This video is designed for persons responsible for the care and keeping of church records. This resource focuses on the archival care of records--locating, organizing, deciding what to save and provide a safe environment for fragile documents. There are five segments, view in a single setting or use over several sessions. It is suggested to use the companion workbook: Guidelines for Leading Your Congregation - Caring for Your Church's Heritage, published by the UM Publishing House available from Cokesbury (1-877-382-8794)

Spotlighting the innovative "one church, multiple locations" model, the authors provide real-life examples of multi-site churches, highlight successful approaches, identify common problems, and discuss effective ways to serve a variety of target communities. This book shows what healthy multi-site churches look like and what motivates congregations to make the change. Discover how your church can cast a vision for change; ensure a successful DNA transfer (vision and core values) to its new site; develop new leaders; fund new sites; adapt to structure and staffing change; and use technology to support your worship services. This book also offers appendixes with practical leadership resources and self-diagnostic tools.

Safety Tips On A Sensitive Subject: Child Sexual Abuse is a 15-minute look at steps you and your congregation can take to help prevent an incident and how your organization should react if there is an allegation.