Why You Need Faith In The Workplace
Please enjoy reading my guest post on David Phillips blog, Faith in a post-everything culture.
Click here: Why You Need Faith In The Workplace
Join Glenn Mertz and Mark A. Griffin on Living the Word WHKW-AM
Join us this Monday July 25th at 10:30 AM EST on WHKW-AM Cleveland Ohio
Mark will discuss how Christian business owners can prosper their businesses using sound HR Practices while being outward in their faith. For those listeners unable to make this time, a podcast will be available through iTunes.
A Little bit about Glenn:
Glenn Mertz hosts Living the Word, a program with a purpose. Glenn talks with people both nationally and locally who are Living the Word. Be encouraged and challenged as you discover how others are living out their Christian faith.
Glenn Mertz guides you through an incredible line-up of Bible teachers each weekday morning on WHKW. Glenn started in radio at Baldwin Wallace College and has worked at stations including WMJI, WWWE and WEOL. He’s now at Salem Communications at AM 1220 ‘The Word’ (WHKW), and hosts the daily Christian talk show ‘Living the Word’ (weekdays 10:30am). Glenn lives in Elyria with his wife, Jackie and his children Rachel and Evan.
A Little bit about Mark:
Mark has a Bachelors degree in Human Resources from Saint Leo College and an MBA from BloomsburgUniversity. Mark Lives in Manheim Township Pennsylvania with his wife, Gail, and daughter, Emily. Mark attends LCBC Church and also leads a Career Ministry in which he helped start 6 years ago.
Mark is really passionate about the workplace, and especially Christian business owners’ opportunity to reach their employees. He believes employees and companies should work closely together to prosper the company for mutual purposes.
Mark is Chief Consultant, In HIS Name HR LLC, a Christian Business Consulting firm that he created to help Christian business owners prosper their business and engage their employees.
The Bridge FM “Christian Perspective on Business”, hosted by Glen Dalakian
Please join us at 11AM June 18th 2011, on Bridge FM’s weekly radio show “Christian Perspective on Business,” hosted by Glen Dalakian.This week’s topic will be “The Good News On Business”.
Guest Mark A. Griffin, Chief Consultant at In HIS Name HR will share his experiences in helping shape organizations to be Christ centered and profitable!
With over 20 years of Human Resources experience at both fortune (Kodak, Quaker Oats, and Merck Pharma) as well as small and mid-sized companies, Mark has seen it all. Tune in and enjoy Mark’s discussion with Glen on how you might best build “Kingdom Minded” organizations in today’s “politically correct” business world. Let Mark inspire you to be bold and brave in your faith, by ensuring Christ is in your workplace.
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Now Recruiting For: Retirement Plan Administrators Pennsylvania Locations
Position Closed
We have been retained to recruit 3 Professional Retirement Plan Administrators for a prestigious and sound Pennsylvania based financial institution.
Ephrata (Lancaster County) 2 Positions and Muncy (Lycoming County) 1 position.
Our client has served as a third-party administrator for defined contribution retirement plans for almost 30 years. They seek motivated professionals with accounting/ HR administrative background and a focus on customer service. Experience with retirement plan administration and client service is required. BA degree or equivalent experience is required.
Job duties will include:
- accounting and recordkeeping for retirement plans
- IRS 5500 filings
- discrimination testing calculations
- plan design and document review
- client service (participant questions)
- census data reconciliation and management imperative
- client service (company/plan sponsor questions/administration)
The recruitment process will be stringent and require our review of your wonderful references, will require extensive and in-depth interviews, a thorough background check and a personal personality profile review. If you are up to the challenge please send us your credentials and current compensation in confidence to: HR@InHISNameHR.com.
We will be in contact with acceptable candidates. Please know due to the incredible response it may take time to review all applicants. Kindly refrain from phone calls.
Now Recruiting For: Senior Accounting Manager Virginia Location
Position Closed
A wonderful family oriented organization with a strong Christian heritage has asked us to support their quest to find a Senior Accounting Manager based at their corporate office location in Lynchburg VA.
