Pledging trends show that the most efficient methods in stewardship are rarely the most effective.

Many congregations are at a financial crossroads, but are our annual budgeting and financial planning processes up to the challenge? Build your congregation’s roadmap for a sustainable – thriving -financial future.

How committees and staff can create a dynamic and engaging stewardship element in a family’s spiritual life.

What if you invested only in things that made a better world? What are the risks if you don’t do that? What if we could liberate money to be used as a tool for love?

Anxiety makes us fearful and fear brings on a sense of scarcity. How do we cope with the thorny aspects of stewardship in high anxiety times? We look for the abundance. And it is there.

Find out opportunities for asking for pledges and contributions on Sunday mornings (or whenever people are accessing your virtual worship!).

July 1, 2020 marks the beginning of the fiscal year 2021 for many congregations, and the half-way point of FY 2020 for others. Either way, it is a benchmark point in pledge fulfillment. How well are we doing?

I was in a Zoom call the other day with lots of congregations represented. It was one of the Virtual Stewardship Salons hosted by the UUA. We broke in to separate breakout rooms and I was in a room with folks from seven different congregations....

Budgeting for the new year is very much on everyone’s mind. There is no telling how the pandemic will affect pledge drives underway, nor fulfillment of current year pledges. Congregations also fear the loss or reduction of other income from rentals, fundraisers, plate collections, and other contributions.

Your pledge drive needs to happen soon, but it is late and you still don’t have a drive leader, or maybe just got one in place! We will present 11th-hour strategies and learn from each other’s experiences.

A supportive board is essential for a successful stewardship campaign. This overview helps congregational boards understand what is needed.