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The Church Facility Management Conference You Can’t Miss

Keeping the church buildings and grounds clean, safe, and well-maintained isn’t easy. It’s also one of those roles that doesn’t get much attention unless something goes wrong. How many “comments” would you hear if the A/C died during a Texas summer?!. Thankfully, the team at Smart Church Solutions knows all about properly maintaining church facilities. They’re hosting a virtual conference on church facility management that you simply can’t miss. Here are a few details about the upcoming Virtual Church Facility Management Conference: Who is Smart Church Solutions? If you’re not familiar with them yet, Smart Church Solutions is an incredible resource for church facility managers. They provide consulting to church leaders on church facility stewardship along with eSPACE, their facility management software. eSPACE helps you schedule events, manage work orders, track assets, coordinate preventative maintenance, and more. They also offer several free resources and eBooks to support church leaders as they seek to be faithful stewards of the facilities God entrusted to them. What can you expect to learn from the Virtual Church Facility Management Conference? Detailed cleaning and maintenance recommendations, budgeting tips, managing facilities and technology, and more are just a few topics they’ll cover at the conference. Speakers include: Tim Cool, Founder of Smart Church Solutions Nathan Parr, Facility Specialist at Smart Church Solutions Thom Rainer, Founder & CEO of Church Answers Colby May, Founder of LIT Consulting David Fletcher, Founder of XPastor …and more! This is a virtual (online) conference, so there’s no travel or lodging expenses to deal with. The conference sessions will be live on September 14-15. Recorded sessions will be made available to those who register. However, you’ll want to tune in live for Q&A during each session. What are the details? Date: September 14-15 Where: At your computer How to Register: Click here to register today Cost: $50 (receive 20$ off with the code “VELOCITY”) The team at Smart Church Solutions are top-notch professionals with a passion for serving the local church. If you have any responsibility for maintaining church facilities, this is an excellent opportunity to learn from the best at a very reasonable price.

5 Church Administration Time-Saving Tools

Jake Douglas

Time. It’s the most precious commodity yet the one we have the least of. That’s why saving time is a constant goal for church leaders with busy schedules. One way to save time is by streamlining church administration tasks. When you work behind-the-scenes in the church office, you’ve got plenty of plates spinning. Coordinating events, fixing a website issue, plus a ton of other tasks are all in a day’s work. While I can’t trim your to-do list, I can recommend the following tools to make your job a bit easier. #1 – Project Management Software Asana, Basecamp, Trello, Monday, ClickUp, are a few of the excellent project management tools available. Most have a free or trial version you can use to see which one works best for you and your team. Complete the form below to receive a free Project Management Tools Overview guide (including information on the top software vendors): #2 – Expense Tracking App Keeping track of receipts for an expense report can be a pain. Instead of shuffling through your purse or wallet for that last receipt, use an app on your phone. Quickly snap a picture of a receipt immediately after making a purchase. Assign the appropriate expense code(s) and have a collection of electronic receipts ready for your next expense report. Staff members who forget receipts and finance team members responsible for collecting accurate data will all appreciate the convenience of an app. Two of the top contenders in this category are Divvy and Zoho Expense. #3 – Church Management System (ChMS) As a church grows, you need an easy way to maintain up-to-date records regarding church members and visitors. Contact information, family relationships, baptism dates, and more are a few examples of data you can use to minister to your congregation. A robust church management system enables your team to maintain accurate information, create follow-up workflows, keep tithe records, and more. There are many options available when it comes to ChMS tools. A few examples include Planning Center, Rock RMS, Fellowship One, Breeze, ACS, Elexio, ShelbyNext, Faith Teams, and TouchPoint. #4 – Facility Management Software From facility maintenance requests to tracking who reserved a room, facility management software can help your team stay on top of things. Smart Church Solutions has an excellent tool called eSPACE. Within this software, you can manage inventory, manage work orders, reserve facility rooms and resources, schedule preventative maintenance, and more. #5 – The Church Operations Toolkit At the risk of sounding self-promotional, the Church Operations Toolkit can save your church time and money. Within the Toolkit are templates, how-to guides, expert interviews, and resources to make church administration and operations tasks easier. Instead of spending hours searching online for a template, simply log into the Church Operations Toolkit and download one in minutes. There’s no magic formula to knocking out your to-do list (if only!). However, these are a few tools to make being productive a bit easier. Oh, and if you’re like me and consider coffee a productivity tool…Can I get an amen? 🙂

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