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Leadership

  • Fundraising First Steps

    Leadership, Ministry Support Fundraising, Stewardship
    January 23, 2019
    by The Almoner
    Fundraising first steps are those things that you should always do at the beginning. You just can't get around them. The I went to a Knights of Columbus meeting over ...
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  • Christ Calling His Disciples

    Calling Your "Disciples"

    Capital Campaign, Leadership, Uncategorized, Volunteers
    December 12, 2018
    by The Almoner
    Today's post is a "Letter from the Almoner," a fictional letter written to an imaginary fundraiser who is dealing with a specific set of fundraising challenges. Sr. Veronica is trying ...
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  • Three Red Fire Buckets

    Our Bucket is Leaking!

    Donors, Fundraising, Leadership, Stewardship, Time, Talent, Treasure
    November 29, 2017
    by The Almoner
    The perils of donor attrition. Dear Fr. Zagloba, I was talking to Carmen about the church budget and she mentioned that one of the big problems is that our revenue ...
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  • Votive Candle

    Stewardship is only 10% about Church

    Leadership, Stewardship, Theology
    November 15, 2017
    by The Almoner
    Stewardship has a bad reputation! Dear Fr. Zagloba, I ate lunch with Mrs. Sanderson yesterday and we got to talking about doing a stewardship renewal campaign at St. Catherine's. She ...
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  • Old Church Offertory Box

    Hurricanes - A time for talents

    Leadership, Stewardship, Time, Talent, Treasure, Volunteers
    September 13, 2017
    by The Almoner
    Get ready to serve! Dear Fr. Zagloba, I'm sitting at home watching the hurricane winds roll in. Rain moving horizontally is quite the sight to see. The Food Bank is ...
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  • Matching gifts can help light a fire under an employee giving campaign.

    Build an army of volunteer fundraisers

    Leadership, Ministry Support Fundraising, Volunteers
    August 23, 2017
    by The Almoner
    Dear Mrs. Sanderson, I'm so sorry to hear that you're feeling discouraged. I can completely understand that feeling of "I just can't do this." I went through a season as ...
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  • Old Church Offertory Box

    Go therefore and make... stewards? No! Disciples!

    Leadership, Stewardship, Time, Talent, Treasure
    August 16, 2017
    by The Almoner
    Dear Fr. Zagloba, I can understand why you don't want to jump into a full-blown annual stewardship campaign right now. Your concern that the focus on making a commitment to ...
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  • Old Church Offertory Box

    Time, Talent, and the Fish with a Golden Tooth

    Fundraising, Leadership, Stewardship, Time, Talent, Treasure
    June 21, 2017
    by The Almoner
    Dear Fr. Zagloba, I just read a book that you need to look at. We need to discuss it in depth, maybe as a Pastoral Council. It is called 'Grateful ...
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