When: Tuesday, July 10, 2018 - 3:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Wednesday, July 11, 2018 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Where: Jewish Theological Seminary, Room K610, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY

What: A two-day training session at the office of the RA intended to give you the skills to provide one year of service to a congregation as a pulpit rabbi, an organizational consultant, and a transition expert. You will learn how to work with your congregation to provide a bridge to their next rabbi by assisting them in dealing with their conflict, dysfunction, and loss. A great benefit to those who want to be trained as an interim rabbi.

Cost: $75, includes dinner, breakfast and lunch

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For more information, please contact Emily Hendel at 212-280-6052 or ehendel@rabbinicalassembly.org.

Schedule

Tuesday, July 10th

3:00 pm Welcome

3:30 Tasks of the Interim Rabbi

6:00 Dinner

6:30 - 8:00 Practical Issues; Compensation, Housing, Governance

Wednesday, July 11th

8:30 am Breakfast

9:00 Interim Rabbi as Transition Consultant; Transition Theory of William Bridges

10:30 - 10:45 Break

10:45 Interim Rabbi as Organizational Consultant; Congregation Tasks during the interim period

12:30 - 1:30 Lunch

1:30 A Conundrum: The difference between being the Permanent Rabbi and the Interim Rabbi

2:45 - 3:00 Minhah

3:00 Interim Rabbi as Community Builder and Healer

4:00 - 4:30 Parking Lot, wrap-up and conclusion

Bibliography:

• Managing Transitions by William Bridges
• Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue by Edwin H. Friedman
• Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen
• Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of Leading by Ronald A. Heifetz and Marty Linsky
• Temporary Shepherds: A Congregational Handbook for Interim Ministry by Roger S. Nicholson
• The Interim Pastor’s Manual by Alan G. Gripe

Sponsored by the RA Career Resource Center.