I just want to let you know that the consultant is doing an excellent job. He is a wonderful consultant and is very resourceful. He is taking us from not having a giving environment to empowering all of the members of the church to participate in Capital Campaign giving and increasing our pledges for our daily worship. This is not been the easy due to the fact we have an enormous endowment culture. As a Co-Chair of the capital campaign this has been very positive for me.
I am enjoying working with the consultant, as is the rest of our team. He is a spirited, high energy guy and is truly the right person for this job. I also want to say that I believe we have an opportunity to build on the skills for the future in this cathedral. Thank you very much for having the consultant join our team and thank you for your dedication and support on our project. It has been a pleasure working with the consultant and we are hopeful for the future!
Co-Chair
Christ Church Cathedral
Cincinnati, Ohio
703-399-0518 
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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.
