Our New Administrative Assistant!
Since starting Re:Hope here in Glasgow, I have found myself constantly wishing there were more hours in the day. Our building situation has been a major time drainer – requiring us to be always on the look-out for a more permanent location. Thankfully, we have gained some stability in Kelvin Stevenson, but with the introduction of a mid-week service in November this has brought a new challenge for myself and the staff. I find myself struggling to keep my head above water.
At the end of 2009, we decided to advertise a part-time administrative position to help alleviate some of the pressure.
Ryan joined us in the 2nd week of January and has taken care of a myriad of tasks - from making the powerpoint presentations for both services each week to writing text for various different websites, designing and printing announcement sheets for each service, ordering office supplies, putting up notice-boards in the office etc etc etc - all duties I was doing myself before he joined us, and duties that were zapping my time and making me feel like I was always trying to catch up! Ryan is Northern Irish and a graduate of the University of Glasgow and has been serving at the church for the last few years.
Having an extra pair of hands on staff has been invaluable and I am finding I can now afford to concentrate more on things like the direction of the church. For the first time since we started Re:Hope we are now looking beyond a 5 year plan and are able to consider what the church will/should look like by 2020 or 2030. We have a few different websites which have been on the back-burner for months now, but which are now roaring to life - I am amazed at how much we’ve been able to achieve in the last two weeks alone.
I am now able to invest my time in certain aspects of the church which perhaps require attention. I feel that we are in a position to move quickly and effectively in whichever direction God calls us. I am incredibly excited to see what the next few months will bring! We are so thankful for Ryan joining our staff.