a workshop about thriving with part-time clergy

Better with Less

with Rev. Jeffery MacDonald (who’s part-time himself)

Thursday, May 25, 2023

7pm, at FirstMetropolitan United, Victoria BC

ON THE TRADITIONAL AND UNCEDED TERRITORIES OF THE SONGHEES AND ESQUIMALT NATIONS, LƏK̓ʷƏŊƏN-SPEAKING PEOPLES.

*Join Workshop present, Jeff MacDonald and LeaderSHIFT Interim Director, Michelle Slater, by attending Better With Less —* *In-Person* or *Online, via Zoom*.

Church life in Western Canada is changing fast. Smaller congregations mean clergy increasingly serve part-time. Jeffrey MacDonald will share research and experience on how congregations are making room for ministry that is more shared, creative, impactful, and sustainable, with part-time ministry personnel.

Gain practical knowledge and research-based hope for navigating the challenges of our time, and
Learn how congregations are stepping into a new vital future with part-time ministry personnel.

Rev. G. Jeffrey MacDonald is an award-winning religion reporter, church consultant, and part-time pastor of a small United Church of Christ congregation in New Hampshire. He is the author of Part-Time is Plenty: Thriving without Full-Time Clergy (2020) and Thieves in the Temple: The Christian Church and the Selling of the American Soul (2010).

investment

In-Person Participation, per-person: $25
In-Person Participation, Teams of 4 (or more!) from one community of faith: $75
Online Participation, per-person: $10

Workshop Location

Google Maps Link: 932 Balmoral Road, Victoria BC, V8T 1A8
FirstMetropolitan United

Registration Questions?

Contact Jes: LeaderSHIFT@united-church.ca

Zoom access information will be emailed to Online Participants in the week before the workshop. Check your Junk/Other folder, and add LeaderSHIFT@united-church.ca to your Contacts.