<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477283573356733846</id><updated>2012-02-16T14:46:26.448-08:00</updated><title type='text'>thechurchoffice.net</title><subtitle type='html'>Tips and tricks for those in church administration that don't take themselves too seriously.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3477283573356733846/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Ed Jones - ed.jones@eccu.org</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16490562886200402178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5QzjsBRqsyA/SwO1XLt6z-I/AAAAAAAAAPA/GRN9zAnIGSM/S220/10857_1150376635098_1098071871_30376961_5413458_n.jpeg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477283573356733846.post-6063741534452501626</id><published>2010-08-04T09:07:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-04T09:07:22.163-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Test</title><content type='html'>Test&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3477283573356733846-6063741534452501626?l=thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com/feeds/6063741534452501626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com/2010/08/test_04.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3477283573356733846/posts/default/6063741534452501626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3477283573356733846/posts/default/6063741534452501626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com/2010/08/test_04.html' title='Test'/><author><name>Ed Jones - ed.jones@eccu.org</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16490562886200402178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5QzjsBRqsyA/SwO1XLt6z-I/AAAAAAAAAPA/GRN9zAnIGSM/S220/10857_1150376635098_1098071871_30376961_5413458_n.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3477283573356733846.post-7728532078364289391</id><published>2010-07-21T00:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-03T23:10:56.402-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 10 Ways to Know You Are Called to Church Administration</title><content type='html'>Are you not sure whether you are called to work in Church Administration? I have created a fun top 10 to see if God has "called" you to work in this area of ministry. :-) &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. You get excited when a co-worker asks you to take a trip with them to Staples.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name='more'&gt;&lt;/a&gt;9.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You know who Ben Bernanke is.&lt;br /&gt;8.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; For Christmas, you bought the Youth Pastor&amp;nbsp;the book, "Youth&amp;nbsp;Group Budgeting for Dummies"&lt;br /&gt;7.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You consider Credit Card Reconciliation the "thorn in your side" that Paul talks about.&lt;br /&gt;6.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You display your children's math homework on your refrigerator instead of paintings and drawings.&lt;br /&gt;5.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You are the only one in the church that knows the name of your ministry's CPA&lt;br /&gt;4.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You have your son fill out a requisition to request a new video game.&lt;br /&gt;3.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You think the church mission statement should say something about having 6 months&amp;nbsp;cash reserves.&lt;br /&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;You often tell other staff members, "We have a form for that..."&lt;br /&gt;1.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; You refer to a new family in the church as a "potential giving unit."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, are you called?&lt;br /&gt;Feel free to comment on what I may have missed&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3477283573356733846-7728532078364289391?l=thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com/feeds/7728532078364289391/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com/2010/04/top-10-ways-to-know-you-are-called-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3477283573356733846/posts/default/7728532078364289391'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3477283573356733846/posts/default/7728532078364289391'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://thechurchofficenet.blogspot.com/2010/04/top-10-ways-to-know-you-are-called-to.html' title='Top 10 Ways to Know You Are Called to Church Administration'/><author><name>Ed Jones - ed.jones@eccu.org</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16490562886200402178</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5QzjsBRqsyA/SwO1XLt6z-I/AAAAAAAAAPA/GRN9zAnIGSM/S220/10857_1150376635098_1098071871_30376961_5413458_n.jpeg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
