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 »
Last week in Portland, Oregon I was a presenter for a workshop titled, “Year-Round Giving: The Next Big Thing?” Along with my co-presenters the Reverend David Pyle and Jason Kenworthy, we told a packed conference room about this challenging way to gain pledges for an annual budget. We included results from a survey I conducted,
Is Year-Round Pledging for You? Read More »
If you are only accepting cash or checks for donations, you are not offering your contributors options for giving – probably some they would prefer. This is not “making it easy” for people to give you donations, nor is it adapting to how people use money in the 21st century. But Where to Start? Recently
The Essentials of Electronic Giving Read More »
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
Kay Crider Rejoins Consulting Team Read More »
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?
Giving Electronically: Join Us Live or Via the Web Read More »
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
Explore a New Pledging Pattern Read More »
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
Talkin’ ‘Bout My G-G-G-Generation Read More »
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
Congregational Stewardship Resources Read More »
