Welcome to Church Office Manager
"Empower Pastors & the People Doing the Ministry of Your Church"
Provide an Efficient, Well-organized &
User-Friendly Church Office
by Louella Gleason Hext, Church Secretary
lghext@yahoo.com
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This book will help the people who work in your church office (paid staff and volunteers) to be more effective and efficient. It is designed so that you can go directly to any chapter that interests you without having to read the previous chapters. Included through out the book are questionnaires and surveys that help you evaluate your church office, your office staff, and your methods and techniques for getting the work done.
Chapters 1 & 2 are about the church office and the people working in the office.
Chapter 3 is about getting ready for change.
Chapter 4 addresses the topic of communication - it is a responsibility.
Chapter 5 will show how to set up a "user-friendly" office. If you are a list maker - you will enjoy this chapter! It provides lists and ideas of what to put in your own "Desk Reference Manual", which can be a valuable source of information. Besides being available as daily reference guide - it can also be used as an orientation and training resource for new employees. Everyone will find it very informative!
Chapter 6-10 is the "how to..." section. Topics will include creating worship bulletins, newsletters, working with committees, doing an inventory of the contents of your church property, getting the office ready for volunteers, training volunteers, etc.
This book is for anyone who works in the church office - pastors, secretaries, and volunteers.
The appendix will include:
Forms: building use requests, wedding information forms, inventory forms, etc. Policies: personnel policies, building use policies, computer use policies, etc.
Samples: welcome brochures, committee descriptions, job descriptions.
Samples of lists such as public relations checklist, "The Work of the Church - Who Does It?", "Who Wants to Know?" , the "Who Do... List", and much more.
For questions or comments contact Louella Gleason Hext lghext@yahoo.com
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 - Professional Association of United Methodist Church Secretaries.
Just a touch of humor! I recently realized that I need to either hurry up and get this book published or get a face lift. The picture at the top of this website is not me -- but I was told it resembled me.
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