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The links below will take you to issues of The Parish Paper - Ideas and Insights for Active CongregationsCoeditors are Herb Miller, Lyle Schaller and Cynthia Woolever.  E-mail: HrbMiller@aol.com

The Parish Paper is a wonderful resource to which the Ohio Conference has subscribed on behalf of all Ohio Conference churches.  Each issue stands alone as a topic of interest and importance to being a living and growing congregation.

The Conference subscription gives local churches and Associations permission from the copyright holder to use the material as specified in these restrictions.  Please read this information on limitations for use carefully.

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Note:  The Parish Paper is available only in PDF format.

March 2012
What Type of Future Are We Building?
April 2012
How Is Your Congregation's Health?
January 2012
How to Perfect Your Leadership Triangle
February 2012
How to Manage Change Resistance
November 2011
Should We Unleash the Power of Congregational Planning?
December 2011
How Do We Successfully Launch a New Project?
September 2011
Why Do People Connect with Christ and a Congregation?
October 2011
Why Do Smart Churches Make Dumb Decisions?
July 2011 August 2011
May 2011
When Does Success Lead to Failure?
June 2011
What Is the Pastor's Role in Church Finance?
March 2011
Does a Congregation's Location Influence Its Effectiveness?
April 2011
Incoming Pastors: Building Smoother Transition Bridges
January 2011
What Is Your Unconscious Intent?
February 2011
Accomplishing Worthy Goals—Being Smart Is Not Enough

November 2010

What Are the Big-Picture Trends in Congregations?

December 2010

Fifty Years Later: What Has Changed?

September 2010
Planning for the Unexpected Financial Crisis
October 2010
Why Are Worship Visitors Important?
July 2010
Should Our Congregation Use Internet Social Media?
August 2010
How Much Should We Pay Our Pastor?

May 2010

Generous Givers - A Product of Motivation and Methods

June 2010

Why Does Mentoring Succeed and Fail?

March 2010
New Trends in Belonging
April 2010
What We Can Learn from the Emerging Church Movement
January 2010
Become Comfortable with Conflict: Step One to Moving Beyond It!
February 2010
Should We Fine-Tune Our Church's Internal Culture?

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The Parish Paper - Reproduction Rights and Restrictions

The Ohio Conference’s purchase of a subscription to The Parish Paper INCLUDES:  

1.   Permission to provide copies to our staff and to the congregations within our jurisdiction in any of the following ways: E-mail, postal, newspaper, newsletter, meetings, training events, and our website.

2.   Permission for each congregation within our jurisdiction to (a) photocopy or electronically distribute for local use as many copies as it needs, (b) post them on its Web site, and (c) quote sentences and paragraphs.

 
Congregations within the Ohio Conference to which we distribute The Parish Paper do NOT have permission:

(a) to delete the copyright ownership  notice,

(b) to re-write, paraphrase, delete, or change the wording of sentences  and paragraphs,

(c) to give ANY THIRD PARTY—other than our staff and constituents—permission to photocopy or reprint (in any quantity, no matter how small, whether for free distribution or for sale).

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