Vestry Training Bibliography

From the Vestry Training day, March 1st,2003, compiled by the Diocesan Commission on Lay Ministry:  Harry Hall, The Rev. Dr. Sam Garrett, Mary Ann Lawson, The Rev. Marcia Lockwood, Mary Loucks, Lach MacDonald, Adell Meacham, Joanna Shreve, and The Rev. Canon Jan Smith Wood.

  • Net Results, New Ideas for Vital Ministries.  Magazine published 10 times annually by Net Results, Inc., 5001 Avenue "N", Lubbock TX  79412-2993.  ($29.95)  www.netresults.org
  • Bandy, Thomas G.  Moving Off the Map, A Field Guide to Changing the Congregation, Abingdon Press, 1998.
  • Collins, Jim.  Good to Great, Why Some Companies Make the Leap...and Others Don't,  Harper Collins, 2001.
  • Cooperrider, D. & Whitney, D. Appreciative Inquiry, Berrett-Koehler Communications, San Francisco, 1999.
  • McLaren, Brian D.  Reinventing YOUR Church, Zondervan Publishing House, 1998.
  • Jaworski, Joseph.  Synchronicity, The Inner Path of Leadership,  Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 1998.
  • ReVision, Designed and written by Mike Regele and Mark Schultz, Percept Group, Inc., 1996.  151 Kalmus Drive, Suite A104, Costa Mesa CA  92626.   800-442-6277
  • Roberts, Wes. Support Your Local Pastor: Practical Ways to Encourage Your Minister, Colorado Springs: Navpress, (ISBN 0-89109-923-9)
  • Sitze, Bob. Not Trying too Hard, Alban Institute, 2001
  • Watkins, J., Mohr, B. Change at the Speed of Imagination, Jossey Bass, 2001. (first recommendation for Appreciative Inquiry in organizations)
  • Weisbord, Marvin. Discovering Common Ground, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 1993
  • Wheatley, Margaret. Leadership and the New Science, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, San Francisco, 1999
  • Wilson, Marlene.  How to Mobilize Church Volunteers, Augsburg Publishing House, 426 S. Fifth St. Box 1200, Minneapolis, MN 55440