Parish Assistance expands special services
Filed Under: Parish Assistance
Dr. Ronald Heins, the former director of WELS' consulting service, Parish Assistance (PA), has agreed to serve the ministry on a part-time basis by providing a variety of special services to congregations, such as serving pastors as a mentor or coach, assisting with team building, or involving more members in ministry.
Heins' service will allow expansion of PA's special services to complement their core ministry, which is to provide a fee-based, comprehensive, four-phase consulting service to congregations that typically lasts about three years.
The Board for Parish Services on Dec. 3 extended a call to Rev. Bruce Janisch to serve as a full-time WELS Parish Assistance consultant. Janisch, who is currently serving Ascension in Plymouth, Minn., would join Rev. Elton Stroh and Mr. Greg Schmill as the ministry's third full-time consultant and would concentrate on the Parish Assistance core consulting service.
Neither the work Heins will be doing, nor the call for a third full-time consultant requires new budget dollars.
Learn more about the services provided by Parish Assistance: www.wels.net/pa
