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Looking after your church and churchyard
▶
Accessibility and Conservation
Caring for Churchyards
Routine Maintenance
Working with the DAC
Giving and Funding
▶
Ways-to-give
▶
Regular giving
▶
Parish Giving Scheme
Cash and envelopes
Standing orders
Online giving
▶
Give a little
Parish Giving Scheme one-off gifts
easyfundraising
Contactless giving
Legacies
Collection plate re-imagined
Tax efficient giving
Resourcing a generous church
▶
Planned giving reviews
Generosity week
Teaching about generosity
Treasurers
▶
Diocesan Cashbook
New treasurers
Appointing a treasurer
Handling of PCC funds
▶
Bank account guidance
Offerings and collections
Banking
Record keeping
Fund accounting
Budgets
Reserves
Accounting and returns
▶
Preparing Annual Financial Statements
Finance forms & returns
Auditors/independent examiners
Banking & investment
▶
Parish Trusts
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Is God calling me to be a chaplain?
Is God calling me to be a vicar?
Shared local ministry
▶
Lay ministry pathway
Shared local ministry explained
Celebration of Lay Ministries
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▶
Anna Chaplaincy
Chaplaincy in schools
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Chaplains: making a difference during Covid
Developing Chaplaincy in the Church of England
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Common Tenure
Clergy housing
Financial support
Life to the Max and Family Max
Extended Ministerial Development Leave
Self-supporting Ministry Advisers
Mentoring
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Clergy Disciplinary Measure
Clergy payroll changes March 2023
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Curates
Evangelists
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▶
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▶
How to become an LWA
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Pioneering in Bath and Wells
What is a pioneer?
Pioneer Project 2018-2025
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New Christian communities
Greenhouse
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