Invited Speakers Plus Question & Answer Session
A Zoom Webinar

Most churches in northern New England are small, often characterized by having part-time pastors. In Vermont, for example, only about 15% of United Methodist churches today have full-time pastors. Despite this, pastor and author G. Jeffrey MacDonald affirms that a “part-time pastor,” along with lay leadership is more than adequate to accomplish “full-time ministry.” (Part-Time is Plenty: Thriving without Full-time Clergy© 2020)

Listen to Pastor MacDonald and three Vermont local pastors (Kerry Cameron, Michael Thorpe, and Ami Sawtelle) share the experiences and knowledge they have gained through service and observation of small churches with part-time clergy. They will cover topics such as:

• what do small churches do well?
• what advantages do small churches have over large ones?
• how can small churches manage both pastoral and lay needs and expectations?

Questions from Zoom attendees will be solicited and discussed by the panelists during the latter half of the workshop.

Register using the button elsewhere on this page.

Those who would like to read “Part-Time is Plenty” prior to the workshop can obtain it from Amazon, Cokesbury, and other local and online book stores.

Join the conversation! All are welcome.

Sponsored by the Green Mountain District Lay Ministry Group
Funded by the New England Conference Board of Laity and the District Resource Day Fund