Congregational leaders tend to describe their challenges and circumstances in terms of deficiencies – not enough volunteers, young people and families, diversity, money. Perhaps our approaches to stewardship inhibit us from seeing opportunities and resources that are all around us. This workshop will explore the Who, How, and Why of creating better stewardship programs, informed by our Unitarian Universalist Principles and values, our religious purpose, and our congregational visions.
Join Mark Ewert, Stewardship For Us consultant;
Elizabeth Ann Terry, UUA Congregational Giving Specialist; and
Joe Sullivan, New England Region UUA for this live all-day workshop on March 9th in Milton, MA.
Sorry that for some of our readers, this location will be out of geographic reach. However, feel free to bring your team for a visit to New England and roll this workshop into your visit! To see more information and register, please click here.
Join us for this engaging workshop. Together we will:
- Explore values- and faith-aligned stewardship practices, including multicultural engagement and equity-based systems
- Consider practices of stewardship grounded in confidence that enough is available to us, and that all have gifts to contribute and yearning to make a difference
- Identify strategies for aligning congregational ministries and systems in support of new stewardship practices
This is a team-based workshop, as we will work on alignment around stewardship systems and leveraging our rich human resources. We encourage, in addition to the stewardship committee members, that board members, religious professionals, finance, and membership folks attend together. In fact, if you have new staff or potential lay leaders this would be a great opportunity for them.
Mark Ewert is a stewardship consultant with the Stewardship For Us team. Mark works with congregations on their stewardship programs and can be reached at mewert@stewardshipforus.com, via the UUA’s Congregational Stewardship Resources page (http://www.uua.org/finance/fundraising/consulting), or through your regional staff.
Mark Ewert is a stewardship consultant, a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® (CAP®), and a professional leadership and philanthropy coach (PCC) certified with the International Coaching Federation.
His experience includes founding a nonprofit, working as a fundraiser, and leading a national organization. Reach Mark at Team@StewardshipForUs.com