Parish Giving Officers
The Role
The role of a parish giving officer is to encourage giving and stewardship from within their congregation. It is ideal if they are a member of the PCC, as they will be able to bring a stewardship perspective to PCC discussions. The four key tasks are
- To communicate the budget in narrative form (telling the story using words rather than numbers)
- To promote giving within the parish and encourage teaching on giving and stewardship
- To work with the PCC as it decides on a Giving Programme and subsequent annual reviews
- To ensure that the church thanks its planned givers at least once a year
More information can be found on the parish resources website [click here]
A leaflet about Parish Giving Officers in Chelmsford Diocese can be downloaded here
Resources
Many resources are available from Martin's 'useful links' page [click here].
In particular the parish resources website provides specific resources for the various tasks of a parish giving officer [click here]
Training and networking
Martin offers regular initial training for those nominated by PCCs whether they are commited to the ministry or undecided and wanting to know more. Please cantact Martin to discover when the next training event will be. Martin is also happy to give one-to-one training.
Martin also organises occasional network meetings for those who have received initial training. At the network meetings new resources are offered, issues discussed and, most important of all, experience shared
Please contact Martin for dates of future training and networking events mwood@chelmsford.anglican.org
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