Lorraine and I first met the consultant after we had pledged in March 2017 with the Pattern Gifts Committee Chairs and he was at the meeting site. Then, Fr. Charleston Wilson asked us to become a visiting team and our training and involvement began with the consultant. Lorraine and I are now the Victory Chairs and the intervening months have showcased his many qualities.
The first outstanding quality is his faithful membership at Redeemer. Of course, he is there every Sunday, but also 7am Bible studies, evening concerts, all day celebrations and so many gatherings of an extremely active congregation. In this time, he has come to know more members by their names than all but the most senior clergy. But not just names, he knows the members and they know him.
His time availability to the various committees and their members is 24/7. Whether training or committee meetings, he has an agenda and has coached the leaders on any questions they may have. He has accompanied many Visitors and been the solitary visitor on others. When Visitors bring members to the proposed model, he is usually within reach to answer possibly tough questions.
He keeps the leaders and the visitors aware of the status of the calling pipeline. He honors success and coaches when the various categories are lagging. The consultant is committed and enthusiastic as displayed by his positive demeanor and words that are very uplifting and he keeps members focused on eventual success. More importantly, he makes the numbers come alive with his amazing memory and ability to tell the real stories of people’s reactions to the campaign.
We have been told by the campaign leader that our campaign giving is 5 times the annual pledges and Redeemer has a very successful annual pledge program!
The Church of the Redeemer and Lorraine and I have been blessed by the consultant’s presence. We will miss him, but I believe he is leaving us with the process, knowledge and training to achieve success and keep the campaign alive.
Church of the Redeemer
Sarasota, Florida
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.
