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Doing Holy Business

The Best of Vestry Papers

By: Lindsay Hardin Freeman (Editor)

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Paperback | 1 February 2006

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Vestry Papers is an award winning newsletter published by the Episcopal Church Foundation and is designed to provide vestries with information that is spiritually grounding, yet offers practical illustrations and resources to assist them in their job as the elected lay leadership in their congregations. It has over 1,900 congregational subscribers and 28,500 readers. This collection of the "Best of Vestry Papers" offers church leaders a convenient reference filled with expert advice -- a gathering in one place -- of useful tips on church management.

The topics in this collection include:

Spiritual Leadership
Christian Formation
Hospitality/Church Growth
Church Finances
Parish Dynamics
Vestry Responsibilities
Buildings and Grounds

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First there must be health	p. 26
Grow or go : a radical one-point program	p. 28
Marks of vitality	p. 30
More than business as usual : a multicultural scenario	p. 32
Making room for newcomers	p. 35
Entertaining angels unaware	p. 42
Radical hospitality : crossing the cultural divide	p. 44
Hospitality matters : seeing our buildings anew	p. 46
Are they visitors or guests?	p. 49
Vestry responsibilities : my top ten list	p. 55
Easing the load : missionaries one and all	p. 57
Who are we, the vestry?	p. 60
The spirituality of authentic leaders	p. 65
Vestry members as spiritual leaders	p. 67
Silence in the vestry : a prayer of opening, of letting go	p. 69
Discover your need for God	p. 72
Personal reflections on leadership challenges	p. 74
To exorcise the ambivalence about children	p. 79
Forming young Christians, not just educating them	p. 81
Four things the vestry can do for your parish children	p. 83
Youth minister vs. youth ministry	p. 85
From spark to blaze : vestries and vocations	p. 88
Don't confine the spirit	p. 91
Tending the home fires	p. 93
The welcome guest	p. 96
Money, God, and vestries	p. 100
Enabling generosity	p. 101
Thoughtful stewardship beyond the tithe	p. 103
Finances : leading by example	p. 105
Authentic tough talk : tight times, hard decisions	p. 108
Ready to receive	p. 112
Only if we ask	p. 114
Securing the future : the promise of legacy societies	p. 116
When the nest egg shrinks	p. 117
Keep the plaster out of the soup	p. 122
Holy care of holy places	p. 124
How does it work? : develop an 'owner's manual"	p. 127
Local eternity	p. 129
Avoid unhappy surprises : know your insurance policies	p. 130
Avoiding the quick fix	p. 135
Skeletons in the sacristy	p. 137
Elephants in the sanctuary	p. 139
Conflict and controversy : bringing wounds and blessings	p. 141
God is still at work : when conflict and hope abound	p. 144
Fit to go the distance	p. 148
Wisdom gathered, lessons learned	p. 150
Flames and faith	p. 152
When the waves are high	p. 154
Vestries : catalysts for healing	p. 156
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