The Church Office

In this podcast Gavin had the opportunity to chat with 5 guests and find out what they enjoyed about the Terry Virgo Podcast. Loads of really good practical advice and reflections. If you missed the podcast with Terry Virgo then please check out the link below.   https://www.thechurchoffice.co.uk/blog/an-interview-with-terry-virgo

It was an absolute pleasure to sit down and chat with Terry Virgo about the role church administration and our good friend Nigel Ring played in enabling his work and ministry to take place. Listen in as we touch on church planting, prophecy, developing and building teams and ways to work well together.

A quick pod!  Gav and Lew travelled to East Sussex this week (you’ll have to listen in to find out why). On the way home they took a few moments to look back over the first two years of The Church Office.

Almost every church we know has faced a shortage of volunteers over the past few years.  Gavin takes the opportunity to chat to John Truscott about his 12 recommendations that help support people in church to serve.  I love the fact that John challenges our thinking and helps us to build a culture of serving and discipleship.   In the video John references two training notes on his website. ‍ Serving in a Post-Covid Church Every member on active service ‍

Join Gavin and Anna Wood, the Operations Director for Cornerstone Liverpool, as they talk through the third part of our results for the Check-in survey, the Bad Habits of a Church Administrator.  Thank you for everyone who took part in the survey and shared their Bad habits with us. 

Join Gavin and Anna Wood, the Operations Director for Cornerstone Liverpool, as they talk through the second part of our results for the Check-in survey, the Good Habits of a Church Administrator. Thank you for everyone who took part in the survey and shared their Good habits with us. The result were so encouraging and inspiring.

Join Gavin and Lewis Roderick, one of the pastors at Christchurch Newport, as they talk through the first part of our results for the Check-in survey. They talk through the struggles they faced early on in their working relationship, where people were experiencing grace in their work currently and verses that are encouraging us this year.

In this podcast Gavin and Penny share their thoughts and takeaway points from the recent UCAN Cutting Edge Conference. The theme this year was all about Doing More with Less. With fewer financial resources, fewer staff and fewer volunteers delivering “business as usual” has never been more challenging.

Gavin had the opportunity this week to chat to Joel Morris the Executive Director of Union.  Joel serves behind the scenes co-ordinating and leading administration and operations. He has a very interesting back ground in engineering and nuclear power, as he shares a little bit about his story.  It was lovely to hear his heart to serve and equip the church in all the aspects of their work.  If you have not hear of Union they exists to grow leaders through their School of Theology, supporting church planting through their Mission network, as well as helping believers delight in Christ through their Publishing initiative.  You can find out more about their work by visiting www.ust.ac.uk  

Ever wondered what a Church Administrator gets up to in the week? Gavin and Becky share their to do lists on the podcast, encouraging each other and enjoying the huge diversity of the tasks ahead. On the podcast Gavin and Becky mentioned two UCAN events for those in the UK to get involved in. PLEASE SEE THE LINKS BELOW. Cutting Edge Conference Bench Marking Survey