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Fiona Haworth, former director of talent for Southwest Airlines, has held several leadership roles in the church.

From 2007 to 2018, Jim Ozier was Director of New Church Development and Congregational Transformation for the North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church. A clergyperson for nearly 50 years, he co-authored The Changeover Zone: Successful Pastoral Transitions (Abingdon, 2016) and Clip-In: Risking Hospitality in Your Church (Abingdon Press, 2014).

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We attend dozens of worship services in different churches every year. Way too often we hear the preachers implore along the scripted lines: “Come back…