tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461955.post4827572621103900158..comments2023-07-02T09:00:40.450-05:00Comments on Everything is Temporary: The Secrecy of Bishops, DSs and the SPRC.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22461955.post-31523327438593638132008-05-08T09:17:00.000-05:002008-05-08T09:17:00.000-05:00I was lucky enough to be in a church that was very...I was lucky enough to be in a church that was very open about their feelings for me. Of course, that may have been a completely different story if they hadn't like it. But really, I had the easiest job in the world as I came in after a pastor that they couldn't stand. The bar was pretty low.<BR/><BR/>But when I got the questionnaire from the conference office in November about my intentions, I went directly to SPRC and told them that my intention was to stay another year. They said that they were also going to request that I stay. It was pretty simple. But I know that's not how things work all the time. <BR/><BR/>I think what the UMC <I>really</I> needs to do is start using interim pastors like the PCUSA does. Interim pastors come in, clean up, and prepare the congregation for a new pastor. The interim is able to be the "rebound pastor" as it were, and can eliminate the "one and done" appointments that seem to happen after a particularly awful or particularly amazing pastor leave.Mary Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06620639746694576459noreply@blogger.com