I am one of the Site Pastors at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lisle, IL. I recently had the privilege of working with your consultant on our financial campaign, and I just wanted to write a note saying what a privilege it was to have him serving our team in this way.
One of the things I love most is when I see members of my congregation taking big steps of faith and personally getting involved in the mission of our church, and what I appreciated about the consultant was his ability to help our members do just that. I used to work for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship where fundraising for the ministry was an annual affair. I know how challenging it can be to get people on board, and one of the things that I appreciated most about the consultant was his ability to encourage, train, and empower our own congregation members to make the financial calls and visits necessary for our campaign. He did a great job visioning them and helping them feel confident to make those asks: which is no small feat.
I know our campaign wouldn’t be anywhere near where we currently are if it weren’t for his support, guidance, and leadership.
It was a pleasure working with him and with your organization to make this campaign happen and I just wanted to pass along this note of thanks.
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lisle, Illinois
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.
