Congregational Stewardship
Six Best Practices - Stewardship Strategy Assessment
This is an excellent piece of work! It was created by Dr. Barbara Fullerton as a doctoral thesis. It is based on Canadian Research, and set in a United Church context with our UC language.
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Year Round Congregational Stewardship: Six Best Practices
These is a great and practical document that takes "what works" (Six Best Practices) and gives concrete and specific suggestions.
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Your Congregational Stewardship Plan
Great Resource for Stewardship Committees. Gives theology and principles of giving, as well as concrete specific suggestions.
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Narrative Budgets What is a Narrative Budget? It is a way to present the pastoral charge's yearly budget in a descriptive format. It attempts to tell the "story" of why our church needs money, and how the offering gets spent on the ministry and mission of the pastoral charge. Narrative Budgets motivate people to give to ministry, rather than to the budget, or to "pay the minister." Narrative Budgets do not replace the Financial Statement, it builds upon it, and reinterprets the information into a story. Are you interested in how to do a Narrative Budget for your Charge? I will offer some resources to get you started. But please feel free to contact me. I am open to do a workshop, or work with a committee of your church to prepare one. Legacy Gifts Interested In making a Legacy or planned Gift?
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Below are some Resources to help you prepare a Narrative Budget for your Charge:
Want to check out some of the resources to promote Legacy Giving in your congregation? Click on this page from Stewardship Toolkit.ca: Legacy Giving Resources_ |