Ottawa School of Parish Development

The following is the School for Parish Development reading list to be completed for a certificate of completion:

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1. Introduction to Type: A Guide to Understanding Your Results on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator - by Isabel Briggs Meyer (given out in session)

2. . In the Grip: Understanding Type, Stress, and the Inferior Function - by Naomi L. Quenk (about $18)

3. Introduction to Type and Conflict - by Damian Killen and Danica Murphy (about $18)

4. Seeking God: The Way of St Benedict - by Esther de Waal (about $15)

5. One book on facilitation:

   1. Great Meetings! Great Results - by Dee Kelsey and Pam Plumb (about $12 Kindle / $29)​

   2. Facilitating with Ease! by Ingrid Bens ($60)

6. The Character of Organizations: Using Personality Type in Organization Development - by William Bridges ($14 Kindle / $30)

7. Organizational Development and Change (8th or 9th editions) - by Cummings and Worley​

8. One of Peter Steinke's books on congregational systems:

   1. Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What​

   2. Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach

   3. How Your Church Family Works: Understanding Congregations as Emotional Systems 

9. A People Called Episcopalians: A Brief Introduction to Our Way of Life - by John H. Westerhoff ($4.00 Kindle / $6.00)

10. Meet the Family - by Patricia Bays ($4.50) 

11. Facilitator's Guide to Participatory Decision-Making 3rd ed. - by Sam Kaner ($35 new)

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