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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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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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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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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Workshops and Other Events As I am back from the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly 2018, here is a brief report of my highlights for those who did not attend (and those who did!). Workshop: Calling Future Ancestors – Shaping Our Legacy Today Rev. Laura Randal and I presented this workshop. We had a good
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Knowing when it is time to turn the page is an essential skill – for congregations and for individuals I’ve seen it more times than I can count. A congregation makes a transition, occasionally to fix something that is broken, but more often to take advantage of new opportunities or meet new challenges. A
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We are delighted to welcome Rachel Maxwell to our team of consultants! Rachel has a lifelong commitment to helping people use money to create real value in the world. Most recently she co-founded and led Community Sourced Capital, an innovative lending platform that helped people come together to form zero-interest loans for the small businesses
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We hope you will join us for a workshop at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in June for our workshop: Justice, Stewardship, and White Supremacy. I am so proud to be in the robust company of folks putting this workshop together: Jessica Cloud of Starr King School for the Ministry Elizabeth Ann Terry of the
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We have a special treat for this post: a guest blogger, Tom Dudzinski, who writes about the power of video storytelling in the service of UU stewardship, especially capital and combined campaigns. Tom is a pro who brings decades of video and communications experience to enhance congregations’ ability to reach and engage members and friends.
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If your congregation has a planned giving & endowment program, or you are starting one up, you already know that thinking about legacy is a deeper area of discernment. How do you bring that up with your congregants? How do you engage them more deeply in long range financial planning that is informed by their
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