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Fundraising and the Church
Part of a series
on Stewardship, Capital Campaigns & Planned Giving Many
churches conduct their stewardship programs the same way year after year
after year. Often, the annual
stewardship drive is nothing more than an anticipated plea for money. We may practice stewardship in the same way
because we’ve become complacent and our time is short. Perhaps it’s just easier to conduct the
same kind of fundraising with the same monetary expectation than to come up
with a new, innovative campaign that will expand your church’s goal for its annual
stewardship drive. Sometimes what we
need is inspiration and to take a look at what other churches are doing, how
they are running their annual stewardship drives and the techniques they use to
encourage congregations to support their churches. On Saturday, May
10th, 2008 the Presbytery of Baltimore will sponsor a Stewardship Workshop at First
Presbyterian Church of Howard County. Registration will begin at 9:30am
and the workshop session is scheduled from 10am to 2pm. This workshop is open to pastors, session
members, trustees and other committee members. The workshop’s morning plenary session will
focus on the Annual Stewardship Drive. During lunch we will discuss Planned Giving and review a video on
Stewardship. Later in the afternoon, we
will breakout into groups to discuss techniques to improve your church’s Capital Campaign and Stewardship Program. As
we get a little closer to May 10th, Tidings will highlight the three presenters in its weekly
editions – offering an in-depth look at the successes, challenges and
obstacles they encountered while developing effective fundraising programs
for their churches. The presenters
will offer unique perspectives on how to conduct a successful Annual Stewardship
Drive, Capital Campaign or Planned Giving Program. Their ideas are bound to
make participants rethink their church’s Stewardship programs and develop
more effective fundraising campaigns. Stay
tuned!!
Bob
Turberville, Director of Development
(To register today for the Stewardship
Workshop, click Church Fundraising)
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Inside this Issue Take Note/Act Now
§ § Mandatory Meetings for Clerks of Session § Spring Gathering of Presbyterian Women § Youth Leader Training § Woods Gallery Exhibit § “An Inconvenient Truth” § Havenwood Book § Kent Ira Groff Workshop § Earth Day–CCTG
website § GA Stated Clerk § PCUSA Hymnal Project § § Godly Play Training Presbytery
Meetings § Stated Clerks – April 12 § Council/Vision – April 8 § Stated - April 26 § Stewardship – May 10 |
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Praise &
Prayer Please
pray for the family and friends of Elder
Frank Thatcher of Towson
Presbyterian Church, who died Sunday. Contact Information The Presbytery of Phone:
410-433-2012 or 800-511-0087 Office
E-mail: office@baltimorepresbytery.org Website: www.baltimorepresbytery.org To Unsubscribe: Call or email Roger Evans Also on the Presbytery of Find past issues of Tidings at: http://www.baltimorepresbytery.org/midweekmail.html.
See new Church Announcements at: http://www.baltimorepresbytery. org/announcements.html |
Take Note/Act Now Deadline for Mission
Grant for 2009 Grant Funding
is 3pm Monday, Apr. 14th. Save the Date! Clerks
of Session meeting from 10am to
noon on Saturday, Apr. 12th
at Dickey Memorial Presbyterian Church. Attendance at one of these meetings is required of all clerks. Please bring
your current church Minutes Book and rolls.
For more, click Clerks
or email vbrown@baltimorepresbytery.org. The
Spring Gathering of the Presbyterian
Women in the Presbytery of Baltimore will be held 9am to noon on Saturday,
Apr. 19th at Kenwood Presbyterian Church. Youth
Leader Training: “Ministering to
Parents of Teens” and “Teens &
Technology” will led by Adrian McMullen from GA will be held
9:30am-3:30pm Saturday, Apr. 12th at Church Notices Woods Memorial Presbyterian
Church is
currently exhibiting Nature House:
Legacy or Loss at its gallery. The mixed media images of Rosemary Luckett
-- composed of ink, watercolor and collage-- tell a unique story of the environment.
For more, click Luckett.
Brown Memorial Woodbrook
Presbyterian Church
presents “An Inconvenient Truth,” at
7pm on Tuesday, Apr. 22nd in the church’s fellowship hall. The
film documents former Vice President Al Gore’s crusade to halt global
warming. This is a free event. Havenwood Presbyterian
Church in
Lutherville will sponsor its first Book
Sale from 10:30am to 3pm on Saturday, Apr. 26th. Books, games,
puzzles, CDs, DVDS and VHS tapes are all on sale. Items can be donated on April 19th
from noon to 4pm or during church office hours. For details, contact the
church at 410. 252.3073. Towson Presbyterian Church will host Kent Ira Groff, founding mentor of
Oasis Ministries, during a one-day retreat entitled “Writing as a Tool for Companioning Fellow Journeyers” from
9:30am-3:30pm on Friday, May 2nd. For details, click Groff.
Synod and General
Assembly Items Celebrate
Earth Day on Sunday, Apr. 20th.
For more information click, Earth
Day. Visit the Care of Creation at http://www.baltimorepresbytery.org/CareofCreation.htm Gradye Parsons has been nominated to
replace Cliff Kirkpatrick as Stated
Clerk of the General Assembly. The vote will occur on June 27th
in Tired of singing the same
old song? PC(USA)
is convening a committee to explore the use of a new hymnal which acquaints worshippers with the great wealth of
hymns and spirituals from Christian communities around the word. For details,
click Hymnal. You can Make a Difference! There are many children in Presbiterio Kaqchikel who will
receive no formal education. Please join the Guatemalan Partnership Family to Family Educational Scholarship
Program and help the Mayan educate their children and build a better
community. For details, click Guatemala. Other Items and
Events All
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Peter Nord, Executive Presbyter |
Bill Millen, Associate Executive |
vbrown@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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Deb Milcarek Associate of |
Jane Johnson |
Bob Turberville Interim Director of Development rturberville@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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Director of Public Policy |
Judi Forrester Coordinator of Financial Services |
Roger Evans Coordinator of Information Services revans@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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Coordinator of Resources |
Deborah I. Greene Coordinator of Communications dgreene@baltimorepresbytery.org |
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