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by Bill Clontz In 2012, the UUA and the Southern Region embarked on a new course to improve how we share our resources. GIFT, Generously Investing For Tomorrow, is intended to be a simpler and more equitable program for providing the resources that enable our UUA and Southern Region team to serve our congregations and
There is constant media hype about Millenials, Boomers, and other generations; how they live, what they buy, and how & why they make donations. For instance, the title of this post is a nod to Boomers (like me!). Yet Generational Theory is just that, a theory, and these vast generalizations don’t apply to everyone. In
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I was delighted to present workshops recently at the Unitarian Universalist Association Mid-America Regional Assembly. It was a large and well-produced gathering, with inspiring worship and lots of useful learning opportunities. One of my workshops was on New Stewardship Resources. This title makes me giggle, because there are so few UU resources in congregational stewardship
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Thinking about GIFT FAQs: Why Should We Support the Region and the UUA? by Bill Clontz, Stewardship Consultant In 2012, the UUA and the Southern Region embarked on a new course to improve how we share our resources. GIFT, Generously Investing For Tomorrow, is intended to be a simpler and more equitable program for providing
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Do you want to make a real difference in stewardship in your congregation? You want to see growth, engagement, improved finances? Well, the most potent place to start is with yourself. A couple of weeks ago I was delighted to participate in the Mountain Desert District Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association, as the keynote
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Thinking about GIFT FAQs: Why Should We Support the Region and the UUA?by Bill Clontz, UUA Stewardship Consultant In 2012, the UUA and the Southern Region embarked on a new course to improve how we share our resources. GIFT, Generously Investing For Tomorrow, is intended to be a simpler and more equitable program for providing
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by Bill Clontz In 2012, the UUA and the Southern Region embarked on a new course to improve how we share our resources. GIFT, Generously Investing For Tomorrow, is intended to be a simpler and more equitable program for providing the resources that enable our UUA and Southern Region team to serve our congregations and
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For many congregations, tis the season of the annual budget drive. As a stewardship consultant, I talk with many congregations, especially at this time of year, as well as with the Regions and the UUA. I observe an unintentional trend among us that we all should be interested in eliminating. If you are a congregational
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As someone who constantly thinks, writes, and talks about stewardship, I gather information broadly, from diverse sources. Over the last number of years, I have been inspired by a Catholic priest who is now 102-years-old: Arturo Paoli. Paoli is almost unknown in the English speaking world, yet his life reads like an adventure movie script:
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