CAPTURING MOMENTS IN THE MSCM

Leadership, Ethics & Catholic Social Teaching: 1) The Paisley Center in Crisis: Case Study Series, 2) Financial Innovation in a Faithful & Fragile Faith Community: First Church Mid-America Case Study Series 3) Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue in a Church Management Context

Stewardship & Development: 1) Personal Financial Literacy Programs Group Paper & Presentation, 2) Integrating Stewardship & Resource Development Tools into Ministry: Stewardship Prayer & Resources for Women, 3) Children’s Initiative for Stewardship: Complete Grant Proposal for the Diocese of XYZ for the Lilly Foundation’s Grant on Nurturing Children Through Worship & Prayer Linked to Stewardship Efforts, 4) Giving Witness to Stewardship Talk, 5) ACS Technologies Mission Insite Analytical Report for St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church – Diocese of Orlando: Ministry InSite Priories Report, Religious Insite Priorities Report, Executive InSite Report; Comparative Insite Report, Comparative Mosaic Segment Report, Financial Potential Estimate, Mission Impact Guide, & Recommendations for Pastoral Leadership in Advancing Mission, 6) Annual Impact Report for St. Mark Luthearn Church, 7) Participation Worksheet: Comparison on Ordinary Income at St. Mark Lutheran Church, 8) Choosing a Campaign Consultant / How to Design a Capital Campaign for Your Faith Community Group Presentation, and 9) Designing Courtesy Campaign Reply Envelopes

Human Resources Management: 1) Volunteer Handbook for the Lion’s Share Food Pantry, 2) HR Interview Report, 3) Compensation & Benefits Package Analysis with Recommendations, and 4) Policy Manual for Managing Performance at St. Mark Lutheran Church: Performance Review Policy, Documentation & Employee Privacy Rights, Spiritual Reflection for Managing Performance, Self-Evaluation & Appraisal Forms, Job Descriptions & Amendment Forms, Guidelines for the Employee Evaluation Process, Employee Performance Evaluation Forms, Review & Feedback Meetings, Goal Setting/SMART Goal Worksheet, Employee Performance Improvement Plans, Reporting Structure & Decision-Making Policy, Employee Right of Appeal

Financial Reporting: 1) St. Cristopher’s Church: Bank Reconciliations, 2) St. Mary’s Home for Children: Benefit Luncheon Flexible Budget, Cost Budget, & Break-Even Analysis, 3) St. Patrick’s Villa: Cost Budget & Forecasting Gaps in Grant Budget, 4) Internal Financial Controls Assessment & Recommendations for St. Mark Lutheran Church, 5) Church Loan Amortization, and 6) Capital Campaign Design for The Lion’s Share Food Pantry: Case Statement, Impact Report, Financial Reporting, Membership Assessment, Feasibility Study,

Identifying Financial Needs & Potential Contributions, Committee Design, Gift Range Chart Preparation, Strategies for Soliciting Contributions, Pledge Card Design, Naming Opportunities, Pledge Levels, Donor Events, & Proposed Debt Amortization Schedule for Financed Portion of Campaign

Civil & Church Law: 1) Civil & Church Law: Leadership Roles & Church Administration Reflection Paper, 2) Faith Formation Drama at St. Thomas More Parish: Group Case Study & Presentation, and 3) Marriage, Divorce, & Annulment: The Contradiction of Civil & Canon Law and the Renewal of the Parish in a Mission Sense Final Paper and Presentation

Pastoral Strategic Planning: 1) Moving Christmas at Church of the Resurrection: Financial & Non-Financial Cost-Benefit Analysis & Case Study, 2) The Diocese of St. John: Regional Plan & Case Study, 3) Mission, Vision & Value Assessment of St. Mark Lutheran Church, and 4) Pastoral Strategic Planning Proposal for Sacred Heart Parish in Reading, PA Group Study & Presentation.

