Congregations Newsletters

There is a quote to which I have often found myself returning when working with leaders...

How is your congregation governed? Do you have a board, council, session, wardens,...

Effective policies and procedures matter: they provide important guardrails that can help your congregation (and your people) thrive – and they hold important information regarding the steps to take when things go awry.

Congregations often struggle with providing feedback to their ministers. While there may...

In August of this past year, my 90-year-old mother had a debilitating stroke. Prior to her stroke, my mom was an active and independent woman.

Over the past several years, I have been invited to give several talks on the topic of...

When leaders tell members of their congregation that it’s time to do congregational renewal, visioning or strategic planning – three similar processes that go by different names – some people get excited….

Over the past several years Credence has received a significant increase in the number of requests for our workshop on how to lead meetings well…

I was recently teaching a Leadership Coaching workshop where the participants and I...

      Several times over the past few months, leaders of various...

There is a memory from many years ago that still, now and then, asserts itself to me....