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Report on the Legacy Challenge

Resources, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism / Mark Ewert

Re. Laura Randall is the Director of The Legacy Challenge , which gave a match for new planned gifts for the Wake Now Our Vision Collaborative Campaign initiative and Unitarian Universalist congregations. Interviewed by Mark Ewert, Rev. Laura gives us an update on the exciting and successful results of this program: Q: What is the estimated amount

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Webinar: Planning Your Pledge Drive – LATE!

4 Comments / Pledge, Resources, Stewardship / Mark Ewert

Your pledge drive needs to happen soon, but it is late and you still don’t have a drive leader, or maybe just got one in place! What are options for congregations when they don’t have time for: volunteer recruitment, good planning, identifying strategies that fit, creating effective messaging, or coordinating with other parts of the

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Stewardship For Us Annual Report Launches Today!

3 Comments / Stewardship, Testimonials / Mark Ewert

Today we are launching our Stewardship For Us Team annual report! This year, we wanted to give a short, easy to digest picture of our activities last year. Since many of our client congregations and the Unitarian Universalist Association are on a fiscal year of July 1 to June 30, we are presenting our data

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Ministers’ Roles in Capital Campaigns

2 Comments / Leadership, Ministers, Stewardship / Barry Finkelstein

Ministers often ask us about their role in their congregation’s capital campaign. This question is both simple and complex, simple in that some roles are universal or nearly so, while others are based on the personalities and strengths of the minister and the lay leaders, as well as the culture, size, and governance of the

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Webinar: Healthy Giving in Congregations

2 Comments / Stewardship / Kay Crider

Are you concerned about the distribution of giving in your congregation? Join Rachel Maxwell & Kay Crider of Stewardship for Us for a webinar on skewed giving. We’ll talk about the range of giving within our congregations, economic justice and the Fair Share Giving Guide, incentives for raising pledges, secrecy versus confidentiality, effective messaging and …

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Capital Campaign Webinars: How Do We Get There and Road-map

Resources, Stewardship / Mark Ewert

Do you think the time is ripening in your congregation to start working toward a capital campaign? Do you see one on the horizon and want to be ready for it? Do you want to get your professional and lay leaders on the same page, so your early planning efforts are aligned around a broader

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Talking About Money with Care

Communications, Covenant, Money, Resources, Stewardship / Kay Crider

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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Create Impact with Endowment Investments

1 Comment / Money, Resources, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism / Mark Ewert

It is always surprising that congregations are managing their endowment investments locally, using an investment manager, and that manager is sometimes even a member. In some cases they are trying to maximize their profit, which is understandable if the congregation is in authentic financial jeopardy. Yet to do so, they might risk violating our Unitarian

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