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Creating a Narrative Budget

Posted on September 20, 2022September 29, 2022 by ptsblog
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This is part 2 of 2 in a series about church budgeting. Read Part 1, “Budgets Tell a Story” A mentor once taught me that no one has ever been inspired to give by looking at a line item budget. Yet year after year, I hear of churches passing around the budget so congregants can…

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Budgets Tell a Story

Posted on September 13, 2022September 29, 2022 by ptsblog
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For many churches, fall is budgeting season. In the best case scenario, the process is excruciatingly boring. The worst case? Anxiety, conflict, and division. Budgeting may be necessary, but few clergy or laity enjoy it. Endure might be the more fitting word. But ideally, the church budgeting process should be more than filling out numbers…

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Miller SYI Interns Explore and Learn

Posted on August 9, 2022August 12, 2022 by ptsblog
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In 2022 the Miller Summer Youth Institute welcomed six college interns into the SYI family. Representing five different colleges and universities across three different states, the interns were joined by SYI staff for a five-week, virtual internship experience that created space for all to explore two essential questions: “Who is God calling me to be?”…

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