Why Churches Belong to RSI
There are a host of services Religious Science International offers its member churches. Below you'll find just a few of the reasons churches grow strong and healthy with the support RSI has to offer.
Board of Education
- Society Sponsorship Program, mentoring, consulting, reporting.
- Church Sponsorship Program, mentoring, consulting, reporting.
- Education Programs - Curriculum development for Science of Mind® Class Series 100, 200, 300, 400 and Science of Mind® IV Intensive.
- Continuing Education programs - Post grad, practitioner, youth.
- Regional training programs
- Leadership Conferences: continuing education, inspiration, and current programs.
Credentials
- Ministerial Credentials, includes processing, RSIAS and Board Member
- Interim Field Ministers
- Pastor and Pastoral Teams
- Staff Ministers
- Assistant Ministers
- Chaplains
- Charter Review for Societies and Churches
- Practitioner Licensing and Relicensing, includes review of application packages
Youth Programs
- Children's Summer Youth Seminar
- Children's Northern CA Winter Seminar
- Children's Southern CA Winter Seminar
- RSI Advisor Training Retreat in CA
- Young Adult Seminar
- East Coast Youth Seminar, fall 1998
- Regional Youth Education Workshops for Junior Church and Teens
- Seminar Workshop Planning Meetings for Youth Seminars
- Asilomar Kids Camp
- Annual Youth Education Facilitator Training and Review at Asilomar
- Curriculum created for teen workshops by-annually
- Youth Curriculum: I Am, I Can
- Spiritual Skills
- Youth Seminars Workshop Notebook
- Correspondence, registration, financial accounting for all the above
Placement
- Manages the entire candidating process.
- Maintains, updates and verifies all records of candidates and churches seeking a new minister.
- Handles all mailings on openings to churches and pastors.
- Verifies financials of churches and societies looking for a minister.
- Provides consistent and ongoing communications between churches and ministerial candidates.
- Works with United Churches of Religious Science regarding location approval.
- Provides spiritual support to ministers and churches during candidating process.
- Provides churches and ministerial candidates with specific information and data to facilitate the selection and candidating process.
Publications
- Creative Thought Magazine, the vehicle for sharing our common philosophy.
- Includes layout, design, editing, subscription data base, mailing, accounting, and
- directory of churches and practitioners.
- Brochures and pamphlets for newcomer education.
- Workbooks for teachers on major textbooks used in classes.
- Curriculum printed and distributed
- Video tapes of special programs.
- Cassette tapes of speakers at rallies and special events.
- Video on youth programs.
- Summer Youth Seminar video
- The Reporter, now replaced by From The Field, an in-house publication
- Ceremonies certificates for all classes, ministers, special recognition, charters, membership.
- Asilomar promotion brochures
- Minister's conference brochures
Conferences and Meetings
- This includes total organization, coordinating registration, food, lodging, and organizing meeting space needs. Coordinating guest speakers, their needs, and program coordination.
- Asilomar annual conference
- Minister's conference
- Regional meetings
Administrative Services
- Financial and Accounting Responsibilities for the organization
- Educational data base for programs, accreditations, ministers, practitioners, teachers,
- Maintain Policy and Records for harmonious relations and audit trail for appropriate decision making.
- Youth Program Coordination - maintain cash accounts, data base management.
- Implement the work of all committees, including Board of Directors and Board of Education work. This includes daily focus on communication between committee members and maintaining data bases.
- Church Services - Customized requests from member churches, special requests, verification of records, clarification of policies, communicate activities and Board actions.
- Regional meetings - provide agenda, printed materials, publish minutes and summary reports.
- Information Systems - computer data base management for all related activities.
- New Program research and development, includes insurance, telephone savings, retirement programs, endowment programs.
