Join Us: Monday, March 23, 2020Noon-1:00 PM EDT, 11:00 AM Central, 10:00 AM Mountain, 9:00 AM PacificFree, With Support from the Unitarian Universalist Association Everything changed radically, and very quickly, in the last few weeks for UU congregations. Along with worship and religious education and lots of other programs going virtual, stewardship needs to adapt […]
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The Snapshot (see part 1 for the infographic): What work has the Stewardship For Us team been doing? Each year we look at our activities and try to account for where we have been working, and the nature of that work. We have sent information out to you before, calling it an “Annual Report.” Because
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Here is a PDF of this document as well, if you want to download it.
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I am excited to be part of presenting an in-person workshop this Fall on stewardship practices grounded in our UU Principles, values, religious purposes, and – dare I say it? – faith. My partners in presenting will be Elizabeth Ann Terry, Unitarian Universalist Association Congregational Giving Specialist, and Connie Goodbread, Acting Co-Lead of the Unitarian
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Benchmarks for Reviewing an Annual Pledge Campaign This Part 2 or the review deals with the numeric data. Combining this with the Part 1 qualitative information will give you a basis on which to understand the immediate past drive and plan the next one. This listing is intended to be inclusive, not exclusive – other
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To reduce the likelihood of next year’s annual pledge drive being a do-over of this year’s, or worse – a reinventing the wheel – don’t completely wrap up before you do a Strategic Review of this year. And guess what? The best time to engage and recruit new folks or leaders for your Stewardship Team
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Congregational leaders tend to describe their challenges and circumstances in terms of deficiencies – not enough volunteers, young people and families, diversity, money. Perhaps our approaches to stewardship inhibit us from seeing opportunities and resources that are all around us. This workshop will explore the Who, How, and Why of creating better stewardship programs, informed
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Re. Laura Randall is the Director of The Legacy Challenge , which gave a match for new planned gifts for the Wake Now Our Vision Collaborative Campaign initiative and Unitarian Universalist congregations. Interviewed by Mark Ewert, Rev. Laura gives us an update on the exciting and successful results of this program: Q: What is the estimated amount
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Your pledge drive needs to happen soon, but it is late and you still don’t have a drive leader, or maybe just got one in place! What are options for congregations when they don’t have time for: volunteer recruitment, good planning, identifying strategies that fit, creating effective messaging, or coordinating with other parts of the
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Today we are launching our Stewardship For Us Team annual report! This year, we wanted to give a short, easy to digest picture of our activities last year. Since many of our client congregations and the Unitarian Universalist Association are on a fiscal year of July 1 to June 30, we are presenting our data
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