Vaccines and Variations
Getting to Nimble is back for a check in! Bill and I talk about what this past year has meant for us and our churches. Get in touch: sarah-bereza.com/...
Getting to Nimble
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For 50 years between them, Pastor Bill Smutz and musician Sarah Bereza have survived and thrived in churches big and small, urban and rural, good and not so good. With generous hearts and healthy boundaries, they share practical advice for church staff about working smart, cutting out the bs, and embracing the good in ministry. New episodes on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.
Maternity Leave and Covid Fatigue
We're back! Bill and I share updates on our lives (new baby! co-first-grade-teacher!) and then drive into what we're all experiencing these days: Covi...
Imagining the New (and Why)
We don't know what the future is bringing, but we can be active right now to imagine the New that we're heading toward. A note for listeners: this is ...
"I'm Curious" - Planning for the Fall with Christine V. Hides
Here's how we're planning for the fall - with curiosity and a focus on the big "whys" of the ministries we lead. Joining us is Christine V. Hides, Dir...
Where Is In-Person Worship Headed? On Getting to Nimble Ep. 27
Freedom to move, to eat, to coffee. This and other ways we see in-person worship changing because of our extended time at home. (Spoiler alert: Sarah'...
Changing in the Midst of Change, on Getting to Nimble Ep. 26
It's often easier to change while we're already in the midst of change because our old habits and systems are in flux. Bill and Sarah talk about using...
Currently: Emotions, Reopening, and Anti-Racist Work in Our Churches
A snapshot of where we are in terms of emotions and how we're planning/not-planning, then a longer conversation about starting (or hopefully, continui...
Online Forever?
Online worship, nimbly opening (while expecting future closures), and planning in a season of flux. About Getting to Nimble For 50 years between them,...
A Neighborhood Summer
Last summer, my colleagues and I at First Congregational of St. Louis developed a creative, intergenerational worship series. Then, the four of us - H...
Music and Change, on Getting to Nimble Ep. 22
Changing our musical habits is hard (and oddly enough right now, maybe both easier and harder than ever). In this episode, we talk with Paul Vasile ab...