Better decisions in less time with more confidence

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Vital Signs Your Vital Signs report will answer important questions including How strong are the signs of health in areas such as Hospitality Morale Conflict Governance Readiness for ministry Worship and music...and several more What are the priorities for the future broken out by age and level of activity? Where will additional energy pay off in higher morale throughout the Body? What are the potential obstacles to growth in your church? How flexible are members in dealing with change? What is the giving potential of your church...and how much room is there for growth? In additional, your Vital Signs report can be customized to help you know Whether members will support a capital project What members want in their next Pastor or Associate Pastor How members will deal with a pastoral transition How to prepare your church profile in anticipation of a search						Five Reasons not to Design Your Own Survey!! "It is a terrific tool. It is thorough, allows for the collection of normative data and is flexible, allowing some parish-specific questions. Also the data collection and reporting are excellent." Ned Loughridge Senior Warden "This is a very good assessment tool, particularly if you're able to have Russ Crabtree present the findings verbally. He is a very astute observer, and is able to comment on things about church organizations that a called pastor might not feel comfortable talking about. Russ is very objective, truthful, and worth his weight in gold." Dale Evans Clerk of Session "It is one tool that can answer significantly questions about the health of your congregation and areas of needed growth, support, or repair." Bruce Conger Transition Committee Chair
"It has been my great privilege to work with Russ Crabtree as our consultant in two churches in transition settings as well as in a presbytery-wide survey setting in the Presbyterian Church (USA). His survey work opened our eyes to new realities in fresh ways; his interpretive work is grace-filled as only a person with a pastor's heart could do; he is insightful, wise and caring in his perspectives; his consulting and his surveys provide the firm foundation to move a church successfully through a time of transition and to establish it for new eras of growth and faithfulness." The Reverend Dr. Stuart D. Broberg Interim Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania						Contact Information Russ Crabtree Holy Cow! Consulting PO Box 8422 Columbus, Ohio 43201 614-208-4090 russ@holycowconsulting.com