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    Community Rules: An Episcopal Manual
    Community Rules: An Episcopal Manual
    Community Rules: An Episcopal Manual
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    Community Rules: An Episcopal Manual

    By Ian S. Markham and Kathryn Glover

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    A practical guide to church community life.

    Taking the approach of Michael Pollan’s Food Rules, Community Rules seeks to distill the basics of “good church” into a set of memorable rules. Working with three sections, the authors draw on their years of combined experience in academic and church administration to identify the basic Christian principles that underpin Episcopal community and then apply them to actions and relationships. The book seeks to explicate the best personnel practices, as well as good governance and communal life together, alongside a framing within the Christian worldview. The goal is to provide a text that can serve as a guide for any and all members of a parish, most especially those who serve on vestries or as volunteers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChurch Publishing
    Release dateJan 8, 2019
    ISBN9781640651081
    Community Rules: An Episcopal Manual
    Author

    Ian S. Markham

    The Very Rev Ian S. Markham is the dean of Virginia Theological Seminary and professor of theology and ethics. He is a priest associate at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA.

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      Book preview

      Community Rules - Ian S. Markham

      COMMUNITY

      RULES

      AN EPISCOPAL MANUAL

      COMMUNITY

      RULES

      AN EPISCOPAL MANUAL

      IAN S. MARKHAM

      AND KATHRYN GLOVER

      ILLUSTRATIONS BY BENJAMIN HART

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      To Matthew and Lesley

      Our soulmates who journey with us.

      Copyright © 2019 by Ian S. Markham and Kathryn Glover

      Illustrations copyright © 2019 by Benjamin Hart

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of the publisher.

      Unless otherwise noted, the Scripture quotations contained herein are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

      Church Publishing

      19 East 34th Street

      New York, NY 10016

      www.churchpublishing.org

      Cover design by Jennifer Kopec, 2Pug Design

      Typeset by Rose Design

      A record of this book is available from the Library of Congress.

      ISBN-13: 978-1-64065-107-4 (pbk.)

      ISBN-13: 978-1-64065-108-1 (ebook)

      Printed in the United States of America

      Contents

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      INTRODUCTION

      Section I:Basic Christian Rules

      Section II:Basic Christian Rules in Relationship

      Section III:Basic Christian Rules in Communication

      Section IV:Basic Christian Rules in Action

      Section V:Basic Christian Rules in Meetings

      Section VI:Basic Christian Rules for Clergy and Employees

      Section VII:Basic Christian Rules for Vestries

      Section VIII: Basic Christian Rules for Parishioners

      Section IX:Remember the Basics

      FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GO DEEPER

      Acknowledgments

      We are both grateful to Nancy Bryan, the commissioning editor at Church Publishing who invited us to write this book. Our editor for the book was Milton Brasher-Cunningham. We were impressed with the care with which he read the manuscript and the way he tightened up the text. Thank you, Milton. As colleagues at Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS), we are utterly preoccupied with the question, What makes Christian community?

      We are also grateful to the following friends and colleagues who graciously read the first draft and provided us with helpful feedback: Matthew Hanisian, Chandler Irvin, Valerie Mayo, KC Robertson, Andrew Rutledge, Alyse Viggiano, Oran Warder, Barbara Warder, and Sophia Weber.

      From Ian Markham

      I want to express my gratitude to Katie Glover at VTS. As the vice president for Administration and Institutional Effectiveness, she has played a key role in creating a culture that aspires for excellence grounded in Christian values. We have worked together since I arrived, and she has been an extraordinary gift to me. This book is a lovely celebration of our work together.

      Katherine Malloy knows how much I enjoy writing; she is very helpful in supporting me in this work. Finally, I am grateful to my wife, Lesley, and my son, Luke, who give me so much joy and so much fun.

      From Kathryn Glover

      I am grateful to Ian Markham, whose mentorship and encouragement have fostered my ongoing professional growth and development. As dean and president, Ian enables an open environment where exploring new ideas is encouraged and supported even when they do not come to fruition. I am also grateful to the Virginia Theological Seminary staff who show me new ways of understanding and developing our institutional culture. And, finally, to my best

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