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How to prepare a church profile
31st January 2019
One of the sets of Training Notes uploaded to the site today gives careful advice on how to prepare a church profile, especially if it includes a person profile for a new Minister.
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The need to set leaders free
2nd January 2019
One of the new resources on this website, added in December, gives a clear message of the need to set church leaders free to focus on what should be their priority ministries. Set my leaders free! is the title of Training Notes TN112 in the Resources section of this site.
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Church policies checklist published
3rd December 2018
Churches now have free access to a checklist of policies they need to consider writing to comply with legislation or best practice. The list is divided into clear categories, including a listing of the essentials as the total list is long.
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Topics index extended
27th October 2018
The Topics index in the Resources section of the website, launched on 10th September, has now been extended with added search terms and cross-references.
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How to make things happen
2nd October 2018
The latest article uploaded to the Resources section of the website provides step-by-step guidelines for how to get things done in churches. It offers a beginner's guide to project management.
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New 'Topics index' launched
10th September 2018
Finding the resources you need on this website has just got easier. The new Topics index has been launched today.
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Churches are not good at confidentiality
13th August 2018
The second set of Training Notes uploaded this month covers the unusual idea of a church-wide Confidentiality Policy. Where such policies exist they are normally for employed staff or project volunteers. These notes investigate confidentiality throughout the whole church.
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Church welcome put under scrutiny
1st August 2018
The latest set of Training Notes, uploaded to the website this week, provides a series of tests for any church's welcome to visitors and newcomers at Sunday services. You can run these yourselves, but it is better to ask some recent newcomers to do the scoring for you.
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Resources updates
10th July 2018
I have over 150 printed items in the Resources section of the website and my aim is to keep each one updated at least every two years. I have just updated two articles on the roles for a church office (A33 & A34) and four sets of Training Notes.
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Budgets speak loudly
28th May 2018
If you think that budgets are simply financial figures, think again! One of the latest set of Training Notes just uploaded to the Resources section of this website presents a much wider explanation.
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New items are added to the Resources section of the site every other month.
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We all gained immensely from the course and it has given me much to reflect on.
A curate after a weekend training course on managing change - September 2018