I’m writing to express my sincere appreciation for the stellar service I witnessed your consultant provide to St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ithaca, New York. I am a long time parishioner at St. John’s and I’m also fortunate to be a member of the vestry and the campaign steering committee. I really appreciated the consultant’s polite and respectful manner, his knowledge and expertise, the wealth of experience he brought to us, his good sense of humor, his attending church services, his quiet and friendly manner, and his ability to make others recognize the skills and talents they bring to a campaign. I was especially thankful that he took his personal time to attend a long standing community event to honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I am one of the organizers of that event and it felt good that he asked me, not knowing of my involvement in such events, of what opportunities there might be to participate in a community event. I’m thankful that I had the good fortune to meet him. I told him in an email that I was thankful that Klote & Associates had sent their very best. And I wanted to thank you for doing so.
St. John's Episcopal Church
Ithaca, New York
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.
