I am not on the Campaign Committee, so I am not privy to the inner workings of the committee, but I can give you the perspective of a parishioner on the outside. Everything has been moving along quite smoothly: focus meetings, visits, kickoff dinner, and progress reports. The planning has been excellent and the execution has been first rate. We are very pleased with the amounts pledged at this moment.
The consultant himself has been a pleasure to work with. He has blended in with the community like a native. He has been an active member of the parish – walking with us on a tour of our historic sites, putting up storm windows, raking leaves. He also read from the Bible during one service. We will miss him.
-Jim McNamara
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church
Rochester, New York
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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.
