Thank you for assigning the consultant to lead our Capital Campaign. His caring leadership/cheerleading style helped our congregation raise the most amount of money, to further its ministry, in the past 50 or 60 years. Having no recent fundraising history of this magnitude to predict results from, we have doubled or tripled early expectations voiced by many old timers. I count the entire experience a huge victory for FCC and it helped establish a high standard for future efforts to beat. Thanks again for the consultant’s leadership and your organizations process. One huge benefit of your process is it kept the organizational pressures off of our Senior Minister.
-Fred Mellick
First Congregational Church
Mansfield, Ohio
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Mansfield, Ohio
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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.
