Making A Good Move
Rev. Dr. Doug Anderson

This two-day seminar is for all ministers who are moving to a new appointment this year and the Cabinet strongly urges all to attend. (One registration covers both seminars $40). Ministers who are in seminary for the April seminar, or whose appointment was not in place at that time, are encouraged to register for the June seminar, which will be a repeat of the April seminar. All participants are expected to attend both seminars.

The purpose of the two days is to help ministers make their move a good one by leaving well and getting off to a positive start in their new church.

The first session in April or June, will include such topics as:

• Leaving well and saying “Good Bye” to your old church
• Preparing for your new church before you arrive
• Having a good “first Sunday” in your new church
• Developing a strategy for ministerial leadership in the first few weeks and months.

The second session in August will include sections on:

• Leadership styles
• Date management
• Keeping family and career issues in focus.

Rev. Anderson has been teaching the “Making a Good Move” seminar for several years. Prior to 1997, he co-taught with Bishop Michael C. Coyner. This experience has resulted in the book by Bishop Coyner, Making a Good Move.

Recommended prior reading: Making a Good Move by Bishop Michael C. Coyner, (Abingdon, 1999).

REV. DR. DOUG ANDERSON is executive director of the Bishop Rueben Job Center of Leadership Development at Dakota Wesleyan University. He was a district superintendent and pastor of several growing churches of different sizes in the United Methodist Church. He has led a variety of practical church seminars and consultations for over 20 years. He is a member of the Academy for Spiritual Formation of the Upper Room. And best of all, his seminars are energetic, effective and fun.