Earlier news items
John's archive of older news items. Click/tap on any red heading to see the full item.
A detailed template for a Church Communiations Plan uploaded today
13th February 2017
A major new article has been uploaded to the Resources section of the website today. A39, A plan for your communications, can be found on the Articles page.
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Outline for a composite Church Financial Policy published
8th December 2016
Just uploaded to the site today is a particularly innovative set of Training Notes. These provide an outline for an overall Church Financial Policy covering a wide range of areas.
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New resources for Church Administrators
8th November 2016
The latest UCAN News Update has just been uploaded to the UCAN news page of the website. This is restricted to members of UCAN who need to log in.
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Exit interviews are for everyone
7th October 2016
A new set of Training Notes promoting exit interviews has been uploaded to the site today. TN95, Exit interviews for everyone, can be found on the Training Notes page.
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Explanation of Operations Manager appointments published
9th August 2016
A major new article on church Operations Manager posts has just been uploaded to the Articles page of this website. It explains how these posts are being developed, outlines five key purposes and describes 18 possible areas of responsibility.
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Helping leaders and workers become self-aware
2nd June 2016
A new set of Training Notes on self-awareness has just been uploaded to the Resources section of the website. This is designed especially for church and mission leaders, staff and all who belong to teams.
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Church announcements need to be done well
13th April 2016
New training notes added to the website are not ashamed to take a humble activity and show how to do it well. And now for the notices is the title of Training Notes TN93 uploaded to the site this month.
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Exemptions to the 2010 Equalities Act explained
31st March 2016
A new set of Training Notes just published explains the issues for being able to advertise a staff post open only to someone holding the Christian faith. How genuine are your GORs? explores the use of Genuine Occupational Requirements that many churches cite for posts. But can churches justify this use of the term? In some cases, probably not.
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Training on handling paperwork goes into print
8th February 2016
Two articles on sorting out clergy studies have just been uploaded to the Resources section of the website. The material also applies to other church and mission staff who work from a central office.
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Consultancy assignment list updated
5th January 2016
The Assignments page on this website was updated today to provide an accurate idea of current consultancy work. There are lists of typical areas of advice both for church leaderships and for individual Christian leaders and staff.
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