Happy Friday!
From the beginning of my time as Developmental Minister, we have been talking about this time as an opportunity to experiment in a multitude of ways. One experiment we are now embarking upon reshuffles some roles on the staff team. Joe Voltolini, our wonderful bookkeeper, will be retiring this fall. We are grateful to Joe for his many faithful years of service – more years than he even wanted to count!
In the wake of Joe’s departure, we are going to try distributing our programming tasks in a different way. Many of you may not know that Rev. Kelli is a trained bookkeeper! It is a role she left behind when she entered the ministry, but which she is still eminently qualified for. She will be taking on the major bookkeeping tasks for us, maintaining her role of overseeing stewardship, membership activities, and leading and participating in worship. Brian Hagemann, Director of Administration, will take on some bookkeeping tasks to ensure that we have appropriate checks and balances. Amber Scott, our Director of Religious Exploration, will be assuming the Adult Programs portfolio, which would make her position “Life-Span” which is how many RE Directors now work.
We have high hopes that this redistribution of tasks will allow us to accomplish our work and also help address our budget shortfall. We will evaluate the results of this experiment in December, even as we re-examine compensation for some of the roles in our staff. Rest assured we are working on a plan for addressing our budget shortfall.
Please feel free to contact myself, Rev. Kelli, Brian or Amber about any questions you may have.
We appreciate your support in these challenging times!
Rev. Terasa
Developmental Minister |
