When the consultant ended her time at All Souls NYC on December 30th, it was a bittersweet time for all of us. We had benefitted so much from having her with us for fifteen months. Her spirit, enthusiasm, optimism, and expertise was truly amazing and very inspirational. Most importantly, she had a wonderful way of relating to us as individuals, whether we were church staff, ministers, congregational leaders, or congregants. We could trust her if we shared confidences and felt that we had become friends with her during this challenging time in the life of our congregation.
It was wonderful to celebrate with her at the end of her time with us as we were reaching our financial goals for the Capital Campaign and looking ahead to keeping the momentum going in the months and years ahead in order to sustain and grow our church which is so much a part of our lives and that of the greater New York community.
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Carmel Lutheran Church kicked off its ‘Hearts Compelled To Share’ capital campaign in record style. As of January 25th just 73 families of the more than 900 in the church had already committed $3.75 million dollars. That total represents not only the best kickoff to a campaign at CLC, it also represents the best campaign in total even though only 8% of the congregation has pledged so far.
The previous best campaign was just four years ago when CLC collected a total of about $3 million in pledges from over 425 donors.
"Jim Klote, president of James D. Klote and Associates, a capital stewardship consulting firm based in Fall Church, VA, appears on the big screen during his "All Things New" presentation at this year's Annual Conference session. Klote and Associates will conduct free stewardship education workshops for churches in all 18 districts of the conference this fall.
Participants listen attentively during the church stewardship workshop at Wright's Chapel UMC.The Virginia Conference sponsored series of stewardship workshops in each district is winding down, with two more district gatherings remaining in November.