Organizational Management: 1) Organizational Behavioral & Cultural Analysis for Thrivent, 2) Organizational Structural Analysis, 3) Observation Paper: Eastlake Community Church, 4) Observation Paper: FarmBurguesa

Information Technology for Church Management: 1) Website Design, 2) Best IT Tools for Churches: Group Study & Presentation, 3) SIMnet: Guided Projects for Microsoft Office Applications

Church Teaching & Belief: 1) Scripture & the Church Essay, 2) Models of the Church Essay, and 3) Bringing Theology & Life Together: The Wounded Church Essay.

Leadership, Ethics and Catholic Social Teaching

• Leadership Lessons from the Chilean Mine Rescue
• Co-Workers in the Vineyard of the Lord
• The Work of Leadership 
• Leading Change: Why Transformation Efforts Fail
• Augustine Through the Ages: An Encyclopedia
• Catholic Social Thought: The Documentary Heritage
• Defining Moments
• Framing Principles of CST
• Why the Mystics Matter Now
• Business Ethics: Broadening the Perspectives
• The Church in Society: A Lutheran Perspective
• Business: A Vocation to Justice and Love
• Character, Choices & Community: Christian Stories and Christian Morality

Human Resources in a Ministry Setting

• Human Resources: Best for Practices for Church Management
• Human Resource Management

Financial Reporting and Controls

• Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
• Parish Finance – Best Practices in Church Management
• Essentials of Accounting for Governmental and Not for Profit Organizations
• Diocesan Fiscal Management (A Guide to Best Practices)
• Annual Filing Requirements for Catholic Organizations: USCCB
• Audited Financials for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia

Organizational Management

• Achieve Leadership Genius: How You Lead Depends on Who, What, Where, and When You Lead
• Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership
• In Praise of the Incomplete Leader
• Spirituality, Administration, and Normativity in Current Church Organizations
• Organizational Culture, Innovation, and Performance: A Test of Schein’s Model
• Managing People: Power is the Great Motivator
• What Makes a Leader?
• Making Dumb Groups Smarter
• What Google Learned from Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team
• How to Lead a Self-Managing Team
• Study by Corinne Post, PhD, Measures How Appointing Women into the C-Suite Influences Innovation via M&As, R&D
• Leadership Prayers
• Hoosier
• Hidden Figures

Church Teaching & Belief

• The Splendor of the Church
• Catholicism: Christ and the Common Destiny of Man
• True and False Reform in the Church
• Models of the Church
• Knowing Jesus
• Church History: Faith Handed On
• Library of Early Christianity: Early Biblical Interpretation
• Pope Encourages Deepening of Faith and Community for Building Christian Unity
• Unity and Diversity in the New Testament: An Inquiry into the Character of Earliest Christianity
• Apostolic Constitution on the Church: Lumen Gentium
• Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World: Gaudium et Spes
• Apostolic Exhortation: Evangelii Gaudium
• What Scripture Means Is Not Reducible to What it Once Meant
• The End of the Church: A Pneumatology of Christian Division in the West
• For a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, Mission

Pastoral Strategic Planning

• A Concise Guide to Pastoral Planning
• Advanced Strategic Planning: A 21st Century Model for Church and Ministry Leaders
• Managing the Nonprofit Organization: Principles and Practices
• When Jesus Said "No"
• Your Personal Mission Statement: Who, What, Where, When, and Why?
• What to Keep, What to Cut: Reshaping Budgets in Times of Adversity
• The Four Disciplines of a Smart, Healthy, and Holy Church
• Adsumus, Sancte Spiritus: Prayer of Invocation to the Holy Spirit for an Ecclesial Assembly of Governance or Discernment
• Discipleship Road Map
• A Health Check for Your Parish Leadership
• Intervarsity Evangelism: Thresholds
• Presentation of the Christmas Greeting to the Roman Curia, Address of His Holiness Pope Francis

