Walking in faith blogs from a Church Administrator Assistant

I’ve been employed with a local church for ten year’s and four years ago the administrator Assistant walked off the job. Doors were opened up to me. With the approval of our staff parish I was given the opportunity to shine. As I stepped in a messy office with no organization, the challenge was great. My head spun end of year Reports were all due and nothing had been done. Codes passwords nowhere to be found, following her work was nearly impossible. At this church there is only two personal in the office our Pastor and Me. Our pastor was going through back surgery as I became the administrator and she was gone most of the time. I knew then I was on my own. It was sink or swim. There was conflict with the last administrator and I had the feeling some members wanted me to sink. But this only fluid the fire.

• Tea Toast & Trivia Podcast Reading of Liars and ThievesJune 1, 2021
  Once again, I’m visiting with Rebecca Budd over at Tea Toast & Trivia. This time I’m reading a couple of snippets from my book Liars and Thieves. The… Tea Toast & Trivia Podcast Reading of Liars and Thieves
• New Project: VirtuesMay 31, 2021
  Now that the Pismo Series has been completed, I have been working on some ideas for my next project: Virtues. Some of the these ideas have been … New Project: Virtues

As you can imagine, things were a mess. I can remember going through piles and piles of messy paperwork stacked in every corner of the office, Monthly financial reports investment reports and taxes reports all disarray… I struggled as I learned it was the busy part of the year. Charity’s needed there yearly donations. Yearly taxes were due, annual conference booklets needed to be made, and monthly tithes and wages were all due more and more stacked up on my desk. For three months my self-esteem sunk lower and lower. What was I going to do…