Much of the content at the workshops will be taken from the book:

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

Author:  Louella Gleason Hext
Click here to learn more about the book

Topics of workshops will include...

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 

Sample Agenda
                                                           

 

Schedule a workshop
for your church or 
your ministerium

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

For more information about workshops -
contact Louella Gleason Hext
(workshop facilitator).  lghext@yahoo.com

 Getting the Conversation Started

Would you like to suggest improvements in your church,
but don't know how to approach the topic
with the church leaders?

Starting the conversation can lead to improvement.

Scheduling a workshop can be a conversation starter.

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Pastors, Secretaries, personnel committee members.



Church Office Manager/Secretary 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 .   Learn about Paumcs.  Professional Association of United Methodist Church Secretaries.