Canon, Civil, & Church Law

• Canon Law as Ministry
• An Introduction to Canon Law
• Code of Canon Law
• Just Treatment of Those who Work for the Church
• The American Legal System Made Easy
• Church Risk Management in 5 Simple Steps
• US Constitution/US Law: 1st Amendment (Establishment Clause/Free Exercise Clause), Tort, Spoilation of Evidence/Civil Proceedings
• Gates v. Seattle Archdiocese (2000)
• Apostolic Constitution: Sacrae Disciplinae Leges for the Promulgation of the New Code of Canon Law
• Apostolic Constitution Pastor Vonue
• Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio for the Change of the Name of the Vatican Secret Archives to the Vatican Apostolic Archive
• Apostolic Letter Issued Moto Proprio: Vos Estis Lux Mundi
• Apostolic Letter Issued Motu Proprio: Sacramentorum Sanctitatis Tutela, Norms Regarding Delicts Reserved to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
• Pontifical Commission for Preserving the Patrimony of Art and History
• Complementary Norms, 2011 Charter Revisions
• Promise to Protect, Pledge to Heal: Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People: Essential Norms for Diocesan/Eparchial Policies Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Priests or Deacons, USCCB
• Pontifical Council for the Laity's List of International Associations of the Faithful
• Private School Law in America
• Leadership Styles in Transition
• What Caused the Crisis? Key Findings of the John Jay College Study on Clergy Sexual Abuse
• Instruction: The Pastoral Conversion of the Parish Community in the Service of the Evangelizing Mission of the Church
• Archives and Records Management Policies and Resources: Archdiocese of Seattle
• The Gift of Administration: New Testament Foundations for the Vocation of Administrative Service
• Navigating Pastoral Transitions
• Redeeming Administration: 12 Spiritual Habits for Catholic Leaders

Church IT

• 4 Ways Technology Enables the Mission of the Church
• Church Technology and Church Mission: How to Use One to Help the Other
• Nine Tech Trends Every Church Should Master
• 7 Trends for Church Technology in Ministry for 2023
• Covid-19 is Changing the Ways Believers Connect: What Happens When the Church is Forces to Innovate
• Should Your Church Be in the Date Cloud?
• A New Breed: The Church IT Director
• Six Tips to Help Your Church Staff Embrace Technology
• The Subtle Dangers of Church Tech: What Are the Instruments of Love?
• I Went to Church in the Metaverse and This is What I Found
• ChatGPT in Church - The Pros and Cons
• Internet Ministry: The Virtual World Dawning
• What Role Does IT Play in Your Ministry
• Church Windows Software: Just a Snapshot? Or the Complete Picture - Fund Accounting & Reporting
• Hitting the Mark: Tracking Ministry Success
• Is Your Church Running Background Checks?  Making it Easier with Technology!
• Can You Spot Background Check Red Flags? Keys to Interpreting What You Read
• Protected with Purpose: Properly Taking Out the Trash
• How Technology Made Me at Better Christian
• Why a "GIVE" Button on Your Church Website is No Longer Enough
• 5 Reliable Church-Giving Tools We Love: Upgrade your Congregation's Giving!
• State of the Church Bulletin
• 8 Digital Giving Stats You Need to Know
• Calendaring in the Church
• Is Your Church Up Against the 3 C's?
• Your Church Website is Vital for New Visitors
• My Top 25 Church Website Design Tips
• 3 Secrets of Best Practices for Church Websites
• 3 Crucial Church Website Objectives
• Church Websites and Search Engines, the Challenge of Relevancy, Part I & II
• Digital Evangelism for Websites: Using SEO for Your Web Pages
• Digital Evangelism for Websites: Using Analytics for Your Web Pages
• Your Guide to Must-Have KidMin Tech Tools: The Days of 'a Snack and a Story' Are Long Gone
• 3 Features of a Great Web Address for Your Church
• Top 26 Advances Google Search Tips, Tricks and Techniques
• The Web 2.0 Revolution in Church Growth, Part I
• Start Your Podcast for Under $100
• Three Steps to Launch Your Live Streaming Ministry
• All Data is Vulnerable
• Protected with Purpose: A is for Awareness and U is for Understanding
• 3 Great Approaches for Engaging Your Church Online
• Alexa Flash Briefing: How Churches Can Use Smart Devices?
• 'Beam Me Up'...Pastor? Holographic Technology Allows Pastor to Be in Nine Locations at Once
• Free Cool Utility Displays Biblical Text on Your Site
• Beyond the Church Walls: How Blogging Can Help Pastors and Churches
• The "S" Stands for Secure, or Does It?
• AI and The Church Survey Results
• Churches Under Increased International Cyber Attacks
• Does Digital Bible Study Save You Time?
• Microblogging and Twitter
• Get the Most from Your Digital Bible
• Four Essential Questions for Effective Social Media: What Every Ministry Should Get Right
• 5 Ways Church Text Messaging Connects with Your People
• Is Church SMS Texting in Your Toolkit?
• How Every Church Can - And Must - Improve Communications: Group Messaging Technology is Part of the Answer
• Zoom Meetings are Here to Stay: Tips for Great Zooming
• Case Study: The Diocese of Bridgeport Uses Best Practices, 21st Century Technology to Further Good Stewardship
• Church Management Software
• 10 Keys to Church Management Software Success: Maximize Your Software's Usefulness
• Evaluate Your ChMS with These 3 Killer Questions
• How Web3 and Bitcoin Billionaires Will Revolutionize Philanthropy
• Churches Starting to See Cryptocurrency in the Collection Plate
• Roman Catholic Church NFTs to be Officially Minted as Proceeds Go to School in Thailand
• 7 Ways Smartphones Have Changed People at Your Church (and What to Do About It!)
• What is the Intelligence Revolution?
• The Intelligence Revolution for Churches, Part I & II
• 4 Tools to Help Your Understand Your Church Data: How "Big Data" Can Engage Your People and Grow Your Church

