Programs: Pastoral Transition

Right Start Conferences

"Right Start" Conferences help pastors who are preparing to move to a new congregation. Some of the topics covered include:

• Leaving Well and Preparing the Way for your Successor
• Entry into a New Setting: The First Days, Weeks, Months
• The Start-Up Period: The First Six to Eighteen Months
• The Emotional Dimensions of Transition

The Lewis Center for Church Leadership offers these conferences in partnership with annual conferences or districts. If you would like to arrange for a "Right Start" Conference to be held in your area, contact Dr. Lovett H. Weems, director, Lewis Center for Church Leadership.