Ben Oliveira sends his best. He misses you and your wife, Ina. He has a question, in 74 d, is the reasoning for the wording because there is a concern that elders and deacons would be circumvented? Or, is there another explanation?
As the administrative assistant at our church I would not want to be paid for my substitute's hours and then have to pay them. I am paying taxes on that and that is being counted as my income. Granted, I work 26 hours per week. Some of the people that cover for me volunteer their time (projection, church website) others get paid (bulletin). The person who fills in for the bulletin for me is also on staff so it gets added to her check. While it may be extra work, it would be the proper way to handle such a situation.
Keith, thank you so much for bringing this up. I have felt the same way. In reading "behind the new name". I feel like we are putting Christian Reformed on at the end because we "have to" not because we "want to." Resonate is moving away from using reference to the CRC as a way to "break down barriers"? We ARE Christian Reformed, that IS our identity. Why are we hiding it? Churches are changing their names and dropping the CRC because they don't want to "offend" people or they want to seem more "inviting". I fear the direction our denomination is heading when we no longer want to identify with who and what we are truly about.
Posted in: Church Order Article 73
Ben Oliveira sends his best. He misses you and your wife, Ina. He has a question, in 74 d, is the reasoning for the wording because there is a concern that elders and deacons would be circumvented? Or, is there another explanation?
Posted in: When Was Article 73 Amended?
Thank you! We are using your book as a resource, in fact, it is a regular resource in our church.
Posted in: Paying Employee Substitutes
As the administrative assistant at our church I would not want to be paid for my substitute's hours and then have to pay them. I am paying taxes on that and that is being counted as my income. Granted, I work 26 hours per week. Some of the people that cover for me volunteer their time (projection, church website) others get paid (bulletin). The person who fills in for the bulletin for me is also on staff so it gets added to her check. While it may be extra work, it would be the proper way to handle such a situation.
Posted in: Ashamed of Our Christian Reformed Identity
Keith, thank you so much for bringing this up. I have felt the same way. In reading "behind the new name". I feel like we are putting Christian Reformed on at the end because we "have to" not because we "want to." Resonate is moving away from using reference to the CRC as a way to "break down barriers"? We ARE Christian Reformed, that IS our identity. Why are we hiding it? Churches are changing their names and dropping the CRC because they don't want to "offend" people or they want to seem more "inviting". I fear the direction our denomination is heading when we no longer want to identify with who and what we are truly about.
Posted in: Developing Trust With Your Team
How does this work when the leaders are the council, a group of volunteers that is constantly in rotation, and their vision is constantly changing?