I wanted to tell you how much we at All Saints appreciate the efforts of your consultant to help our Vestry determine our congregation’s readiness for a capital campaign. He has been a joy to work with – always professional, thoughtful, helpful, patient, and informative. I personally value his counsel and experience, and, yes, his sense of humor.
Thanks to the consultant’s efforts, All Saints was able to hold 9 focus group meetings, lead a series of meetings re our capacity assessment, and prepare a thorough Feasibility Assessment which is now ready for delivery to the Vestry. His work and recommendations will help guide us as we plow through the difficult capital campaign questions of whether, when, for what and how much. The vestry is now equipped with the ground-up input it needed from the congregation as we contemplate and pray about our next steps. We could not have asked for a better person to guide this process for us.
We are very grateful.
Senior Warden
All Saints Episcopal Church
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
703-399-0518
info@jdklote.com 



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.
