Joyce Helmick

My church, St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church in Southaven, Mississippi, recently conducted a Capital Campaign led by your Klote consultant.  I must admit that our debt reduction campaign has been a huge decision for our small but very active church community.  I, for one, have been overwhelmed with difficult decisions because of our debt.  When we finally made the decision to begin our campaign, I remained overwhelmed and, honestly, very skeptical about it.

 

That is when the Klote consultant came into our community and began his work.  Still a bit under-enthused, I listened, learned, prayed, and eventually signed on to be a working part of the solution based on the professional and faith-based approach he brought to us.

 

Then I began to witness the results of his and Father Clay’s leadership.   My faith in our community began to grow as our pledges grew.  It was through the process in which he engaged us, we all witnessed a sort of “rebirth” in our church community!

 

Needless to say, the results have actually been beyond our expectations, not just in the monetary sense, but also in the belief our parishioners have shown for the future of our church’s work in this community.
I am personally thankful to you and especially to our consultant for the faith you have in Christ and for the faith you showed for us.  I continue to pray for our campaign and for our consultant as he takes this work to another place.