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The Parish Paper
Ideas and Insights for Active Congregations
Co-editors: Herb Miller, Lyle Schaller, Cynthia Woolever
The mission statement of the Missouri Mid-South
Conference calls us as covenant partners to “Strengthening local
congregational life for the building up of the whole body of Christ
and doing the good works of ministry.” There are a variety of ways
that are fulfilling this call in our conference such as Our Church
Vitality Initiative, our growing ministry grants, and the work of our
Associate Conference Ministers with Pastors, congregations and local
pastoral search committees. All of these ministries are made possible
through your gifts to Our Churches Wider Mission. To that list I am
pleased to announce a new program to strengthen and support the work
of local congregations – the Parish Paper. Beginning this month
every pastor in our conference will receive a copy of the parish post,
a two page newsletter edited by Herb Miller, Lyle Schaller, and
Cynthia Woolever. Each issue will discuss current issues, share ideas,
or offer insights on an area of parish ministry. The June issue will
discuss “Teaching Moments” Strengthen Governing Board Meetings.
I hope you will find this new resource helpful to you in our setting
of ministry.
Peace
Jeffrey A. Whitman
Conference Minister
Missouri Mid-South Conference UCC
Special Offer from Editors of Parish Paper
FREE Resources Opportunity
Download the following FREE resources at the
www.TheParishPaper.com Web site:
• 34 Volumes of Church Effectiveness Nuggets – Each volume provides
principles
and how-to-do-it procedures that strengthen effectiveness with a
particular
ministry.
• Planning Process – How to Accomplish Effective Congregational
Planning
• Core Values – The Powerful, Invisible Influence of Core Values:
Why Every
Congregation Needs to Identify Them
• Prayer Development – The Secret to Abundant Living: Learning How
to Ask
• Financial Stewardship – Planning and Leading a Miracle Sunday
Campaign
Please share this FREE-resources download opportunity by passing
along to
colleagues in congregations and organizations of your own and other
denominations
the
www.TheParishPaper.com Web site.
Our organization's purchase of photocopy rights for The Parish
Paper INCLUDES
1. Permission to provide
copies to our staff and the congregations within our constituency in
any of the following ways: E-mail, U.S. Mail, newspaper, meetings,
training events, and our Website.
2. Permission for each congregation within our constituency to
(a) photocopy or electronically distribute for local use as many
copies as it needs, (b) post them on its Website, and (c) quote
sentences and paragraphs. Your Congregation does
NOT have permission (a) to delete the copyright notice on page 2; (b)
to re-write, paraphrase, or change the wording of sentences and
paragraphs; or (c) to give ANY THIRD PARTY - other than your staff and
constituents - permission to photocopy or reprint (in any quantity, no
matter how small, whether for free distribution or for sale).
If your congregation uses a U.S. Post Office Nonprofit Mailing
Permit to distribute photocopies with its newsletter or other
mailings, most local Post Offices require that every item carry your
congregation's name and address. Above The Parish Paper
masthead, type your congregation's name, address, and "Photocopied by
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