Knowledge is Power!

People Cannot Respond to What They do not Know! (L. Hext)

People Cannot Share What They do not Know! (L. Hext)

Schedule a workshop
for your church or your Ministerial Association

~~The length and topics of workshops are negotiable~~

Cost of Workshops   
Free - within the Portland, OR & Vancouver, WA area
Otherwise -- travel expenses are negotiable

Contact:  Louella Gleason Hext  (workshop facilitator) 
  lghext@yahoo.com

 You Get to choose the topics of the Workshop!

Topics can be any of the following:

___ Organizing for Efficiency & Effectiveness.
___ Setting up a “User-friendly” Church Office.
___ Communication — Improve Methods & Systems.
___ Working with Committees, Groups, & Volunteers.
___ Compiling Desk Reference & Policy Manuals.
___ Bulletins & Newsletters—Inform & Invite!
___ Forms—Use Them to Improve Communication.
___ Pastor Transition Checklists 
___ Visitors - What Will Help Them Feel Welcomed?
___ New Members - Assimilate into the Church Family

Church Secretary/Administrative Assistant Experience:
Stewardship Baptist Church - Hayward, CA;    Parkdale Baptist Church - Corpus Christi, TX;
First Presbyterian Church - La Grande, OR;     First United Methodist Church - Mansfield, PA.

My church office experience includes working with both small and large membership churches encompassing United Methodist (185 members), Presbyterian (295 members), and Southern Baptist denominations (one had over 1300 members). This experience covers a number of denominational polities and procedures as well as the variety of activities encountered in the different size churches.

Certified as a Professional United Methodist Church Secretary with the class of 2007;

Emory University -- Candler Theological Seminary (Atlanta, Georgia).

Member of PAUMCS .  Professional Association of United Methodist Church Secretaries.     Learn about Paumcs. 

Business, Teaching, and Speaking Experience:
  Owned and managed three travel agencies in eastern Oregon.
  Taught music in a christian school in Texas.

  Taught piano and organ lessons since age 16.

  Presentations about living in Saudia Arabia for five years.

  Traveled to over 25 countries while living in Saudi Arabia.

  Presented workshops in Pennsylvania area.

  Design and build websites.

  Author of book:  Church Office Manager  (www.churchofficemanager.com)

  Member of Longview Community Church.

  Currently a Deacon & V.P. of Women's Fellowship Board.


Updated: March 9, 2012

Empower the people doing the ministry
in your church…
give them information!

 

Empowering Your Leadership!

Empowering Leadership is defined as...
"Equipping, supporting, motivating and mentoring individuals
to become all that God wants them to be."

The description above is Quality characteristic #1
from the book The ABC’s of Natural Church Development by Christian A.Schwarz.

"Church Office Manager"
Empower Pastors & the People
Doing the Ministry of Your Church!"

Author:  Louella Gleason Hext
Link to: the book and author information

Much of the content at the workshops are from the book: