 TREASURER TRANSITION
As many of you heard announced in church this past Sunday, our long-time parish treasurer, Tina Wilfer, has resigned from that position. It is impossible to overstate the positive impact her tenure in that role has had upon the financial health and vitality of this parish. Her diligent devotion, and especially her emphasis that we embrace and adhere to established “best practices” ~ from day-to-day operations up to long-range forecasting and anticipation of future needs ~ have done more than merely to help us “get by.” Tina’s deep expertise and tireless work ethic made her an integral part of our Finance Ministry Team, and together the members of that team have seen us through a number of serious challenges, giving us as a parish a solid foundation for continuing to move forward from here, even as uncertainty looms around us. We owe every member of that team our thanks, and we are particularly grateful to Tina herself for all the incredible work she has done on behalf of All Saints. And now, we enter a time of transition. The parish needs a new treasurer … and Tina is of course a tough act to follow. Her professional training and experience with accounting and finance were huge assets, and we were lucky to have someone with those particular gifts who was willing to offer them to our parish for so long. But I want to emphasize that our next treasurer does not have to match Tina’s impressive credentials and expertise. A basic understanding of accounting is needful, plus a clear head for oversight and a sincere desire to serve and safeguard the financial resources of this parish. Those latter qualities are the traits that, on top of her own invaluable professional experience, I believe best defined Tina’s gifts and made her time as treasurer so successful. So if any of that resonates with you, or if you’d just like to talk a bit about what the role of treasurer might entail moving forward, please reach out to me at [email protected] ~ let’s sit down and explore the possibilities together. Yours in Christ, Christopher+ Comments are closed.
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