It has been great having the JDK&A consultant on the team, and I have really enjoyed working with him. As I’m sure he’s mentioned, we’ve definitely been pushing the boundaries on the typical Klote strategy and he has been very good about giving us grace, space, and pushing back when we are moving too far off track. I’ve been in the fundraising world for about 25 years, and it has been fun to still be learning new approaches and strategies with his help. I’ve particularly appreciated the way he has embedded into the life of our church—showing up at unrelated gatherings and building relationships with our congregation. That has helped as we have begun asking for more volunteers and his faithful presence has given the team encouragement at various points along the way. I think we are on the cusp of really having success with this campaign—and there is already so much that has been accomplished.
Christ the King Presbyterian Church
Houston, Texas
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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.
