Quaker Resources: Pastoral Meetings

Quaker Resources for Pastoral Meetings

The links below go to a page on the New England Yearly Meeting website dedicated to resources for Pastoral Meetings. These resources were provided by Colin Saxton, General Secretary of Friends United Meeting, as part of his facilitation of a 2014 Pastoral Meetings Gathering held at Powell House March 24 through 27.

Colin Saxton notes that, since these resources are gathered from other Friends contexts and beyond, some language or notes on structure & process may not be appropriate to the context of pastoral meetings in New England and New York Yearly Meeting. If you wnat to to adapt them, editable versions are available from him by request.

• Epistle from the 2014 Pastoral Meetings Gathering
• Responses to Queries on Partnership in Ministry—In Local Meetings and Beyond
• The Paradox of Quaker Ministry, by Elton Trueblood
• The Local Meeting as Missional Community, by Colin Saxton
• Learning to See Yourself As God Sees You, by Colin Saxton
• Values for Healthy Leadership Among Friends, by Colin Saxton
• Leaders & Differentiated Behavior
• Agreeing and Disagreeing in Love
• Creating a Pastoral Job Description
• Pastoral Search Processes
• Congregation & Pastoral Candidate Questionnaire
• Pastoral Exit Interviews
• Pastoral Compensation Guidelines
• Pastoral Salary Guidelines (Geographic)
• Chart of the Vision and Ministry Planning Process
• Creating a Visioning Committee
• Visioning & Long Range Planning Processes