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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Faith and Money Network As well as being a Stewardship For Us consultant, and a couple of other professional roles, I am a volunteer board member for the Faith and Money Network. The organization began more than 35 years ago as the Ministry of Money, a mission group growing out of Church of the Savior
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This is just a notice to check out a new page on our website labeled Equity. It is an update on the work we have been doing to be more antiracist; in the way we work together, with our client congregations, and in our offerings and communications. Along with other Unitarian Universalist congregations, we have
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A Guest Post by Connie Goodbread, Acting Director I will never be the same. These past two years and quite frankly, the four years before that, changed me. It seems to me that the whole world has been changed. We are seeing changes in our congregations. Worship has changed. Ministry has changed. The way we
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We are hearing from you that recruiting stewardship leaders is a real challenge. Here are some tips! Although some people have extra responsibilities or are worn out from their daily lives, others are impatient to engage again and are looking for new or different things to do. If you are doubtful that you will find
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Q: When is a good time to think about Planned Giving for your congregation? A: All year long – yes, that was a trick question. Some congregations do not have an active Long Term Stewardship program, so let’s hope this set of words help spur some interest, since a good time to get started or
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