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When you first enter your new position as a Ministerial Director, you likely want to know what you should do first to get off to a good start. Here are a few ideas with links for a more thorough explanation for each idea:

1.Transition into a Ministerial Director

2.Talk candidly with your conference president

3.Develop your own concrete sense of your work

4.Meet with your union Ministerial Director

5.Connect with other ministerial directors in your union

6.Establishing/Building Relationships with Your Pastors

7.Pick out two or three “start-up” tasks and work primarily on those

8.Pay Special Attention to Your Own Family Early On

9.Grieve What You are Losing, and Embrace What You are Gaining