It has been my pleasure to work with the consultant on the Capital Campaign for St. John’s Episcopal Church since the beginning of January (I was housebound with a broken ankle when he arrived initially). He has been our biggest supporter with all of his words of advice, encouragement, good humor and unflappable manner. He has kept his thumb on our pulse and quietly prodded when necessary, but always with good humor. I am confident that without his invaluable assistance, we would not even be in sight of our goal. We will definitely miss having him with us; we wish him Godspeed in his work. When the work begins on the repairs to our physical plant, I know that he will be in our thoughts and prayers.
Thank you so much for sharing him with us these last few weeks.
St. John's Episcopal Church
Ithaca, New York
703-399-0518 
info@jdklote.com 
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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.
