My wife Sharon and I met you late last year when you visited with a small group of us at Concordia Lutheran Church in Kirkwood, Missouri. I just wanted to let you know what a great job the consultant is doing. Sharon and I mistakenly thought that the first focus group session was going to take place after last Saturday evening church service. Since we are the focus group presenters for the January 30 – 31 meetings, we thought we would sit in on this meeting to obtain a better understanding of the process and the type of questions that may be asked. The consultant saw us at the meeting room door, informed us that the first meeting doesn’t take place until Sunday and then spent almost an hour with us going over the presentation. He provided us with many thoughtful insights and presentation ideas. We are looking forward to working with him throughout this process.
Concordia Lutheran Church
Kirkwood, Missouri
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.
