Generosity For Every GenerationSt. Louis, MissouriMarch 11-13, 2013

http://stewardshipkaleidoscope.org

Workshop topics:

• Congregational giving analysis for your church• Giving through technology (both online giving

and social media generosity)• Stewardship in small membership churches• How presbytery teams can train congregations• Endowment 101—beginning and growing one• Role of the pastor in Stewardship• Capital campaigns that work

Some ideas…

Spirit of Generosity

• A culture of generosity needs to be created, yet it takes time

• The Circle of Generosity• Prospect identification: identifying members• Cultivation: Building Relationships and Sharing the

Vision (Strategic plan for the church is a must!)• Solicitation: Opportunity for Stewardship and

Generosity• Recognition: Expressing Appreciation and Celebrating

Generosity

Generosity Teams

• Stewardship Committees being called Generosity Teams

• Generosity Teams focus on a year long campaign (not just November)

• Focus on how giving is needed and utilized throughout the year (divvy out over time)

• Utilize stories of members and folks outside the church walls to share the impact of giving

Needed Transitions

• Membership • Shift from: Member to Personal Call• Institution to Community• Spectator to Participant • Consumer to Contributor

• Worship• Shift from an entertainment-oriented spectator

experience to a worship Christ-focused engagement of spiritual formation and missional sending

• Stewardship• Shift from a budget focus to a whole life

discipleship focus, centered in the practice of gratitude and generosity

• Communication• Shift from an occasional distribution of

information to an immediate, two-way interaction that builds trust

• Church Structure• Shift from a traditional leadership to a

network of relationships with a community structure

Five Guides to Action

• Create Impact• Encourage Initiative • Practice Gratitude• Put Relationships First• Life Is Worship

5 Questions to Ask about Impact

• What has changed in the church (how are we in transition)?

• What is our impact (how are we making a difference)?

• Who are we impacting?• What opportunities do we have now to create

impact?• What obstacles keep us from creating impact

now?

# 1 Reason Why People Give

• They See Results–“Can I make a difference?”

STEWARDSHIP KALEIDOSCOPE 2014

March 17-19St. Louis, MO

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