE)
I also retweet information from around the web on:
-pensions, benefits, human resources and like issues
-retirement, phased retirement, planning for retirement, managing retirement
I am a journalist working on an article for the United Church Observer magazine, about how to welcome a new minister. I'm wondering if there are tips or ideas that worked, or didn't work, in your experience, with welcoming a new minister? Or, from the minister's perspective, what made you feel most welcomed into a new congregation?
The June 2011 article in the UC Observer about recruiting new ministers provides interesting food for thought. Many pulpits are officially “vacant”. Particularly in rural pastoral charges, finding a new minister when a much-loved and long-term minister leaves is a very difficult challenge. Having served several times on Joint Needs Assessment Committees, I find the process less than optimal.
The Theology and Inter-Church Inter-Faith Relations Committee of The United Church of Canada is undertaking a multiple-year study on power in the church and in society. This event will be held in October, at Queens School of Religion.
Thanks to all leaders, lay and ministry, of the United Church who took time out of your busy schedule to contribute to the Comprehensive Survey on "Effective Leadership and Healty Relationships."
This link will take you to the Anglican Church of Canada's website. Rev. Heather McCance is an Anglican priest, based in Toronto and speaks of opportunities for ministry in this medium:
The funding process has been finalized and as of Dec. 1, 2010, it's on! Interim ministry personnel may apply for Sabbatical funding: there's a process, and long lead times, but if you're interested, start developing a plan, and some goals and researching Conference committee meeting dates.
