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

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

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

Link to:   Workshop  #1 
Church Office Management

Link to:   Workshop #2
Communicate Effectively...So Visitors Return and Members Stay!

 

Schedule a workshop
for your church or  your ministerium

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

Cost of Workshops   
Currently I request reimbursement for expenses. 

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

Hospitality - Greeting and Caring for Visitors
 and New attenders

The following link will take you to an article about hospitality:

Greeting and Caring for Visitors


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 
Visitors - What Will Help Them Feel Welcomed?
New Members - Assimilate into the Church Family

 

 

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.


 Updated: December 23, 2011