We hope you are doing well and enjoying the change of season as we approach the end of the year.

This month we have been focusing all our attention on our conferences- Mind the GAP. Thank you so much for all the encouragement, love and support we have received and for everyone who attended. Both conferences were such a joy and we all learned from each other and our wonderful speakers about what it is like to be working in the GAP between vision and delivery.

We hope this is the first of many conferences and that it was a blessing to everyone who participated.

What have we been up to recently?

PODCASTS

• In this podcast episode, Gavin and Anna introduce the vision behind the Mind the GAP conference, created for anyone serving in the space between vision and delivery.
• After 22 years as a primary school teacher, Janet Sutherland sensed God leading her into a completely new chapter, first as a church administrator and later as a church manager. Listen here as Gavin chats and hears her story.

DOCUMENT TEMPLATES

We have updated a number of our existing documents including:

• Maintenance Risk Assessment Manual- This is an editable manual of risk assessments for maintenance work including risk assessments for use of ladders, use of power tools, use of hand tools, housekeeping and more.
• Church Admin Assistant Job Description- This is an editable job description template for a church admin assistant.
• Maintenance Team Member Job Description- This is an editable job description template for a maintenance team member.
• Church Administrator Job Description- This is an editable job description for the church administrator.
• Church Communications Officer Job Description- This is an editable job description for the church communications officer.

JOB ADVERTISEMENT:

We have had the joy of working with CityGate Norwich last year for a Back Office Review and are delighted to be advertising their job post for an Operational Director. To learn more about this post, please click here.

If there are other documents or podcast topics you would find helpful - or if there is anything you would value prayer or support with - please don’t hesitate to contact us at info@thechurchoffice.co.uk.

Grace to you,

Gavin and The Church Office Team

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