People often ask us, “What is a usual median pledge?” “What pledge quartiles are congregations getting these days; have they changed?” “What pledge drive strategies are working?” You may have other questions like these, whose answers might be very helpful in trying to improve your stewardship. For that reason we are gathering data from you […]
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Material from the Guest Webinar Last week, Mike Little, the Executive Director of the Faith and Money Network gave a webinar presentation on tools for aligning our financial resources with our beliefs, values, and loves. These are tools for adult spiritual exploration and will help your members with discernment about their financial stewardship. Here
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As UUs, we do not tell our people what their financial gifts to the congregation should be; we ask them to discern the right amount. What kinds of tools can we provide for their discernment? Good news! We are hosting a webinar with the Executive Director of the Faith and Money Network, Mike Little. As
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Thanks to everyone who came to our Friday Forum on planning for a spring pledge drive. The slides are available here (the session was not recorded, as is our practice when a good amount of time is spent in breakout rooms). Because you now have the slides with all of our points on them, I
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Wait – Year End Giving? It’s only October! Yes, that is correct – if you start planning now, you will have a successful year end giving appeal. We have other blog posts on Year End Giving, so feel free to check them out as well. Start Early and Think Ahead 1/3 of charitable gifts are
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Thank you all who participated in our annual pledge drive results survey. Thanks too to those who joined us last week for our Wednesday Wisdom gathering to provide some results and have discussion about them. The results varied widely with some congregations struggling and others doing quite well, compared to their own previous years and
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We’ll be hosting a Wednesday Wisdom Forum to report on the Annual Pledge Drive Survey results: Wednesday June 7th at 10:30 am Pacific time (1:30 PM Eastern time). Bring your team, your tips, and questions. You are welcome, even if you were not able to submit a survey. We’ll send you a zoom link on
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Just for fun, I asked the Artificial Intelligence (AI) engine ChatGPT to answer a question about congregational stewardship. I think it did pretty well – should I worry about my job? Here is what I asked; the answer is below: Explain the best strategies for congregational stewardship. “Congregational stewardship refers to the responsible and intentional
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In Spring of 2020 and 2021, we gathered information from this community about their pledge drives and reported back on our findings. You can find those reports here and here. Time to do a new one! We invite you now to participate in this follow-up impact survey, and help us gather information and perspective on
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Register Now for the 3-part national webinar series from UUA Congregational Life and Stewardship for Us CORNERSTONES OF EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP FOR OUR CONGREGATIONS Session 1 is coming up next week. It will have presented content and lots of information sharing. Registration fee is $30 per webinar or register for all three at the discounted rate
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