Making A Good Move
Rev. Dr. Doug Anderson

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

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 May 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, part 1 and 2.

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 May 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.

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 and is a member of the Academy for Spiritual Formation of the Upper Room. And best of all, his seminars are energetic, effective and fun.