I have learned so much just being around our Klote Consultant, and I look forward to working with him each day. He just has a way of being around people that is infectious. I’ve been on a couple visits with him so far and have more scheduled, and I feel that I will be a much more polished leader after having experienced a few of these with him.
The other day I caught him helping move furniture just to lend a helping hand to our sexton. What a gem of a man. He goes over and above and is the very definition of a team player.
If I’m honest, we were a little concerned about who would end up here full time with us, but I can tell that the entire team is at ease now that he’s been here for a few weeks. We all will miss him when he’s gone, but we’ll remember him because the impact that is being made would not be the same without him.
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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.
