parish funding officer
DESCRIPTION
Parish Funding Officer. Hours per week, over three days. Stewardship Gift Aid Funding for Projects Training Together Governance VAT. Provincial Stewardship Executive / GenRus. Organise venue Get agenda produced, agreed and circulated Arrange visiting speakers Take minutes - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Parish Funding Officer
• Stewardship• Gift Aid• Funding for Projects• Training Together• Governance• VAT
Hours per week, over three days
Provincial Stewardship Executive / GenRus
• Organise venue• Get agenda produced, agreed and circulated• Arrange visiting speakers• Take minutes• Produce minutes and distribute• Only two paid officers so generally share work
arising
Use Networks
• GenRus• Senior Staff• Steering Groups/Standing Committee• Provincial Staff• Parishes• National Stewardship Officer• North West Stewarship
Toolkit
• Website• Training Sessions• E-Newsletter• Pro-formas• Email• Twitter• Meetings @ Office instead of parish• Diary Management
What I Try To Provide
– Acknowledgement– Motivation– Inspiration– Resources– Encouragement– Celebration
Typical Parish
• Meet with cleric (office – daytime)• Meet with parish (parish – evening)– GFL Questionnaire– Dragons Den– Present GFL– Let them identify gaps– Play DVD to inspire (Rich or Today by Rob Bell)– Recruit Task Group
Typical Parish
• Meet with task group (in parish daytime or evening)– Identify jobs to be done– Identify responsible people– Set deadlines
• Meet with task group – Check progress
• Meet with cleric to discuss preaching/teaching
Giving For Life In A Typical Parish
• Work on articulating vision by task group– Quick and dirty– Strategic and comprehensive
• Decide on which resources are appropriate– Investing In Mission– Giving In Grace– Seasons of Giving
• Preaching and Teaching by cleric• Thank yous by Gift Aid Secretary