Earlier news items
John's archive of older news items. Click/tap on any red heading to see the full item.
UCAN flourishes under its new team
9th January 2018
The UK Church Administrator Network (UCAN) has been operating under its new team for three months now with greatly enhanced means of communication.
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Creativity advice published
1st December 2017
A new set of Training Notes published today provides practical advice on how churches can get creative when planning ahead or reviewing any area of ministry.
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Excellent GDPR advice available
22nd November 2017
While everyone runs around trying to find out exactly what the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) means for them from next May, the Parish Resources website has some excellent papers from the pen of John Preston. I am only too happy to recommend them.
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The new UCAN launches
17th October 2017
Today I handed over the UK Church Administrator Network (UCAN) to a new team of six Directors and a part-time Administrator & Network Co-ordinator.
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Major article on Church Administrator roles uploaded
3rd October 2017
A new Article, A42, has been uploaded to the Resources section of the website today. What do Church Administrators do? tackles the varied and possible roles for an Administrator appointment and shows how to construct a quality job description and person profile for such a post.
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Appointment of Isabel Willerton as UCAN Administrator & Network Co-ordinator
8th September 2017
The Directors of the UK Church Administrator Network (UCAN) are delighted to announce the appointment of Isabel Willerton as UCAN's new Administrator & Network Co-ordinator. She starts work next week and will take over John's day-to-day responsibility for the network when new systesm are ready to launch, sometime in October.
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How to work with a No. 2
8th August 2017
One of the new sets of Training Notes just uploaded to the site gives advice to church and ministry leaders who work with an Associate or Second-in-command. This can be found at TN101 on the Training Notes page.
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UCAN Administrator & Network Co-ordinator interviews
5th July 2017
Tomorrow is the closing date for applications for the new post of Administrator & Network Co-ordinator for the UK Church Administrator Network. Once this position is filled I can then hand over the day-to-day running of UCAN.
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New double-article on effective meetings
14th June 2017
A new double-article giving six innovative ideas for effective church business meetings has just been uploaded to the Resources section of the website.
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Area Training Days praised
23rd May 2017
A new series of Church Administrator Area Training Days was launched in May with events in Birmingham and Guildford. Feedback forms show widespread appreciation for a day themed on 'Administration: biblical and creative'.
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