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Second Annual Survey on the Impact of the Pandemic on Pledge Drives

In Spring 2020, Stewardship for Us conducted a survey on the impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on last year’s stewardship campaigns and pledge fulfillment. With 89 respondents, the survey revealed better than anticipated financial and participation results. However, responses indicated that many congregations had started their annual pledge drives before the full-on ‘lockdown’ went […]

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Planned Giving: Now is a Good Time!

1 Comment / Stewardship / Mark Ewert

NOTE: Please join us this Friday, May 21 at 10 am Pacific (11 am Mountain, Noon Central, 1 pm Eastern) for an Open Forum Zoom on the topic of planned giving programs. An invitation will be sent to everyone on our email list on Thursday – with the connecting link. If you haven’t already, you

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Six Simple Steps to Wrap Up Your Spring Pledge Campaign

4 Comments / Stewardship / Rachel Maxwell

As Spring Pledging Campaigns wind down, we know that the wrap-up can feel daunting for Stewardship teams. But it doesn’t have to be that way! Follow these six simple steps and you’ll be able to wrap up with ease and warm some hearts along the way. We’re hosting a Friday Forum on this topic, Friday

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Upcoming Events – Join Us!

Stewardship / Rachel Maxwell

Stewardship for Us is pleased to announce upcoming collaborations with UUA Congregational Life staff hosted by the MidAmerica and Pacific Western Regions. These events will provide you with opportunities to explore and learn more about stewardship. Regardless of your region, all of the events are open to you! They are intended for any Unitarian Universalist

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Getting Ready for Spring Drives: Friday Forum January 22, 2021

Annual Campaign, Pledge, Stewardship / Rachel Maxwell

Join Barry Finkelstein and Rachel Maxwell Friday January 22nd at 1 PM Eastern / Noon Central / 11 AM Mountain / 10 AM Pacific for an open forum on Spring Pledge Drives. We’ll share information and stories about where you are in preparing for your Spring Pledging. Barry and Rachel will briefly present basics

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Stewardship As Caring Community – A 2020 Retrospective

Stewardship / Liz Coit

2020 was… well, 2020. No one will forget it. Everyone will carry memories from it. And everyone remains uncertain about 2021. But we all learned a lot from last year and have rediscovered our resilience, persistence, adaptability, and most of all, our caring. Stewardship for Us started 2020 with a roster of planned on-site congregational

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Question Box

Stewardship / Rachel Maxwell

The Stewardship for Us team is hosting a Question Box Forum on Friday December 11th at 1pm Eastern. What would you like to know? About us? About Stewardship? About Mission and Vision? About Strategy? About Planning? The entire Stewardship for Us team will be together on Friday the 11th of December to talk with

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Finding Your Congregation’s New Normal: Time to Create or Revisit a Strategic Plan

Stewardship / Liz Coit

This past weekend, I (Liz) had the pleasure of Zoom-listening to UUA president Susan Frederick-Gray address the Annual UUA Southern Regional Assembly. Truly a comforting and inspiring speech, and several statements certainly require further reflection: “This is no time for casual faith…” “We need all the resilience and grounding we can muster…” “We are in

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Why and How to Do a Year End Giving Drive?

2 Comments / Stewardship / Mark Ewert

Many congregations send a single letter to all congregants for a year end effort. This year consider doing more – and you will get a different response! It can be as simple and easy as fits your capacity. Just be aware that if it is easy for you to do (efficient) it may be easy

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Capital Campaigns in the Virtual World

Stewardship / Mark Ewert

An Open Forum Follow Up Thank you to the 36 folks who joined us last Friday for the Open Forum on Capital Campaigns in the healthy distance world. There were some great questions and suggestions captured in the chat that the participants downloaded themselves during the Zoom. We also promised that we would post the

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