Assemble the Right Team, Then Set Them Up for Success by Bill Clontz, Stewardship Consultant [Tweet “Part of the success in stewardship campaigns is in recruiting and preparing your team.”] Part of the secret to successful stewardship programs lies in building and engaging your stewardship team the right way; recruit with an eye towards […]
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The Search for an Easier Way I recently read about a Unitarian Universalist congregation that conducted its annual budget drive entirely electronically. Information about the budget goals and case for giving were sent by email, and congregants were invited to make their financial commitments online. The congregation claimed that this was highly successful in raising
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5 Areas where Board Members can Support Stewardship Part of a Year-Long Special Series on Nurturing Stewardship 1. Board Members as Leaders Would you give money to a “sketchy” organization? Right, neither would I. Donors look for trustworthiness in organizations they donate to. How well do you think the board does in showing the organization
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WENK – (Who Else Needs to Know?) Part of a Year-Long Special Series on Nurturing Stewardship As one might expect, those of us involved in stewardship invest a lot of time and energy thinking about the Stewardship Committee (or Generosity Team, or whatever we call those brave and ferocious guardians of our congregation’s ability to
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Part of a Year-Long Special Series on Nurturing Stewardship There were days when people would give to your congregation out of loyalty — because they always have, and to help keep doing what you have always done. Some of those folks are probably still around, but they are getting fewer and fewer. These days, donor
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Thanks to Larry Wheeler for his intelligence on this topic! Honestly, it is always concerning and surprising to me when people ask about the minister knowing the pledge and giving amounts of the congregation members. Concerning because the question may indicate discomfort with the topic of money generally or around the role of the minister,
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Bill Clontz, Stewardship Consultant Long before I became a stewardship consultant, I recognized that my fellow Unitarian Universalists often have find it difficult to talk to each other about money, stewardship, and related topics. That realization is one of the reasons I became a stewardship consultant – I knew we needed get past this speed
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How Do Children and Youth Fit in Our Stewardship Culture? Bill Clontz, Stewardship Consultant Not long ago, a couple of members of the Stewardship for Us team met with a senior Unitarian Universalist leader to discuss the state of stewardship within our movement. We asked the question, “Where do you think we most often come up
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Making Better Use of Congregational Data Can Help Us Find Our Way I heard the quote in the title of this blog as a young pilot many years ago. A World War II pilot radioed that report in –he had no idea where he was, but he was making great progress somewhere. In providing stewardship
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Leadership in Stewardship In many congregations, I hear it said that every member is a member of the membership committee. This is a great message and I hope we all take it to heart. Well, I’d like to suggest a related thought: every leader is a leader in stewardship. I’m talking about all lay and
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