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Subject: CRG News 3.19--Honorable Homecoming, Measure Twice, Out in Space
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sky@kpcc.com May 8, 2012 Issue 3.19 Conflict Ending, Homecomings Continuing President Obama's surprise announcement this past week that the U.S. is de-escalating in Afghanistan should be a wake up call to the reality that many service people have already returned home, and that more are on the way. That's good news. The bad news? Many of these vets--fully one-third by some estimates--are going to have an especially tough time making the transition from front lines to home front. And congregations are where many will turn for help. Fortunately, there are things that congregations can do to assist, and there are resources to guide them in their efforts. This week, prepare to welcome your service members home by revisiting our updated resource page for congregations wishing to help returning vets and their families. 
Gaining and Keeping Effectiveness Q: Do you have a (preferably short) list of practices that promote effectiveness in congregations? A: Yup-- Dig in! Numbers, Numbers, Numbers
If you're in the United Methodist Church, you know that the term "metrics" has generated a lot of discussion of late. The good folks at the Lewis Center for Church Leadership have given this a lot of thought and produced a piece that will benefit not only the Methodist church, but any church that wants to do a better job of understanding how to be the church, better.
Director's Blog
"Community" is a term of much discussion in congregations. How one creates it is the subject of even more discussion. A run of resources and stories and a serendipitious phone call last week left the director wondering if we're overthinking this.
"Authors have poured a great deal of time and energy into helping faith communities develop strategies and plans and programs to build community.... Valuable though these resources are, community is not a commodity that is easily analyzed, quantified, and programmatized. Rather, community is rooted within honest, human relationships." Read More
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