Clergy renewal : the Alban guide to sabbatical planning / A. Richard Bullock and Richard J. Bruesehoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bullock, A. Richard, author.

Bruesehoff, Richard J., author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Alban Institute publication ; AL214

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clergy--Post-ordination training.

Clergy.

Sabbatical leave.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (105 p.)

Edition:

First Rowman & Littlefield paperback edition.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2014.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Planned time away from the parish for study, rest, and spiritual renewal can be beneficial-and often necessary-for any pastor, as well as for the congregation.In this thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Alban's popular Sabbatical Planning for Clergy and Congregations, Bullock and Bruesehoff provide the definitive guide to putting together.

Contents:

Intro

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1: Renewal Is . . .

CHAPTER 2: Presenting Renewal Leave to the Congregation

CHAPTER 3: For Everything a Season

CHAPTER 4: Developing Your Plan

CHAPTER 5: Consulting with Others

CHAPTER 6: Everything You Wanted to Know about Funding

CHAPTER 7: Can the Congregation Grow, Too?

CHAPTER 8: The View from Home

CHAPTER 9: The View from the Congregation

CHAPTER 10: Leave Taking

CHAPTER 11: Homecoming

CHAPTER 12: Surprises

CHAPTER 13: And on the Seventh Day . . .

APPENDIX A: Sabbatical Time Line

APPENDIX B: Sample Sabbatical Policies

APPENDIX C: Sample "Who Does What" List

APPENDIX D: Sample Sabbatical Brochure

APPENDIX E: Resources on the Internet

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Notes:

An Alban Institute book.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 17, 2014).

ISBN:

979-82-16-40507-8

1-56699-487-X

OCLC:

882503006