Church Administration & Compassion
Effective church administration allows each community of faith to operate to its fullest potential and creates space for all people to grow, worship, and serve. Attending to the details of congregational life involves organization and inspiration, along with conflict resolution and stress management at times.
How does compassion and the love that Jesus taught about provide us examples for doing ministry today?
Contact Harriet to have further conversation about how compassion relates to building a community of faith. Compassion towards others, starts with us having compassion for ourselves.
Even Jesus knew that he needed time. He stepped back from his preaching, teaching and mentoring to have time with God.
You will receive:
Raw & Unfinished - Through God Grace You Are Loved, By Harriet Wilkin
Accommodations for People with Learning and Developmental Disabilities in a Community of Faith Setting, By Harriet Wilkin
Plus, additional resources written by Harriet Wilkin
Church Administration & Building Relationships
Where is God? Where is the community?
What does it look like to build a relationship with God and relationships with people in your ministry context What does it look like to be inclusive in worship design and program development?
Contact Harriet to have more conversation about those questions and others you might have regarding building your faith community for doing ministry in today's world.
You will receive materials written by Harriet Wilkin
Serving in Your Ministry Context
Strategic Planning
Year 1 -Take time to evaluate the current ministry work of the faith community and look at what is working and not working, which includes administration committees, programs and community involvement.
Then start by making a list to prioritize what needs to be done first then move down the list. If new items come to her attention, the list will be updated. Which also includes examining the community at large to see who the congregation can partner with to share resources and develop ministry.
Year 2 – After taking the first year to get to know the faith community and the surrounding community and learning the intricates of the faith community. Continue working with the church leadership to define where God is calling them in ministry and with whom to be in ministry with. Are they supposed to be centered on children, youth, young adult or adult ministry? Is God calling them end something and to begin something new?
Continue to network and to build community partnership. This includes partnering with the local community and to expand ministry the gifts of those who attend the faith community into the local community.
Year 3 – Continue building the community of faith and building the bridges to the local community. This includes further evaluating the ministries that have been established and new ones from the first year to see if they are still vital to the local community and growing the body of the community of faith.
Years 4 & 5 – The 4th and 5th years of ministry are to be negotiated with the leadership and/ or pastor regarding additional support time for ministry work. To consider items that still need to be addressed within and with further developing partnerships in the local community.
You will receive materials written by Harriet Wilkin
Finance and Church Administration
Explore the financial aspects of church administration and how to budget to be in mission rather than budgeting just to keep the doors of the church open and the lights on.
Contact Harriet to help you to create a narrative budget, methods for developing a sermon series on being focused on mission and not money in the offering plate, and how to encourage generosity through gifts and offerings.
How can giving foster a growing and involved ministry and mission to your local community?
You will receive:
Telling Your Church’s Faith Story, by Harriet Wilkin
Plus, additional resources written by Harriet Wilkin
Courses will be up soon!
Email Harriet at h.wilkin.center@gmail.com - to be placed on the waiting list.
What courses interests you?
How can Harriet support you in your ministry work?
Harriet will provide resources that she has written to be used, as well as additional resources to be used during the time of working together. We will meet once a week for 4 weeks: check-in, go over material for each week, and take time for spiritual care. The time together will be for an hour. Unlimited email.
To contact Harriet:
h.wilkin.center@gmail.com
