I recently took a Sunday off from the church where I work in Temecula, California, and attended a much larger church in Fontana. I believe it's a wonderfully healthy experience to see how other churches "do" Sunday mornings. If I'm being totally honest, I had a serious case of facility envy. Their …
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Church Benefits: Selecting the Best Time Off Plan
One of the most stressful times at work is the week before I go on vacation. It's not because I think I'm so important that the organization cannot go on without me; I just don't want to burden others to handle my stuff. Like so many other organizations, our church trimmed its staff to create …
Top 3 Ways to Invest Church Budget Resources
Before 2020, I used relatively few sources when researching church giving data. But something happened during the pandemic that changed all of that. Maybe it was all the time I had while isolated at home that I suddenly felt compelled to find as much information about everything as possible. Or, …
Top 3 Areas Church Budgets Overspend
As churches look at the upcoming fiscal year's budget, it's not uncommon for the budget projection to be flat or down in these uncertain financial times. During inflationary periods, this usually means more dollars spent on operational costs and fewer dollars left to invest in fulfilling the …
Creating Church Budget Assumptions
Do you know the kind of person where everything seems to go their way? I'm not talking about working hard and getting a promotion, working out and getting better at a sport, or getting an education and getting the job you always wanted. I'm talking about the person who is usually the 10th caller on …
Church Budget Categories – Student Ministries
I remember 1976 for many reasons. It was the bicentennial celebration for the United States, Happy Days ruled TV, the NBA and ABA officially merged, Jimmy Carter was elected President of the United States, and it was also the year I left elementary school and started middle school. What I remember …
