Materials are grouped in these subcategories:
- Annual Pledge Campaign
- Planned Giving
- Year-Round Stewardship
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Learning Center: Stewardship
Annual Pledge Campaign
May 8, 2023
Improve the chances that your Stewardship letter (and email) actually gets read by following these easy rules.
May 8, 2023
Additional information about the Online Giving Assessment prepared by the Stewardship Office of the Diocese of Newark.
August 24, 2023
Personalization helps ensure your letter gets read and acted on - and it only takes a few minutes!
June 29, 2023
Learn best practices and strategies to strengthen mission and help make members aware of your ministry. Help members to make their best gifts! (Time: 1:30:25.)
September 5, 2023
Learn best practices to deepen your stewardship theology and help your members connect their money with their meaning. (Time: 1:24:32.)
July 13, 2023
Does your parish brochure have pictures of kids who have since graduated college? It’s time to update your printed and online stewardship materials. Learn design basics and new ideas to help your members make their best gifts. (Time: 1:31:29.)
October 7, 2015
Learn about the unique sensitivities and behavioral trends of different generationalgroups and how to tailor your stewardship message to more effectively reach everyone.
August 25, 2021
In this short video Cynthia McChesney, Missioner for Stewardship in the Diocese of Newark, outlines a framework to bring structure to your Annual Stewardship Campaign planning, by helping you first identify 10 key dates over the next several months.
Planned Giving
May 8, 2023
This brief video features a discussion with Jim Murphy of the Episcopal Church Foundation and Cynthia McChesney of the Diocese of Newark and focuses on the need for vestry-level endowment and gift acceptance policies.
May 8, 2023
A conversation between Jim Murphy, Episcopal Church Foundation and Cynthia McChesney, Diocese of Newark on ways that Episcopal churches in the diocese can get started in setting up an effective Planned Giving program.
April 24, 2024
Easy steps a congregation can take to set up its own planned giving program.
Year-Round Stewardship
June 20, 2024
Learn how to identify and recruit members on your stewardship committee who will find joy and success on this essential ministry.
June 22, 2022
Thinking about your church's upcoming annual pledge campaign? Want to be as prepared as possible come the fall?
June 8, 2023
In this concise video, we delve into several essential pledging benchmarks that every vestry member should know. (Time: 9:21.)
March 16, 2023
Ways to maximize your church's online giving.
December 27, 2021
Topics: Why Year-end Giving? Church Wish Lists; Year-end Campaigns; Online Giving Tips; Donor Advised Funds; Qualified Charitable Distribution from IRA; Group Discussion.
August 4, 2022
Recording of a Zoom Workshop held August 4, 2022.
May 16, 2024
Your congregation budget is a roadmap to your ministry. Ensure that your budget maintains healthy ratios and represents opportunities for ministry and mission. Learn best practices on transparent and accountable reporting. (Time: 1:20:30.)
June 6, 2024
Join with Davey Gerhard, Executive Director of TENS: The Episcopal Network for Stewardship to discuss theological and practical tips and tools on how to develop your time and talent ministries. (Time: 1:29:34.)
May 2, 2024
Learn best practices to polish your gratitude and abundance responses and develop a toolkit for year-round connection to the mission.
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