Secretaries

Teach yourself to constantly ask, “How would Pastor want this done?” The answer is not, “hap-hazard,” or “mediocre.” Certainly the answer is, “with excellence.” Don’t allow yourself to accept “good enough.”

In this article, we will see tools that can help your office be more organized and run smoothly when they are implemented into your daily workflow. What systems can help your office be more organized?

If you serve on the support staff of your church, you play a critical role in the daily success of the ministry! Don’t forget as you are daily mired in details, questions, problems, lists and the needs of people, that you are helping your pastor do the work of the ministry.

John Kenneth Galbraith was a noted economist in the early 1900s who was called upon by many dignitaries to help sort the economic markets. He wrote the following story in his autobiography about his housekeeper:

What is a “motto”? It is a brief statement used to express a principle, goal, or idea; or it is a saying that reminds us of a truth. Here are some mottos of our support staff:

We know that God’s business is the greatest business! Therefore, what you do for your pastor is very important and very serious.

Have you ever wondered what skills are necessary to be successful in an office? Do you wonder if you have what it takes to “make it?”

I don’t mean hand off all your work. I mean, if there are those who can and are willing to help you, prioritize those tasks that only you can do and ask someone else to do those other tasks that someone else can do.

Every office has a personality, and chemistry is when the personality of the staff is the same as the personality of the office.

Whether you are behind the scenes giving support in an office role in a classroom setting or at home, you are vitally needed and just as important as those out on the front lines.

You can be an extension of your pastor and your ministry team leader. Extend means to stretch or

The phrase I want to key in on here is, observe to do. There are two parts here – observing and doing.

The phrase I want to key in on here is, “in the way.” It says, “I am here.” Sometimes my dog is in the way. She is blocking the path on which I want to walk. In this post, “In the way,” doesn’t mean being an obstruction, but it means you can find me and I am approachable.

The dictionary is one of my favorite resources for unlocking the meaning of Bible words. Recently, I studied the word consistency. If, before I started studying the word, you asked me what consistency meant I would have said