I am the retiring Senior Warden and just wanted to say how thrilled I am with the way the capital campaign for Christ Church is going. As part of the vestry, I was in on the selection process of consultants and was very impressed with your presentation and upfront pricing. Your method of having a personal consultant come spend time and be involved with the church along with the idea of reaching out to every household were the reasons we choose to go with J. D. Klote & Associates. We have been very blessed with our consultant. He is a wonderful Christian and has been very professional with all of his interactions. He did a masterful job with the focus group phase of the campaign and provided the vestry a very thorough report in which to make our decision to go forward. He has been great in training the presenters, working on the handout designs, and coordinating the next phase of the campaign. I know our capital campaign steering committee has greatly appreciated all of the consultant’s knowledge and expertise. It has been truly humbly to see how God is working within our church. We had a lofty goal to reach and through the consultant’s guidance we are 63% there at the 10-week mark. I would not hesitate to use your company again in any future campaigns and would love to have our consultant come back.
Christ Church
Midland, Texas
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.
