Not too long ago, we had the good fortune of moving an existing staff member into an Operations Pastor role. For the most part, she focuses on the facility. It's big enough for a whole staff of people, but having her in the position is a great start. Basically, she is now the coordinator of the volunteer team that does the actual work. One of the first things I said to our new Operations Pastor, in the first few … [Read more...]
Facility Outreach
Casting Vision For Using Church Property As An Outreach Tool
From the very beginning, our vision for our facility was somewhat unique. We said we wanted our facility to be used by the community 24 x 7. We were not going to have the kind of building where we lock the doors on Sunday afternoon and reopen the following Sunday morning. We wanted the kind of campus that people came to throughout the week for all kinds of different reasons. While I would acknowledge that most … [Read more...]
Room And Resource Management
For a long time now we've been using Microsoft Outlook to manage our various meeting spaces and other resources. We've considered doing something else a number of times and have always come back to Exchange (Outlook) as the best tool for doing this type of thing. Well, maybe that was correct before, but it's not the case now. Are you aware of what Church Community Builder has done with their web-based church … [Read more...]