Four Trains Leave the Station… Does it sound like those old math puzzles? The ones I could never solve about a train leaving Chicago? Well capital campaigns are even more complex, as four trains leave the station. They leave at different times, travel at different rates, and vary their speed. Yet they all need to […]
Capital Campaign and the Four Trains Read More »
Some of us feel our financial gifts or volunteer efforts are too small to make a real difference. Not so. Imagine a chair missing a leg…. by Bill Clontz, Stewardship Consultant In my conversations with fellow Unitarian Universalists, I often hear something like the following: “I really love being a UU, but I am
Do My Gifts Really Make Any Difference? Read More »
Generosity is a funny thing. The more you give away, the more you gain. Congregations that “Share the Plate” every week, for example, usually find that gifts increase overall, not just for the sponsored cause, but also for the congregation itself. It seems that regular opportunities to share, to give to worthy causes, and to live
Good Stewardship Timelines Lead to Success Part of a Year-Long Special Series on Nurturing Stewardship Timeline plans are vitally important to a good stewardship program. We regularly work with congregations that do not recruit leaders early, start late, feel rushed, and cannot do the full program they would like. So what does a good timeline
Always Be Late, OR Plan Ahead! Read More »
Webinar Registration is Now Open Congregations want to make changes to their building, want to pay down debt, launch a new programmatic area, or make other things happen outside of the normal budget. Naturally a capital campaign seems the solution. However, capital campaigns are ambitious projects that take up a lot of congregational attention, and
Capital Campaign: Is Your Congregation Ready? Read More »
News Flash: We are starting a year-long series of blog posts called Nurturing Stewardship. In it we plan to be comprehensive in our topics about stewardship in congregations and related organizations. You will recognize these blog posts because they will have the Nurturing Stewardship logo. We will continue to have other blog posts about topical
Introducing the Nurturing Stewardship Series Read More »
by Bill Clontz, Stewardship Consultant Does the title above sound familiar? Your website is effectively your Electronic Commons and your Electronic Front Door. It’s where potential visitors find you and where members come for information, ideas, and inspiration. Where and how stewardship is seen on your website is important. Unfortunately, on too many of our
“On A Scale of 1 -10 (10 = Great), I Would Rate Stewardship on Our Website at About -3” Read More »
Shall We Gather Together? Reflections on the Power and Potential of Cluster Workshops Bill Clontz, Stewardship Consultant I recently had the privilege of working with the North Texas Unitarian Universalist Congregations cluster (NTUUC) in an all day Stewardship Workshop, well hosted by the Community Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Plano, TX. In reflecting
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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
“I am Lost, but I am Making Record Time!” – Part I Read More »
Happy Birthday Well, it’s been a year since we consultants and the UUA started this grand experiment. We asked if stewardship consulting services, provided so well under the UUA’s Congregational Stewardship Network and led so ably by Wayne Clark, could be provided under a new outsourced model. We’re very pleased with the Year One results
Stewardship for Us is One Year Old Read More »
