Parish Administration

UCAN (UK Church Administrators Network) exists to support the church and promote the spiritual gift of administration by bringing administrators together, sharing excellent resources and providing high quality training opportunities.

Joining UCAN costs £15 per year (or £45 per year for a church with a ‘senior’ operations manager) and provides access to a members' database, conferences and training days, regular mailings and online resources.

In addition there are a number of area groups, including one in Bristol co-ordinated by Mark Parsons at Christ Church Clifton. Area groups meet regularly for peer support, sharing ideas and helping each other with questions and problems.

For more information about UCAN visit www.churchadministrators.net.

John Truscott is a church consultant and trainer who has written extensively on various topics of interest to church administrators.

The resources page on his website provides over 100 free resources on topics as diverse as writing a newsletter to time management.

For users of ChurchSuite, there is a ChurchSuite users forum which meets regularly in the Bristol area (usually on the same day as the UCAN area group). This is a group of local users of ChurchSuite who come together to share ideas and help each other with issues or ways to implement the system.

The group is not run by ChurchSuite itself, but an invitation is sent out by ChurchSuite to all users in the Bristol area.

Email support@churchsuite.com to find out when the next meeting takes place.