I volunteer as mail person, responsible to open and distribute incoming e-mail or snail mail. I also manage the membership data, in conjunction with the pastoral committee.
I like playing chess, collecting stamps and doing geneology. I have little time for any of these great activities.
A also prepared for distribution 52 Catechism sermons prepared by my father 1960-1972
Confessio Augustana (Canada) Ltd is distributing nine tracts on comparing Islam and Christianity. I find them well written and thought out. Is there any attempt to provide CRC churches with similar material?
CRC news had an article on iGPS — the Inter-agency Global Partnership Strategy which I found interesting and possibly helpful.
The permission guidelines for US churches was helpful. Are the guidelines for Canadian churches identical?
Once I decide that an organization is worthy, I put it in a list. I edit it from time to time, in case I get bad news or good news. To choose from such a large list of worthy causes, I let a...
Personally, I try and avoid being influenced by appeals for my gifts by cleverly worded appeals. I keep a list of worthy causes and when I open the document, the software chooses one in the list...
My parents worked hard to keep things together. That was a blessing to our family. My mom was a stay at home mom and every Monday they took the day off to spend time together. When all the kids...
We are a church without paid staff. Hence a system has been set up so people can volunteer electronically with occasional appeals via email and announcements at church.
When I visit another congregation I like to scan the bulletin to see what is going on. Yes, many bulletins get discarded, How many members actually look at the church's web site or other...
Hi Rob:
There are various ways to be ordained in the CRC. See https://www.crcna.org/candidacy/journey-toward-ordination
It does take some time since the church and local Classis will...
I am assuming that the local church still has Sunday services where the congregation gathers for prayer, listening to the word, and song, as well as education for the children. In such a setting...
We use gmail to send messages. Having about 125 addresses, we first had problems with hotmail accounts, then all of a sudden gmail sent the messages back generally because we tried and send too...
On line activities for churches. Very interesting article. Devices are becoming alike in many ways. Phones can access the internet and do email, access web sites. Desk top devices can use apps...
The church I belong to decided when it started to rent facilities rather than own them. This frees space for others and we only use electricity when we use the building. Of course it is up to the...