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For New Priests: The Gritty Side of Leadership

By Anthony Scott on February 15, 2016 in Lead, Manage

You’ve just been given your first parish assignment. Whatever life experience you have been blessed to receive is about to be thoroughly tested and reconstituted.

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Storytelling Part V: Objection-Slaying Stories

By Anthony Scott on February 12, 2016 in Articles, Communicate, Conflict Management, Lead

Patricia Bouteneff offers practical help in managing potential parish conflict.

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High Net-Worth Individuals also Need Pastoral Care

By Anthony Scott on February 11, 2016 in Articles, Evangelization, Lead, Ministries

It’s all too easy to judge the very well to do or to assume that they have little interest in God or the Church. Here’s insight into an aspect of their spiritual life.

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Story Telling Part IV: Vision Stories

By Anthony Scott on February 11, 2016 in Communicate, Envision, Lead

Patricia Bouteneff continues her series on story telling as an essential leadership skill.

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Powerpoints and More Powerpoints

By Anthony Scott on February 11, 2016 in Campaign Planning Study, Capital Campaign, Church growth, Communicate, Develop, Endowment, Envision, Evangelization, Facility, Fundraise, Grants, Lead, Major Gift, Manage, Ministries, Office Management, Parish Council or Board Development, Plan, Planned Giving, Projects, Resources, Stewardship, Strategic Planning

A collection of Powerpoint presentations for Orthodox parish and organization development.

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Warning: The Four Stages of Burnout

By Anthony Scott on February 11, 2016 in Articles, Lead, Ministries, Pastoral and Priestly Notes, Resources

Identify symptoms of burnout early and avoid catastrophic eventualities by seeking help.

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Five Essential Elements of a Successful Parish Leadership Development Program

By Anthony Scott on February 3, 2016 in Church growth, Develop, Envision, Lead, Manage, Ministries, Recent Posts, Strategic Planning, Volunteers

Build leaders. Then let the leaders build additional leaders. And so the parish grows and fulfills its mission.

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Is Your Parish Ready for Envisioning and Serious Planning? An Eight-point Check List

By Anthony Scott on February 2, 2016 in Develop, Envision, Lead, Manage, Parish Council or Board Development, Plan, Recent Posts, Strategic Planning

Prepare before jumping into envisioning and strategic planning

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Storytelling Part III: Teaching Stories

By Anthony Scott on February 1, 2016 in Articles, Communicate, Lead, Recent Posts

Story telling likely began the first night that humans gathered by a fire.

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The Ten Tasks of Effective Parish Leadership

By Anthony Scott on December 2, 2015 in Communicate, Envision, Lead, Manage, Office Management

Compare one’s own list of important tasks or roles as a church leader with these ten suggested ones.

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Storytelling Part II: “What’s in it for Me” Stories

By Anthony Scott on December 2, 2015 in Articles, Communicate, Lead

The venerable and biblical practice of conveying truth through storytelling has permeated the human community since there was a fire to gather around.

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Parish Council Meeting Challenges and How to Address Them

By Anthony Scott on October 30, 2015 in Conflict Management, Develop, Draft to Post, Lead, Manage, Parish Council or Board Development

Parish council meetings have the actual potential of being the highlight of a priest’s monthly tasks. That’s the good news. The more difficult news is that to achieve this will take time and energy.

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Storytelling Part I: “Who I Am” Stories

By Anthony Scott on October 26, 2015 in Articles, Communicate, Lead, Newsletters

With Part 1 Patricia Bouteneff begins her series of short articles on storytelling as a key function of effective Orthodox parish leadership.

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Storytelling in Church Leadership – Introduction

By Anthony Scott on October 1, 2015 in Articles, Communicate, Envision, Lead, Strategic Planning

A series of articles by Patricia Fann Bouteneff on storytelling will explain how it is a powerful tool for effectively leading the parish.

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Guiding Principles of Orthodox Christian Evangelization

By Anthony Scott on September 23, 2015 in Church growth, Develop, Evangelization, Lead, Ministries, Parish Council or Board Development

Orthodox are shy evangelists. Lead a discussion with this document and see if the fear and misunderstanding doesn’t abate.

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The Orthodox Clergy Survey 2015 (Full Report)

By Anthony Scott on September 5, 2015 in Articles, Church growth, Evangelization, Fundraise, Lead, Manage, Newsletters, Parish Council or Board Development, Plan, Volunteers

346 Orthodox clergy participated in answering 12 simple but possibly revelatory questions in the Orthodox Clergy Survey helping to identify the challenges and joys of contemporary parish ministry.

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Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast

By Anthony Scott on August 2, 2015 in Develop, Lead, Manage, Parish Council or Board Development, Plan, Strategic Planning

If you want vision and strategy to succeed, it will be necessary to analyze, understand and engage the culture of the parish and be prepared for push-back.

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Important Tasks the Senior Priest dare not Delegate

By Anthony Scott on June 30, 2015 in Develop, Envision, Lead, Manage, Nonprofit Community, Office Management

The massive responsibilities that a priest bears makes it difficult to read any article that begins “important tasks”. Yet if these are attended to, the smooth running office lightens other burdens.

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The $50,000 Parish Program or Project Development for Spiritual Development

By Anthony Scott on June 30, 2015 in Develop, Lead, Manage, Plan, Projects

Develop a Parish Program or Project in 10 Steps

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Indiscretion: What not to Share with Parishioners

By Anthony Scott on June 30, 2015 in Communicate, Lead

Discretion is a principal tool that the priest must cultivate and rigorously incorporate in his relationship with parishioners.

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