by Bill Clontz, UUA Stewardship Consultant In Part I, we began answering the question of what makes for successful resource campaigns. We discussed the following: Stewardship is ministry. The best stewardship campaigns are continuous, yearlong open discussions and reference resourcing our values. People give to actualize their values.  Successful congregations celebrate donors just as they

By Bill Clontz, UUA Stewardship Consultant Ever find yourself asking that question, wondering why your budget drive or capital campaign is struggling while another congregation’s always seems to do really well? Every congregation and every circumstance are different, of course, but consistently successful campaigns do seem to share a small number of key attributes. It’s

I grew up in a Southern Protestant home. Parables and Bible stories were very much a part of the culture. Although I long ago parted company with the theology, those parables stuck with me. Stories are a powerful way to connect theory to real life. With that in mind, I would like to share with

Anyone who has been a UU for any amount of time knows that stewardship and all that entails – generosity, budget drives, capital campaigns, talking about money – is not usually our strong suit. UUsoften find it challenging to deal with these issues effectively and positively. But it does not have to be that way,