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Good Exits Create Good Entrances

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Personal Patterns of Exit

What are some of your personal patterns:

• In a job situation?

• Within your family?

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Your Congregation’s Ways of Saying Good-bye

• How does your congregation say “good-bye?”

• What does it leave undone?

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Planning Our Good-Byes

• What have we learned about our congregation’s patterns for leave-taking?

• What do we want to keep?

• What new things should we try?

• Is there anything left unsaid or undone that we should take care of before the rector/interim leaves?

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Exit Interview

• What do we want to celebrate about our ministry together?

• What have we learned over the course of our mutual ministry?

• What hopes and wishes do we have for this congregation as it moves forward/as I leave?

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Transfer Responsibility

• Up-date and document financial and congregational records.

• Transfer signatory authority on accounts.• Document approved building use.• Create list of pastoral concerns.• List involvement in ecumenical, interfaith, and

community groups, along with contacts.• Assure that files are current and in order.• Clean out office.• Other?