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The Time Between: Interim Ministry Weeks One and Two
October 6-10, 2008
Monday 12:30 p.m. through Friday 12:00 p.m.
Location: The Erdman Center - Princeton Theological Seminary's Center of Continuing Education
The interim pastor is recognized as a specialized position in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Presbyteries increasingly encourage sessions to call an interim while the congregation is in transition between installed pastors, a time that may vary in length from one to three years. Pastors come to interim ministry from varied backgrounds; some are new graduates from seminary, others are at mid-career, and many are retired ministers who wish to continue in service.
This year, Weeks One and Two will be offered concurrently (that is, separately and at the same time).
Week One
This course is designed to provide the basic skills for ministers who have just begun their interim ministry. It is also an introduction to interim ministry for ministers contemplating this form of service as a future calling.
Participants will explore the unique dynamics of congregations in transition, the work of the intentional interim pastor as leader in transition time, biblical foundations for interim ministry, and judicatory relationships. Those attending should be ordained ministers or individuals with judicatory responsibilities related to interim ministry.
Week Two
This advanced program is meant to broaden and build upon the skills acquired and practiced after Week One.
Participants will engage in group reflection and learning grounded in the specific practice of interim ministry.
Ecumenical participation is welcomed and encouraged.
This course is cosponsored with the Synod of the Northeast, and its curriculum has been standardized by the Presbyterian Interim Ministry Consortium, which coordinates events at regional sites across the country.
Seminar Leaders:
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Cheryl Montgomery has been working in interim ministry for the PCUSA for twenty-two years in seventeen congregations. She has been an interim ministry instructor for six years and serves on the faculty of the Interim Ministry Consortium. She currently serves as designated pastor of Greenwood Presbyterian Church in Whitewater Valley Presbytery, Indiana.
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Amy Fowler, in her first fifteen years in ministry, served as pastor in small, medium, and large congregations. She has also worked as governing body staff in Whitewater Valley and Chicago Presbyteries. She comes with experience in leading workshops at various PC(USA) conferences, as well as training events for congregational transformation in several Presbyteries. She is currently serving Giddings-Lovejoy Presbytery as Associate Executive for Congregational Development and serves on the faculty of the Interim Ministry Consortium.
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Scott Lumsden has been involved in intentional interim ministry for more than seven years, serving congregations both small and large (Korean- and English-speaking), in associate, stated supply, temporary, and interim positions and as a facilitator/consultant. He serves on the faculty of the Interim Ministry Consortium and currently serves as interim pastor of Cottage Lake Presbyterian Church in the Presbytery of North Puget Sound.
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Paul Rhebergen serves on the faculty of the Interim Ministry Consortium and has thirty years of experience; 13 years in called positions, 17 years as an interim in associate, solo-pastor, and multiple-staff positions. He has served in many different settings, rural to urban, 50 to 1,000+. With training and experience in conflict resolution, ministry following clergy misconduct, and ministry following long term pastors, Paul has served as a “tethered interim” in New Jersey since 1993. He is presently the Interim Pastor at the Pennington Presbyterian Church, in New Brunswick Presbytery.
Audience: Ministry professionals.
Registration Fees:
Note: Payment in full is required to complete registration.
Contact Hours: 30
Continuing Education Units: 3.0
Registration Requirements
All participants: Participation in the entire program is necessary for certification. The schedule (available here ) runs until 9:00 p.m. on several nights. Participants are strongly encouraged to stay on campus.
Week One: Ministers of the Word and Sacrament (PCUSA) are strongly encouraged to present written approval prior to attending this program. Sample approval language would include an attestation the participant is a 'member in good standing' and may be endorsed by the Executive Presbyter, Stated Clerk, or Committee on Ministry Chair. This attestation may be physically or electronically mailed.
Registration is limited to the thirty six participants.
Week Two: Participants must present proof of successful completion of Week One within the previous five years, and be in current service as an interim.
There are reading and writing assignments that are to be completed prior to arriving. These assignments will be communicated upon or shortly after registration. Given the nature of these assignments, registration for Week Two will close Monday, September 15, 2008.
Registration is limited to a minimum of seven and a maximum of twelve participants.
Read Registration and Cancellation Policy here
Online registration is not available for these events.
To register for Week One or Week Two:
Download this mail-in registration form and mail to:
The Erdman Center
20 Library Place
Princeton NJ 08540-6824
Call the Erdman Center at 609.497.7990, or
E-mail us at coned@ptsem.edu.
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“A good interim pastor will ‘hit the ground running,’ beginning his or her time with the congregation with intensity and energy,and will leave with intentionality, engaging in a ‘good goodbye’ with the congregation and its staff.”
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