The Parish Paper offers "ideas and insights for active congregations" and is published monthly by Cynthia Woolever.  Go to The Parish Paper page for other editions and information on reprinting.

 

Published Articles

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8/1/2020 - Hospitality: Offering a Third Place to Gather

7/1/2020 - Care, Leadership, and Self-Renewal in Uncertain Times

6/1/2020 - Six Tools for Managing Volunteers

5/1/2020 - Yes, Congregations Can Learn New Habits

4/1/2020 - Enlist Specialists to Improve Outreach Ministry

3/1/2020 - What is the Emerging Church?

2/1/2020 - Get to Know the Community through Mapping

1/1/2020 - Repurpose Worship Space, Don’t Rebuild

12/1/2019 - Writing as a Tool for Community Engagement

11/1/2019 - Learning to Love Variety in Worship Song Selection

10/1/2019 - Let's Take a Walk: The Ministry of Accompaniment

9/1/2019 - A Team Approach to Worship Design

8/1/2019 - Learn More about Your Congregation through Focus Groups

7/1/2019 - Team Talk Can Strengthen Volunteer Ministry

6/1/2019 - Overcome Volunteer Burnout by Building Capacity

5/1/2019 - Tips for Starting and Managing a Worship Band

4/1/2019 - Building Your Community Ties with a Block Party

3/1/2019 - Media Technology for Worship

2/1/2019 - What is Contemporary Worship

1/1/2019 - Defining Church Vitality - Let Me Count the Ways

12/1/2018 - Getting to Know Our Neighbors

11/1/2018 - How to Develop Habits for Well-Being

10/1/2018 - Don’t Disagree, Deliberate: How to Lead Community Conversations in Your Church

9/1/2018 - Checking Up on Clergy Health: Assessing the Cost of Sacred Work

8/1/2018 - How to Raise Money for your Community Projects

7/1/2018 - Inviting, Informing, and Including Newcomers

6/1/2018 - Making the Nursery a Place of Belonging

5/1/2018 - How to Balance Hospitality and Church Security

4/1/2018 - Church Energy Use: Can We Harness Hope?

3/1/2018 - Finding Significance as a Small Church

2/1/2018 - Best Practices for Church Members Serving as Staff

1/1/2018 - 18 Questions for 2018

12/1/2017 - Does Our Pastor Need a Job Description?

11/1/2017 - Mistakes Churches Make During an Interim Ministry

10/1/2017 - Short-Term Mission Trips that Yield Long-Term Success

9/1/2017 - Equipping Volunteers Builds a Strong Community Church

8/1/2017 - What Promotes Hope?

7/1/2017 - How Can We Help Immigrants?

6/1/2017 - Ministry in the Midst of Tragedy

5/1/2017 - Financing the Local Church

4/1/2017 - Small is Big Again: Reclaiming Small Church Ministry

3/1/2017 - Guide to Good Governance

2/1/2017 - How Do Congregations Respond to Interfaith Couples?

1/1/2017 - Conquering the Cutback Syndrome

12/1/2016 - Can We Wait for God's Spark?

11/1/2016 - Does Your Congregation Suffer from Anxiety?

10/1/2016 - Keeping UP with the Pastor's Pay: Trends Behind Clergy Wages

9/1/2016 - What Keeps Congregations from Implementing New Ideas?

7/11/2016 - Multiple Roads to a Multicultural Congregation

7/1/2016 - When Charity Brings Anything But Relief

5/10/2016 - Making Congregations Greener

5/1/2016 - How Do New People Hear About Your Church?

4/1/2016 - How to Deal with Church Conflict

2/1/2016 - The Payday Lending Crisis: What Can Congregations Do?

1/1/2016 - How Ministry Teams Get Things Done

12/1/2015 - This Conversation ----- Again? Improving Church Communication

11/1/2015 - Navigating the Currents of Endowments and Reserve Funds

8/11/2015 - Can Congregations Reach Young Adults?

8/1/2015 - How to Enhance the Ministry of Associate Pastors

7/1/2015 - Congregational Strength is Always Plural

4/21/2015 - Seeking a Bivocational Calling for Pastors and Churches

3/2/2015 - What Churches Can Do to Increase Social Media Security

2/1/2015 - How to Avoid the Potholes on the Road to Retirement