How I Get Started with a New Congregation: Priorities for the First Day, Week, Month (and ”showing up”) - Rev. Henry Schoenfield. Episode 50

We pastors know that “showing up” to our parishioners is essential to building trust, but what counts as “showing up” in their eyes may be different from what we think it is. Listen to veteran interim minister Rev. Henry Schoenfield speak to the importance of “showing up” when beginning with a new congregation, and how he knows when they experience him as “showing up.”

• What I find most helpful at the beginning;
• The stories people tell about their stories;
• Showing up! And how to know your parishioners think you are.