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How A Minister Spends Her Time | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. How A Minister Spends Her Time. June 29, 2015. Nearly every minister has heard the joke that a church pastor only works an hour a week (and has then tried to suppress an eye roll). A full-time pastor in a local congregation typically works 40-50 hours a week. What fills that time, do you imagine? This description also refers to data from Thom Rainer. Who have some of the most current information...
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Vulnerable Neighbors | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. David B. Lindsey. July 27, 2015. 8220;Do we know the family that lives next door to the church? Who are these new people in the community? 8220;How do we reach the young adults over at the college? Part of the problem is the verb to know.” English only has one verb for what is more than one action. Spanish, on the other hand, has two verbs for to know :. A lawyer wanted to know (. Highlights two...
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Changing Neighborhoods One Life at a Time | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. Changing Neighborhoods One Life at a Time. July 13, 2015. Imagine your church building. Walk past the sanctuary, along a corridor, and through a hallway–there’s a room that doesn’t get much use any more. There’s nothing wrong with the room itself; but, as Sunday School attendance declined, fewer and fewer people ever venture in. It is vacant most of the week. In the recent book. How would the ne...
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Essential Things | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, CARD Director. July 15, 2015. If you’re like me, you are probably tired of reading about the research that says the church is declining. The latest such survey on American religion. Plenty of smart people have written about the ways that these results may or may not be telling us the whole story (and I surmise that they, in fact, don’t tell us the whole story. I was able ...
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What is ministry today? | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. What is ministry today? June 22, 2015. In a word: big. What does a degree mean? We’re living during a time when a $200 laptop, an Internet connection, and some nights at home can net you classes at some of the nation’s most prestigious schools. Free Some programs make you pay for the degree, or the test, but the information and learning is free. I think so. I can see no reason why faith form...
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NEW REPORT: UCC Multiply-Affiliated Congregations | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. NEW REPORT: UCC Multiply-Affiliated Congregations. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, CARD Director. July 6, 2015. CARD’s second original research report is now available for download! Multiply-Affiliated Congregations in the United Church of Christ. Please share this report widely – it possesses the potential to inform ecumenism both within and among all congregations in the future. July 6, 2015. Address ...
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NEW REPORT: UCC Multiply-Affiliated Congregations | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. NEW REPORT: UCC Multiply-Affiliated Congregations. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, CARD Director. July 6, 2015. CARD’s second original research report is now available for download! Multiply-Affiliated Congregations in the United Church of Christ. Please share this report widely – it possesses the potential to inform ecumenism both within and among all congregations in the future. July 6, 2015. Address ...
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The Paradox of Aging | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. The Paradox of Aging. Kristina Lizardy-Hajbi, CARD Director. July 20, 2015. This week’s post is written by the Rev. Beth Long-Higgins, Director of Outreach and Mission Integration at United Church Homes. In Marion, Ohio, a member ministry of the United Church of Christ Council for Health and Human Services Ministries. As we age, our time horizons grow shorter and our goals change. So if we are l...
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July | 2015 | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. Monthly Archives: July 2015. 8220;Do we know the family that lives next door to the church? Who are these new people in the community? 8221; “How do we reach the young adults over at the college? 8221; When folks in a congregation ask such questions, it’s often because they’re trying to get to know who their neighbors are. The trouble is…. July 27, 2015. The Paradox of Aging. July 20, 2015.
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02 | August | 2015 | Vital Signs and Statistics
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Vital Signs and Statistics. Investigating questions of importance for the UCC…through research and statistics. Daily Archives: August 2, 2015. They Say I’m from South Carolina. My driver’s license says I’m from South Carolina. My passport says I was born in Illinois. I wore a shirt today that prompted someone to ask if I was from St. Louis, Missouri. This represents reality for many of us we are from different places. I have only lived in The South for four…. August 2, 2015. The United Church of Christ.