Every church that decides to share space with a non-church group needs a set of policies. These policies will help your tenants know exactly what is expected of them. It will also protect the church from liabilities for accidents or taxes. It will establish the procedures you will follow from initial inquiry to a successful …
Month: November 2020
My guess is that most churches have almost no idea what it costs them to operate their buildings as rentals. Plus, if you are United Methodist, you have additional hidden costs which can be cancerous to the operation, which we will discuss later. When you operate a business, it is important to understand your costs. …
People pay money to attend events in your building. This helps to pay for the building. The most obvious way this happens is that your congregation’s members and friends give money in the plate and with annual contributions. When outside groups ask to rent part or all of our facility, we may ask them to …
It was the phone call no pastor wants to take – the County Tax Collector’s office. When my secretary told me who was calling, I thought it was a joke. It was no joke. A non-profit missionary group had been using a room on the second floor for years. The church got a monthly check …
I’ve noticed a lot of churches today are reorganizing their operating structure. I hear about Simple Board Governance, Single Board Operations, Streamlining, Downsizing, Effective Ministry, Winning Teams, and on and on. All of them are attempts to create new more efficient operating procedures. There is an old truism that comes to mind: “Any plan will …
So, your team just won the World Series and you are on your way home from Disneyland/world, and you think to yourself, how do I keep this level of high performance from this great team? For all the great stories about teams that went from last to first – even Jesus tells some stories about …
I’ll tell you a little secret, I will drop out of any team, committee, or board that strives after mediocrity. There are many people you will encounter in life who are just happy to get by pursuing the path of least resistance or are just happy to get something over with regardless of the quality …
Do you feel like your church has been going through a long period of losing seasons? Do your councils, boards, and committees feel defeated and discouraged? Is there a lot of complaining about what you don’t have enough of to build on: people, money, resources? How do you build a winning team when there is …
One of the areas where teams often fail is the overlooked aspect of teaching the team. It comes as no surprise that one of the reasons people stop volunteering to help in the work of the local church is that they felt they were thrown into a job they were willing to do, but no …
OK, admit it, getting picked to be on a team was one of the most traumatic experiences of grade school. The popular and athletic kids got picked first. The unpopular, dorky, geeky, and less athletic kids got picked last. The worst feeling in the world was being the last kid standing, everyone is looking at …