Happy New Year! Now that the holidays are past and many congregations are working on their Spring pledge drives in earnest, this might be a good time to define some words associated with stewardship. Here is a short list of vocabulary, with some comments about each one – this is not your mother’s dictionary! Stewardship […]
A Brief and Subjective Glossary of Stewardship Terms Read More »
We can do hard things. We can ask people for help, support, even money.
Asking for Support Read More »
Join Barry Finkelstein and Rachel Maxwell Friday January 22nd at 1 PM Eastern / Noon Central / 11 AM Mountain / 10 AM Pacific for an open forum on Spring Pledge Drives. We’ll share information and stories about where you are in preparing for your Spring Pledging. Barry and Rachel will briefly present basics
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Unitarian Universalist congregations did a terrific job reacting to the novel coronavirus pandemic. With support from the UUA and each other, we transformed operations to the virtual universe. We began conducting everything from Sunday services to religious education classes to meetings and small groups using Zoom. And stewardship followed suit as our congregations conducted successful
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Don’t miss our Open Forum this Friday, May 22nd. We will discuss virtual fundraisers for UU congregations. We are eager to hear your ideas and experiences in conducting virtual events to attract funds while engaging in virtual fun. You should have received the Zoom link in your email. If not, contact us (email at the
The focus of this week’s Zoom Symposium was Stewardship During Virtual Sundays. We hope our slides and video, as well as the sharing of ideas among congregations, are helpful as you continue to build a Sunday online experience, and other virtual programs for your congregation. The symposium covered the opportunities for asking for pledges and
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Thanks to everyone who participated in the pop-up video symposium today: Pledge Drive Communications Now. We had 46 people on the Zoom – great to see everyone’s faces and thank you for contributing via the Chat function! Many thanks to The First UU Society of Burlington, Vermont who allowed me to use their materials as
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Welcome to the second in our series of blogs on Stewardship as Community Care. In these times of social isolation, we can use our campaigns to reach out and connect with messages of compassion, concern and hope.. Virtual stewardship has much in common with on-site and in-person stewardship: Stewardship conversations are sacred conversations in whatever
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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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