This position is critical for the future development of the organization. The organization is profitable, poised for growth and has a strong presence in their niche market.
Duties will include:
- Manager of an accounting team comprised of 4 accounting professionals.
- Handling day to day tactical and strategic functions of an accounting office.
Experience required:
- Mergers and acquisitions including due diligence is a must.
- CPA and MBA preferred.
- Must have managed preparation and posting of journal entries as well as account reconciliations.
- Skills in managing and forecasting account analysis for month-end close reports.
- Must have experience in the preparation of quarter and year-end reports as well as the intricacies of managing the preparation of audit schedules.
- Ideal candidate will have 8-12 years of experience.
- Strong analytical skills with the willingness to take on new challenges with a positive attitude.
- Must demonstrate the ability to meet and exceed deadlines.
- The candidate will possess problem-solving skills good communication skills.
- Candidates possessing “Servant Leader” managerial skills are preferred.
The recruitment process will be stringent and require our review of wonderful references, will require extensive and in-depth interviews, a thorough background check and a personal personality profile review. If you are up to the challenge please send us your credentials and current compensation in confidence to: MGriffin@InHISNameHR.com we will be in contact with acceptable candidates. Please know due to the incredible response it may take time to review all applicants. Kindly refrain from phone calls.
Freedom To Be You
Freedom. The thought sends different scenarios through our minds. Chains, bondage, prison, incarceration, riding a bike on a country lane, speeding a Harley through the black hills, sneaking out of work early heading to the Beach! You get it; you understand where I am going with this. But think about this for one moment. My wife, Gail, has instilled in our children a few words of wisdom that has naturally influenced my life: “Never let anyone steal your joy.”
I oftentimes equate freedom with joy. When one is truly free, they are joyful. I agree with Gail, we should never allow someone to take our joy by allowing us to give it to them. So do not worry about others taking your joy; we can only give them our joy and in essence give them our freedom. You control your joyfulness, no one can take it from you- you must give it to them! Don’t give it away leaving you damaged; you will lose your freedom!
So what really is freedom? We all have our definitions, but I am aligned with Caroline on this one- “Being absolutely true to your self is – Freedom.”
Enjoy this powerful video, snaps you back to the reality that you can accomplish anything you decide, but you must be true to your limits and capabilities.
Enjoy your week.
Free Seminar Wednesday May 4, 2011
Please help us get the word out about this free seminar/presentation we will be conducting in rural Pennsylvania. We already have many attendees confirmed. If all goes well we will be returning to conduct some follow up work in Mid-May.
How To Build “Kingdom Minded Companies”
Wednesday May 4, 2011 6PM Sharp!
Brewed Awakening Coffee Shop
Attendance is free!
Mark A. Griffin
Chief Consultant
IN HIS Name HR LLC
Christian Business Consulting
With over 20 years of Human Resources experience at both fortune
(Kodak, Quaker Oats, and Merck Pharma) as well as small and
mid sized companies, Mark has seen it all.
Please come and enjoy Mark’s presentation on how you might best
build “Kingdom Minded” organizations in today’s
“politically correct” business world.
Let Mark inspire you to be bold and brave in your faith, by
ensuring Christ is in your workplace.
Brewed Awakening Coffee Shop, 19 Main Street, Wyalusing PA (570-746-9935)
Your Only Hope
If you are not a Christ follower this may be the most important message you receive in your life. I don’t think anything happens by accident. If you happen to come across this website, and you have come to this page it is not just happenstance. I believe that you came here through God’s guidance.
Christians are not perfect people. Unfortunately in my experience I often meet many that turn off nonbelievers very quickly. I am sure that I may have slipped up and said the wrong things to people that I was trying to reach as well. But in reality all of that does not matter. What does matter is that Jesus is perfect and God, our Father, sent him to redeem us of our sins. Might sound complicated, and yes at one time it was to me as well.
