Parish Funding Officer

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

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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