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 […]
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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
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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
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Part of a Year-Long Special Series Generally about Privacy in Congregations Unitarian Universalism is a covenantal denomination. We are not dogmatic; we gather, worship, run our organizations, and engage by agreement. It is not an anything-goes religion, despite how we are depicted (lovingly) on Prairie Home Companion. We agree to our Principles, the democratic process,
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General Assembly (GA) is our One Big Gathering as Unitarian Universalists. How Can You Connect if You Can’t Be There? Why Would You Want to Connect?
I Missed GA (General Assembly)! Should I Care? Read More »
I had the wonderful experience of co-leading a workshop at General Assembly with my wife, Rev. Roberta Finkelstein, an Accredited Interim Minister, and Andrea Lerner, a UUA Transition Specialist. The workshop was about Stewardship for Congregations in Transition. Check out the slides and handouts at the following link: http://www.uua.org/finance/fundraising/presentations/congregations-transition We had so many questions from the
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Let’s talk about webinars Stewardship Consultant Bill Clontz Before we know it, Fall will be here. For many congregations, that means new engagements and a full calendar of activities, starting with Ingathering and moving on to planning for the rest of the calendar year up through the following Summer. Its the same for the
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Congregations in transition – that is between settled ministers – face opportunities and decisions. What should they and their interim ministers focus on to move the congregation forward and to prepare the ground for the new minister and the ministries that will emerge? How best to take advantage of the interim experience to innovate, re-imagine,
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Assemble the Right Team, Then Set Them Up for Success by Bill Clontz, Stewardship Consultant [Tweet “Part of the success in stewardship campaigns is in recruiting and preparing your team.”] Part of the secret to successful stewardship programs lies in building and engaging your stewardship team the right way; recruit with an eye towards
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