{"id":1718,"date":"2025-10-09T19:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/?p=1718"},"modified":"2025-11-08T12:04:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:04:56","slug":"parish-management-and-the-craft-of-priesthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/parish-management-and-the-craft-of-priesthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Leadership in the Parish: Pastoral and Administrative Stewardship of People and Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td><td>Jan 20 &#8211; Mar 3, 2026<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td><td>Tuesday, 5:30-6:30pm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/td><td>$200 for credit<br>$100 to audit<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Instructor<\/strong><\/td><td>Rev. Canon Mark Scheneman<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Course of Study<\/strong><\/td><td>Continuing Education<br>Practical Ministry elective<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This 7-week course will explore the dynamics of leadership in a congregation, identifying best practices for the stewardship of people and resources and the centrality of pastoral care. We will focus on seven common challenges which require and deserve careful attention to enhance the mission and ministry of a parish. Both clergy and lay leaders will receive practical support, including review of published materials, peer sharing, and mentoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 20<\/strong>&nbsp;Sizing Up Your Congregation: Exploring the theory and dynamics of church size as it directly impacts ministry and mission; Episcopal Church polity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 27&nbsp;<\/strong>Planning: Reviewing Annual Planning and long-range Strategic Mission Planning models; annual Stewardship and Capital Fund Raising<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 3<\/strong>&nbsp;The Stewardship of People: Job Descriptions, Recruiting, Training, Supporting, and Evaluating<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 10<\/strong>&nbsp;The Parochial Report: an honest snapshot of congregational health- honestly counting people, services, and finances<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 17<\/strong>&nbsp;Facilitating Growth: Every congregation needs a detailed plan for 3-dimensional growth: Height (mission), Depth (spirituality), and Breadth (membership)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 24<\/strong>&nbsp;The Craft of the Priesthood, part 1: Presiding and Preaching, Rites of Initiation- Baptism and Confirmation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>March 3&nbsp;<\/strong>The Craft of the Priesthood, part 2: Pastoral Care-Weddings, Ministry to the Sick, Funerals, Selfcare<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Register for this course through your Populi account or <a href=\"https:\/\/parish-management.eventbrite.com\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date Jan 20 &#8211; Mar 3, 2026 Time Tuesday, 5:30-6:30pm Cost $200 for credit$100 to audit Instructor Rev. Canon Mark Scheneman Course of Study Continuing EducationPractical Ministry elective This 7-week course will explore the dynamics of leadership in a congregation, identifying best practices for the stewardship of people and resources and the centrality of pastoral &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":298,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_gspb_post_css":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1718"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1741,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1718\/revisions\/1741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diocesecpa.org\/stevensonschoolforministry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}