Stewardship & Resource Development

• The Stewardship of Our Final Days of Life: An Adult Educations Series About Planning
• A Manual to Increase Parishioner Participation and Engagement in Communal Reconciliation Services
• Stewardship: A Disciple's Response: A Pastoral Letter on Stewardship, USCCB
• Church Money: Rebuilding the Way We Fund Our Mission
• Achieving Excellence in Fundraising
• How to Handle Donor Complaints
• Remembering Who We Are - Stewards of God: Catechetics
• Building God's People in a Materialistic Society
• Adolescence: An Introduction: Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development 
• The Domestic Church: Where Stewardship Hits Home
• The Bishop's Wife
• The Calling
• Going My Way
• Sacrificial Giving: Fostering Stewardship as a Way of Life
• Time & Talent: Fostering Stewardship as a Way of Life
• St. Vicent de Paul Catholic Church: Our Parish Annual Report
• St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Biennial Report 
• St. Francis Xavier Parish Annual Report
• Corpus Christi Catholic Community Parish Annual Report
• St Laurence Catholic Church Annual Pastoral Report
• The Standards for Excellence: An ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector
• St. Augustine Church: Solicitation (includes Fundraising) & Grant Process (FAQ)
• St. Mary Magdalen Prayers for Meetings & Events
• A Spirituality of Fundraising
• Living Your Strengths: Church Engagement Stewardship Resources
• St. Francis Parish" Hospitality, Community, Belonging, & Prayer: Importance, Relationship to Stewardship & How to Further Develop
• The Mystery Worshipper: To Try to Keep Their Flocks, Churches are Turning to Undercover Inspectors, who Note Water Stains, Dull Sermons and Poor Hospitality
• Experian: Mosaic|USA Handbook

It is my hope that this photographic and informational blog captures the excitement, friendships, growth, and experiences that come with being part of the MSCM program. 

Stephanie Oliver Leiser, MSCM Graduate, Class of '25