The Bible has many passages that support accepting Christ as your only way to God and eternity in heaven. If you are not a Bible believer, I strongly suggest you do due diligence and discover its validity. Many non-bible believers when presented with the facts are flabbergasted as to the authenticity of the Bible. I have heard people say “Why did I not discover this 10 years ago!” It’s amazing that if you truly seek the truth, what you will discover. One book that helped me navigate the authenticity of the Bible is The New Evidence That Demands a Verdict, and the best book that will inspire you with the truth of Christ is The Case for Christ.
A few passages that have always kept me grounded as a Christian are from the book of John:
John 3:16-18 NIV
16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
17For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
18Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.
Do you have an “Eternity Contract”?
The term “Eternity Contract” is used by some (like me!) Christ Followers that have accepted Christ as their savior. The contract is between the person and God. You accept Christ – and God will grant you eternity in heaven with him.
Receiving an Eternity Contract is not complicated. The problem is Religion has made it complicated through the intervention of man. Many religious denominations added to the Bible for their convenience. Receiving an Eternity Contract requires that you whole heartedly surrender your life to Christ, something you may have done already but did not do so outwardly through a prayer to God. A good example of surrendering yourself to God is using the Sinners Prayer, see below:
Sinner’s Prayer – Recognizing the Need
The “Sinner’s Prayer” is a term that describes the words spoken by a person when he or she has recognized their sin and their need for a relationship with God through Jesus Christ. It goes something like this:
“Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ, died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus’ name I pray, Amen.”
Life as a Christ Follower
If you decided to repent of your sins and receive Christ today, welcome to God’s family. Now, as a way to grow closer to Him, the Bible tells us to follow up on our commitment.
- Tell someone else about your new faith in Christ.
- Spend time with God each day. It does not have to be a long period of time. Just develop the daily habit of praying to Him and reading His Word. Ask God to increase your faith and your understanding of the Bible.
- Seek fellowship with other followers of Jesus. Develop a group of believing friends to answer your questions and support you.
- Find a local Bible based church where you may worship and feel comfortable.
That’s it. That’s all that needs to be done. Once done, your good to go! Now the challenge is to continue to live a life that is honorable to God. But time and time again we will make mistakes, learn from those mistakes work to not repeat them and live a life reflective of Christ. As you grow in Christ you will develop stronger moral character and will make positive life choices.
You found us! Now what? Get the word out!
We have received a wonderful response to the launch of our concept of getting Christ into the workplace. We are amazed at the number of “Likes” we received on our Facebook Page! We are equally impressed by the number of followers on Twitter. We have an unwritten rule- If you follow us on Twitter we will be kind and follow you back. The problem is it is hard to keep up with all the tweets; we could probably hire one person just to do that full time. We are also thankful for all our friends and acquaintances that have connected through LinkedIn; I am blessed to have developed such a wonderful network of people.
Help get the word out!
Many of you have responded with Wow! What a great concept- Assisting Christian companies to be just that… Christian companies. Companies not afraid to proclaim Christ in the workplace. I appreciate the response. I also have been asked quite a bit about what you the reader can do to help me with this concept. If you really want to help- you can simply do the following in helping me to set the groundwork, and solid foundation to what I feel God may lead me to do next.
- “Like” us on Facebook. That way you will get updates. Tell all your friends about us! Post a link on your Facebook and ask that they “Like” us as well.
- Sign up for updates on our home page. Go to the right side of the page and enter your e-mail address into the “KEEP IN TOUCH” form.
- Tell your Pastor about In HIS Name HR. Let them know I am willing to present to members of their congregation especially Christian Business leaders our presentation on how to build “Kingdom Minded Companies”. This presentation is FREE, although if you are in California I may need to ask for some remuneration to defray travel expenses.
- If you work for a Christian company- Tell your leadership about us.
- Pray for us- Ask God to help me and my Ministry of spreading the good news.
Thank you so much and for being part of our Mission to get Christ into the workplace. We are excited to be on this journey and look forward to you helping us meet new people that can help us with our Mission. Be encouraged today.
Welcome Blog readers!
Welcome, we are so glad you found us! This will be the area you will go to read our blog postings. We have several series we are working on and are excited to help you in your quest to build “Kingdom Minded Organizations”. Have a Blessed day and check back often.