Some years ago, when I was a lay member of my home congregation serving on the Stewardship Team, we started a meeting with the question, “What color is money?” We all closed our eyes and noticed the color that came to mind when thinking about the concept of money. “Orange,” I said, in tones of […]
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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
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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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Welcome to the fourth in our series of Stewardship as Community Care posts. I was in a Zoom call the other day with lots of congregations represented. It was one of the Virtual Stewardship Salons hosted by the UUA. We broke in to separate breakout rooms and I was in a room with folks from
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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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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Across the country, many UU congregations are heading toward the finish line of their annual stewardship campaigns. Some are deep into time-bound spring campaigns; others are in the spring phase of year-round giving and pledging; others are collecting from a fall pledge drive; and still others are hard at work on combined annual stewardship and
How many of you would rather have a root canal than talk with members of your congregation about money? Why is money such a touchy topic? In the words of Rev. Jan Christian, a minister on staff for the UUA’s Pacific Western Region, “Our wounds are often deep when it comes to money and our
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