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Dec 03 2020

Announcing our 2021 Webinars (Part 1)

Co-sponsored by Gathering of Leaders and Episcopal Church Foundation

After ending 2020 on a high note (our webinar on Covid-19 Impact and Recovery Planning sold out!), we are announcing our webinar schedule through June and our webinar topics through April.

As always, we remain open to your suggestions and requests (submit to info@faithx.net). 

Here is our webinar schedule through May 2020:

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Written by Ken Howard · Categorized: Uncategorized · Tagged: Capital Campaigns, Carl Johnson, collaborative ministry, Community Connections, congregational vitality assessment, COVID, COVID-19, Episcopal Church Foundation, Gathering of Leaders, leadership transitions, public health, rural perspective, structural racism, systemic racism, Webinar, webinar series

Aug 06 2020

You Can’t Go Home Again: Leading a Hybrid Congregation

by The Rev. Ken Howard


This blog post on leading a hybrid congregation includes registration information for a webinar of the same name

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You can’t go home again
because home has ceased to exist except in the mothballs of memory

– John Steinbeck
Travels with Charley in Search of America


I recently watched a YouTube video of “The Dancing Priest” performing a parody of the popular Broadway tune, “You’ll Be Back,” from Lin-Manuel Miranda’s play, Hamilton. 

Right from the start it was good for laughs watching an Anglican priest sing and dance this number, especially since we know that George III was not only King of England but also Defender of the [Anglican] faith. And it’s so easy to see the parallels between the original and the parody.

You’ll be back – wait and see – just remember how it used to be.
You’ll be back – time will tell – when we kick this virus back to hell.
When we finally open the door, we will get back together even better than it was before.

The humor in these lines is real. But they are often poignant when you think about them a little in light of the possibility of instituting a hybrid congregation. Because at the same time it helps us yearn to believe those words, it also reminds us that our wishes to return to our pre-Covid ways are no more likely to be granted than those rebellious colonies were to return to the “loving” arms of Mad King George.

No. We can’t go home again. It is time we look at what’s necessary to lead a hybrid congregation. Of course, we may eventually return to our buildings. But while they may look the same and evoke fond memories of a feeling of being home, it will never feel the same. It can’t. Because as individuals and as congregations, we have changed. In many ways for good, both literally and figuratively.

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Written by Ken Howard · Categorized: COVID-19, FaithX Blog, FaithX News · Tagged: Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID19, Hamilton parody, hybrid congregation, Keeping Congregations Connected, online worship, post-COVID, Webinar, webinar series

Jul 02 2020

Upcoming FaithX Webinars (and a discounted offer for attendees)

As we all navigate our way through the perfect storm of the COVID crisis, the systemic racism crisis, and the economic crisis, FaithX has been working on low-cost ways to help faith leaders and their congregations respond nimbly in the present, while preparing effectively for the future. One of the ways we are doing this is through our new monthly webinar series.

These 60-90 minute webinars are designed to provide you the necessary knowledge and practical resources to ground your discernment and ministry planning in data. The following is a list of our upcoming webinars, along with a special discount offer for attendees on FaithX services.

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Written by Ken Howard · Categorized: COVID-19, FaithX Blog, FaithX News · Tagged: Coronavirus, COVID, COVID-19, COVID19, economic crisis, economic uncertainty, GIS Technology, Keeping Congregations Connected, MapDash for COVID-19, neighborhood missional assessment, systemic racism, Webinar, webinar series

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