Thu
Jan 1
2009
The Parish Paper is a monthly newsletter authored by Herb Miller, Lyle Schaller and Cynthia Woolever offering ideas and insights for active congregations.
The Parish Paper is provided to ELCA mission centers in Nebraska through the Nebraska Synod. The paper may be downloaded and redistributed as follows:
Mission centers/congregations within the Synod may distribute copies of The Parish Paper to staff and members via e-mail, postal, newspaper, newsletter, meetings, training events and this web page.
Mission centers/congregations within the Synod may photocopy or electronically distribute for local use as many copies of The Parish Paper as it needs, post them on their respective websites and quote sentences and paragraphs.
2010
- March - New Trends in Belonging
- February - Should We Fine-Tune Our Church’s Internal Culture?
- January - Become Comfortable with Conflict: Step One to Moving Beyond It!
2009
- December - Are We a Leader-Sending Congregation?
- November - Seven Roads to a Multicultural Congregation
- October - Women Pastors: Are Our Assumptions Correct?
- September - Do We Sing All Five Worship-Hymn Preferences?
- August - Shepherding Congregations through Grief Storms
- July - Lay Testimonials Strengthen Financial Giving
- June - One Congregation: Many Locations
- May - Permanent Endowment Fund: Blessing and Temptation
- April - What Do People Want in Their Pastors?
- March - Going into all the World: Church Website Basics
2008
- November - The Fun Factor Asset in Congregational Climate
- October - Requirements for Membership: Which Ones Matter?
- September - The Change Agent’s Checklist
- August - How Does Church Size Impact Decision-Making?
- July - Giving to Congregations: Have Patterns Changed?
- June - “Teaching Moments” Strengthen Governing Board Meetings
- May - How Effective Is Our Financial Communication?
- April - Making a Good Start with Your New Pastor
