Resources

Kay Crider is rejoining the Stewardship For Us team after a one-year sabbatical overseas! Feeling refreshed and inspired, she enjoyed immersing herself in different cultures, learned the intricacies of a new language (well, somewhat), and gained new perspective on some of the challenges and benefits of other countries. Perhaps not surprisingly, she got to know

Online banking, Square Up swipers on a smart phone or tablet, terminals and kiosks. Not to mention QR codes, social media giving, and crowdfunding (Faithify!). Our options for electronic giving are dizzying. What is worth the cost? Which ones will actually be used by our congregants? What will integrate with our other church management systems?

Have you heard about year-round pledging? Rather than having an annual pledge drive in Fall or Spring, some congregations have instituted a program where they divide people into groups and ask those groups to pledge at different times of year. This might mean that if you join in June, then every June you are asked

There is constant media hype about Millenials, Boomers, and other generations; how they live, what they buy, and how & why they make donations. For instance, the title of this post is a nod to Boomers (like me!). Yet Generational Theory is just that, a theory, and these vast generalizations don’t apply to everyone. In

I was delighted to present workshops recently at the Unitarian Universalist Association Mid-America Regional Assembly. It was a large and well-produced gathering, with inspiring worship and lots of useful learning opportunities. One of my workshops was on New Stewardship Resources. This title makes me giggle, because there are so few UU resources in congregational stewardship