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The Alban consulting table engages in pretty regular email dialogue about resources that congregations might find helpful. A round of emails flurried about these past two days regarding the topic of strategic planning, as it relates to building and space usage. In the midst of some very serious dialogue about the topic my colleague Dan Hotchkiss forwarded this […]
Read MoreDenominational systems often do the hard work of articulating theological statements for their member congregations. Any congregation that falls under the leadership of a Bishop is likely provided with a clear cut statement titled, “This is What We Believe”. We can read these belief statements and know that long labored hours went into the careful […]
Read MoreRemember Whack-a-Mole? It’s an amusement park or pinball arcade game that features seven “moles” that pop up through holes in a game board directly in front of the player. Each player is given a club- “a mole whacker.” As the game starts, moles pop up through the holes at random. The object of the game […]
Read MoreAt Alban we do a lot of strategic planning consulting work in congregations, under the umbrella of Holy Conversations. Increasingly, in my practice I find myself steering clients away from writing an official mission statement as part of the planning process. My reasons for discouraging the practice are three-fold: 1) For most of us, the […]
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