In this episode of the Pivot podcast, co-hosts Dee Stokes and Dwight Zscheile answer YOUR frequently asked questions about challenges faith communities are facing. 

Questions that listeners asked include:
Q1: "Our congregation shrank in numbers the past three years. How do we balance reimagining our model when buildings and grounds maintenance uses a lot of time, energy and money? How do we shift the culture within the church? And what if laypeople often want clergy to be involved in everything?"
Q2: "I'm having a really hard time finding volunteers to support the church's existing ministries. Why is it so hard to recruit and retain volunteers?"
Q3: "Why won't the members or congregants invite others to church?"

You're in the right place if you're a pastor, lay leader, or simply curious about how faith communities adapt in changing times. Let's embark on this journey together!

This episode was aired on November 16, 2023.

For transcripts, downloadable resources such as the Expectations Analysis Tool, and more, visit https://faithlead.org/pivot/season-5/5-51-qa-response-session-1/

Access the Advent 5-Day Challenge here: https://lab.faithlead.org/advent/

Watch this episode on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ECQvzJgpebY.

In this episode of the Pivot podcast, co-hosts Dee Stokes and Dwight Zscheile answer YOUR frequently asked questions about challenges faith communities are facing. 
Questions that listeners asked include:
<ul>
<li>Q1: "Our congregation shrank in numbers the past three years. How do we balance reimagining our model when buildings and grounds maintenance uses a lot of time, energy and money? How do we shift the culture within the church? And what if laypeople often want clergy to be involved in everything?"</li>
<li>Q2: "I'm having a really hard time finding volunteers to support the church's existing ministries. Why is it so hard to recruit and retain volunteers?"</li>
<li>Q3: "Why won't the members or congregants invite others to church?"</li>
</ul>
You're in the right place if you're a pastor, lay leader, or simply curious about how faith communities adapt in changing times. Let's embark on this journey together!
This episode was aired on November 16, 2023.
For transcripts, downloadable resources such as the Expectations Analysis Tool, and more, visit <a href="https://faithlead.org/pivot/season-5/5-51-qa-response-session-1/">https://faithlead.org/pivot/season-5/5-51-qa-response-session-1/</a>
Access the Advent 5-Day Challenge here: <a href="https://lab.faithlead.org/advent/?utm_source=omnystudio&amp;utm_medium=pivotpodcast">https://lab.faithlead.org/advent/</a>
Watch this episode on YouTube at <a href="https://youtu.be/ECQvzJgpebY">https://youtu.be/ECQvzJgpebY</a>.

COVID-19 forced church leaders to respond to a global crisis in the blink of an eye. In a moment with little information and much uncertainty, churches reinvented nearly every aspect of church. This moment has ignited imagination, created collaborations, launched experiments, and dreamed of new possibilities as the heroic efforts of leaders continue to lead ministry. The response to these challenges has been great, but there comes a time when responding is no sufficient. If the church is going to live into a new reality, it will need to pivot.
Pivot invites church leaders to use the disruptive moment of COVID-19 to reimagine how they think about church, ministry, and leadership. Each week three veteran church leaders wrestle with making spiritual sense of this time, name how the Christian faith is a resource for navigating this moment in history, offer ideas on how church leaders can pivot toward the emerging future, and suggest practices for engaging others in this work.
Pivot is co-sponsored by LEAD and Faith+Lead.

COVID-19 forced church leaders to respond to a global crisis in the blink of an eye. In a moment with little information and much uncertainty, churches reinvented nearly every aspect of church. This moment has ignited imagination, created collaborations, launched experiments, and dreamed of new possibilities as the heroic efforts of leaders continue to lead ministry. The response to these challenges has been great, but there comes a time when responding is no sufficient. If the church is going to live into a new reality, it will need to pivot.
Pivot invites church leaders to use the disruptive moment of COVID-19 to reimagine how they think about church, ministry, and leadership. Each week three veteran church leaders wrestle with making spiritual sense of this time, name how the Christian faith is a resource for navigating this moment in history, offer ideas on how church leaders can pivot toward the emerging future, and suggest practices for engaging others in this work.
Pivot is co-sponsored by <a href="https://waytolead.org/">LEAD</a> and Faith+Lead.

Pivot

Welcome to the Pivot podcast, a production of Luther Seminary's Faith+Lead. Faith+Lead is an ecosystem of theological resources and training, designed to equip Christian disciples and leaders to follow God into a faithful future. Find out more at faithlead.org

Welcome to the Pivot podcast, a production of Luther Seminary's Faith+Lead. Faith+Lead is an ecosystem of theological resources and training, designed to equip Christian disciples and leaders to follow God into a faithful future. Find out more at faithlead.org

Episode 51: Q&A Response Session #1

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