Things are moving at First Church! The consultant has done great work getting to know and understand our church culture, and that’s been valuable. It’s been very helpful to have him with us full time, as this is the first campaign we’ve done in 15 years, and his experience and expertise has helped us keep things moving. He was particularly helpful, post-election, when some of the church leaders wanted to put the hold on things, and he helped us reassess why this was exactly the moment to move forward.
Our Kick-Off event is March 11, and I think we’re on target to have about $3,000,000 raised by then!
-Rev. Justin Schroeder
Senior Minister
First Universalist Church
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
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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.
