Why You Should Give Your Pastor a Sabbatical (Video, VHS)
Roy M. Oswald
Roy Oswald, author of Clergy Self-Care: Finding a Balance for Effective Ministry and leader of several popular Alban work-shops on clergy renewal and development speaks directly to lay leaders and members of faith communities. He makes the compelling argument that a sabbatical, one aspect of spiritual nurture, is an excellent strategy to help pastors maintain vitality in their work and in communicating the gospel. A pastoral sabbatical can also be the occasion for lay leaders and members to take a new level of responsibility for pastoral care, congregational oversight, planning and logistics, and other aspects of congregational life traditionally handled by clergy.
The video format is two 25-minute segments plus a leader guide. Presented before a live audience, this video was developed in cooperation with Seraphim Communications, Inc., a company devoted to capturing creative ideas and sound theology to shape the life of faith and service.
About the Author
Roy M. Oswald has provided leadership for hundreds of conferences and training events in the U.S. and Canada. A variety of denominations have called on him to focus on the pastoral role and the dynamics of parish leadership. He also frequently consults with local congregations and judicatories where his planning model utilizes norms, myths and meaning statements from a church's past. Roy Oswald is identified with research into the transitions clergy make when they enter parishes for the first time and for clergy in longer pastorates. More recently he has headed studies of the candidacy process, leadership needs of small congregations, and new methodology for assessing ministries using clergy/lay teams.
ISBN# 1-56699-247-8
Alban No. AL238
Video - VHS, 0 pages
2001
In stock
$35.00
($28.00 for members)
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