I am one of the campaign chairs of the Next Steps Capital Campaign at Concordia Lutheran Church in Kirkwood, Missouri. I wanted to let you know what a joy it has been to have the consultant lead our campaign. With his weekly updates, he keeps us informed and on task. He encourages us and truly has become part of the family. Even though we are a large church with 800+ members, I feel like everyone knows who he is. The consultant has made it a priority to become part of the community by regularly attending worship, Bible studies and other church events. He is instrumental in the training of our volunteers and even making visits with members of the congregation. We have enjoyed our time with him and are sad to see it come to an end. He will be missed. Thank you for your support of our campaign.
Concordia Lutheran Church
Kirkwood, Missouri
703-399-0518 
info@jdklote.com 
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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.
