Whole Life in the Mission

FLGA 2005

Mentor Teams If Needed…

• Meet with Congregation(s) 3 times ea. year

• Report updates to FLGA, Jan/Sept

Meeting One

• Why we should do a stewardship program?

• How it can be done?

• What materials will be used?

• When will we do this?

• Who will be involved?

Meeting Two

• Implementation of materials, stewardship program.

• Evaluate progress

• Recommend changes

• Report sent to FLGA in Grant Application

• Can be done by phone….

Meeting Three

• Evaluate current year end stewardship program.

• Recommended changes for next year.

• Develop Stewardship plan for Year 2

• Select Material for Year 2

General Goals

• Spiritual Gifts Used • Increase in Worship & S.S. Small Groups by …%• Increase in offerings by %• Dedicated to Outreach • Leadership/Teams increased • Support other work being done in FLGA • Capital Campaign tied to future ministry plans• 5 Year Plan to be self supporting

Stewardship Resources

• God’s Trustees

• Stewardship Banquet

• Step Up

• Pony Express

• Cottage Meetings

• Consecration Sunday

• LCMS Stewardship manual

20/40 Rule

• A general healthy practice is to have financial support spread out over the entire membership.

• What percentage of the budget do the top 20% of your families provide in their gifts?

• Does this exceed 40%? How dependant is your future ministry based on the few?

How Much Budget…

• See demographics “Household by Income”• Take the Median or Average Income per

Household $ amount x 2-3% x the number of families in the congregation. This will give a generic idea for how much budget the congregation can afford.

• For illustration purposes take the above info and multiply x 5%, 7%, and 10%.

How Much Land & Building

• LCEF exists to assist congregations in the purchase of land and building programs. The congregation will however have to provide information stating how they will repay the loan.

• $½ million will cost around $2700 per month

Capital CampaignHow much can we expect…

• See demographics under Households by Income.

• Take the average or median income x 5% x the number of families which will pledge over 3-5 years. This will give you a reasonable idea of what you can expect to raise.

Excel Budget

• Budget by areas

• Membership giving by attendee or family

• Loan Calculator

• Five Year Tracking Projection

Ministry Map

• Describe how a person moves from visitor to membership.

• Draw a flow chart listing step by step how people are directed through this process and what happens after they become members.

• How are they involved in ministry? How are they equipped, trained?