My name is Mark Buchtrup and I am a member of Sheppard of the Lakes Lutheran Church in Brighton, Michigan. I am also a member of the board of directors of SOTL. I wanted to express my deep appreciation for your consultant and his tremendous efforts in guiding our Drop the Nets Capital Campaign this fall. He has shown great enthusiasm and guidance in securing pledges from our church community. He has also been a great encouragement in training volunteers to call on fellow members to secure pledges. I am sure you’ve already heard this from numerous congregations he’s worked with that your consultant is a fabulous asset to your organization and great leader. I know our Capital Campaign would not have been as successful if he had not been in charge. Thank you for your time and have a blessed day!
Board of Directors
Shepherd of the Lakes Lutheran Church
Brighton, Michigan
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.
