https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:28:07 +0000 Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:54:59 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-admin-finance/how-play-fair-interview-process Are you on a congregational search team? Or are you hiring a new administrative assistant or youth ministry director for your congregation?  You want your process to be fair, right? And you want the best person for the job, right?  Dave Den Haan https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-admin-finance/how-play-fair-interview-process Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:54:59 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/help-pastors-and-their-families-after-article-17 The season following an Article 17 separation can be painful and lonely. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/help-pastors-and-their-families-after-article-17 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:29:24 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/ministry-coordination/how-pastor-hurting-pastors A pastor and I were meeting for the first time, and we had just moved through the talk of sunny weather, ministry roles, and the people we both happened to know. Space had been created, you might say, for us to talk about something that mattered. Dave Den Haan https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/ministry-coordination/how-pastor-hurting-pastors Thu, 11 Nov 2021 10:16:37 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/pastors-special-student-loan-grant-now Are you an ordained CRCNA pastor?  Have you been making payments on your student loans for more than five years? Do you have less than $30,000 of loans remaining? Do you want to significantly decrease or even pay off these loans? Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/pastors-special-student-loan-grant-now Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:02:16 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/bivocational-pastors-fellowship-now Pastors who are bivocational or considering bivocationality are invited to apply to the 2022 cohort of the Bivocational Growth Fellowship.  Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/bivocational-pastors-fellowship-now Tue, 02 Nov 2021 20:03:16 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/group-communication-and-conflict-guidelines-work-progress This set of guidelines for communicating with others was originally published by Rev. John Groen in the Ann Arbor CRC newsletter a number of years ago. John Groen https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/group-communication-and-conflict-guidelines-work-progress Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:30:13 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-practices/pastor-youre-invited-meeting-spiritual-companion “The worst possible image of what it means to be a pastor...is a person alone in their study.” Nate Rauh-Bieri https://network.crcna.org/topic/spiritual-formation/faith-practices/pastor-youre-invited-meeting-spiritual-companion Mon, 12 Jul 2021 13:22:09 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-admin-finance/employment/crcna-letter-call-2021 CRCNA churches now have a revised Letter of Call to use when inviting a pastor to minister among them.  Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-admin-finance/employment/crcna-letter-call-2021 Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:05:58 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/pastor-search-committees/resource-pastor-search-committees Looking for your next pastor can be both exciting and stressful. There are so many things to consider and steps to take. While it can seem overwhelming, it doesn’t have to be. In order to engage in the process in a good and healthy way, a church needs to take its time. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/pastor-search-committees/resource-pastor-search-committees Fri, 23 Apr 2021 13:02:05 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/financial-shalom-resource-roundup-april Financial Shalom is a CRCNA program designed to improve the financial well-being of all the CRCNA’s pastors. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/leadership-development/personal-growth/financial-shalom-resource-roundup-april Wed, 07 Apr 2021 21:10:06 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/financial-shalom/get-financial-health-check Let’s be honest: we all need a financial check-up from time-to-time.  Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/financial-shalom/get-financial-health-check Thu, 01 Apr 2021 12:12:14 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/regional-pastors/regional-pastors-bookshelf-pastor-secular-age There are few jobs that require as broad a skillset as that of the pastor. Leader, manager, administrator, theologian, academic, therapist, counsellor, confidante, teacher, coach, speaker, cheerleader, mentor, are just a few of the skills pastors require and congregations expect. Rev. Andrew Beunk https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/regional-pastors/regional-pastors-bookshelf-pastor-secular-age Wed, 27 Jan 2021 14:22:57 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/explore-your-calling-2021-virtual-gathering-pastors Are you exploring your calling?  Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/explore-your-calling-2021-virtual-gathering-pastors Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:09:13 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/financial-shalom/financial-shalom-resource-roundup-november-2020 Financial Shalom is a CRCNA program designed to improve the financial well-being of all the CRCNA’s pastors. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/financial-shalom/financial-shalom-resource-roundup-november-2020 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:52:37 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/ministry-canada/called-canada-canadian-pastors-non-canadian-families While a previous post (Called to Canada: Non-Canadian Pastors Serving Canadian Churches) explored more generally the process of entering Canada to accept a call to a Canadian churc Al Postma https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/ministry-canada/called-canada-canadian-pastors-non-canadian-families Wed, 28 Oct 2020 16:12:02 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/ministry-canada/called-canada-non-canadian-pastors-serving-canadian As a denomination in both Canada and the United States, it is not uncommon for churches to call a pastor across the border. Al Postma https://network.crcna.org/topic/specialized-communities/ministry-canada/called-canada-non-canadian-pastors-serving-canadian Tue, 27 Oct 2020 18:31:29 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-admin-finance/finance/financial-shalom-resources-sept-2020 Financial Shalom is a CRCNA program designed to improve the financial well-being of all the CRCNA’s pastors. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-administration/church-admin-finance/finance/financial-shalom-resources-sept-2020 Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:16:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/healthy-church-discernment-process-journey The Healthy Church Discernment Process (HCDP) offers congregations robust conversations about their purpose and vitality. With the help of qualified coaches it leads them to listen to God's voice through a program of congregational discernment. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/healthy-church-discernment-process-journey Wed, 27 May 2020 18:43:47 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/day-ruth-haley-barton-strengthening-soul-your-leadership Leadership often feels lonely and isolated. As a leader you are asked to do and be so many things for so many people. Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/leadership/pastors/day-ruth-haley-barton-strengthening-soul-your-leadership Tue, 08 Oct 2019 12:20:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/council-devotions-church-health What could happen if the topic of church health was the first thing your council talked about at its next few meetings? Thrive (CRCNA) https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/council-devotions-church-health Tue, 13 Aug 2019 14:52:39 +0000