I cannot sing our JDK&A Director’s praises highly enough. His work as our campaign fundraising director with the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee was excellent, above and beyond all expectations. We were absolutely blown away by our fundraising outcome—raising four times our annual pledge income for an endowment. He is that rare combination of personable and pastoral, visionary and detail-oriented, effective and fun. He was able to hold the big picture for us, help us understand how all the work and tasks fit into it, and hold our hands and track the process as we moved through the plan. He was dedicated and delightful: we laughed and made progress. He understands Unitarian Universalists, our values and culture, and works well in our congregations. My team, which is a highly planful and diligent group of people, absolutely trusted his wisdom and work. We all knew we were in good hands, which allowed us to relax and have fun. We enjoyed the fundraising work so much, and all Klote’s promises about it being highly engaging, relational, and spiritual, came true. Thank you!!!
First Unitarian Society
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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.
