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	<title>Nebraska Synod Interim Ministry Resources</title>
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		<title>Anticipatory Grief</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Lynn Parsons
Interim Pastor
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Missouri Valley, Iowa
In 2004, my family was told that my mother would soon die.
While the struggle went on for several weeks, each of us siblings and our families began to grieve. Each person grieved at the thought of mom’s passing in different ways. Some were in denial. Others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commitment To New Directions In Ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Lynn Parsons
Interim Pastor
St. Paul Lutheran Church, Missouri Valley, Iowa
The fifth developmental task of the congregation during the interim time and process is the commitment to a new direction in ministry. If we understand the developmental tasks as a process, the fifth task of new ministry direction will naturally occur.
The Transition Team or Call Committee, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preparing the Way for the Next Called Pastor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:37:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rev. Sylvia High Karlsson
Interim Pastor
Immanuel Lutheran Church, Chadron
A Higher-Level View
When you serve as an interim minister, it’s often the case that you are a “faster pastor.” This clever phrase comes from the approach often needed early in an interim’s appointment to a congregation.
Using this phrase helps me envision a tangible difference between the interim pastor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Telling Our History</title>
		<link>http://interims.nebraskasynod.org/critical-moments-of-ministry/telling-our-history/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Gail Madson
Interim Pastor
Calvary Lutheran Church, Scottsbluff
A key piece to interim work is selecting a transition team. The church council gave me names suggested for the call committee who were not elected to that position. Transition team members should not be on council, the call committee or the personnel committee, but they should be trusted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Strengthening Denominational Ties</title>
		<link>http://interims.nebraskasynod.org/critical-moments-of-ministry/strengthening-denominational-ties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Bob Oleson
Interim Pastor
Lord of Love Lutheran Church, Omaha
Below is Pastor Oleson&#8217;s message to his congregation shortly after beginning his interim work there.
In his book &#8220;Critical Moments of Ministry,&#8221; Loren Mead talks about this serious work that interim pastors do. He lists five areas of focus. They are:

 Coming to Terms with History
 Discovering a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Developing New Lay Leadership</title>
		<link>http://interims.nebraskasynod.org/critical-moments-of-ministry/developing-new-lay-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://interims.nebraskasynod.org/critical-moments-of-ministry/developing-new-lay-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 00:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pastor Glenn Schacht
Interim Pastor
Developing new lay leadership in the time between congregationally-called pastors is the fourth task facing the congregation and its interim pastor. Finding persons in the congregation who have a good grasp of the first three tasks (accepting the congregation’s history, developing a new vision for the congregation, and building a renewed, positive [...]]]></description>
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