Overview of a Parish Stewardship Campaign Plan
A Sample Generic Plan for Your Presentation and Use
Stewardship grows out of a
healthy community of faith
What?
Our stewardship campaign will educate the congregation on Christian
Stewardship increase funding support to the Parish and
to Stewards in Action invite three-year pledges for the parish’s
Honouring Our Commitment target
Why a different approach?
Our congregation is not providing adequate resources to support current ministry and programming
reliance on regular appeals and special fund raisers to balance budget
current credit line of $35,000 to run church
demographics
Our Demographics
200 members/families on membership role 100 giving members/families 73% of givers are over sixty 68% of givings are from those over sixty 14% of our congregation is under fifty
Conclusion: A time bomb
Choices Cut costs to match revenue
a downward spiral
Increase the resources available to match the ministry in terms of: TIME TALENT DOLLARS
Decision…
Made by the congregation over the last 10 years capital campaign hiring of part-time minister renewing commitment to youth ministry establishing telephone care ministry
….TO TRY TO INCREASE THE AVAILABLE RESOURCES
Stewardship Education
We have to go back to the tenets of our faith about stewardship
We have to learn about giving We have to educate We have to set the example
During the past five years...
we have renovated the Church and Hall for worship and Christian education
raised $ .5 million for capital campaign
During the past two years...
we have worked together on the stewardship of our ministry and outreach prioritiesestablished a unique Care program we have already taken giant steps forward!
Now we must move forward
We must invite members to more intentionally:
Become more connected with one another Become more connected to the church Help young families to become aware of
what the church has to offer them
A need to go visiting
This work now needs to be taken out to the members of our church: to ask them for input to discuss how we can best meet their
particular needs to ask them to supply the resources to
accomplish our mission
Over a four week period:
From November 2nd – Launch Sunday
to
November 23rd – Commitment Sunday
People will be invited to do FOUR things:
First...
To become more conscious of ourselves as stewards of all that God has entrusted to us...
Our lives, Our families, Our work, Our relationships at church, The congregation’s vision for ministry and
outreach including Stewards in Action, and Honouring Our Commitment
Third...
To learn the whys and hows of giving a proportion of their income back to God through the church.
We will provide guidance on what people give, what they could target and start them on the first steps towards tithing.
Fourth...
To attend a: (pick one) Festive Meal Cottage Meeting Consecration Sunday Luncheon
Welcome a visitor into their home To discuss the congregation’s directions and
the plan for inviting all of us to join together in making our new directions a reality.
Key Dates
October 21st Stewardship Committee Meeting
October 28th Presentation to Council November 2nd Stewardship Launch November 22nd Festive Meal November 23rd Commitment
Sunday
Stewardship Organization
Church Church CommitteeCommittee
ClergyClergy
RectorRectorEvents CoordinatorEvents Coordinator
Communications CoordCommunications CoordEducation CoordinatorEducation Coordinator
SIA CoordinatorSIA CoordinatorHOC CoordinatorHOC CoordinatorAdmin SupportAdmin Support
Stewardship ChairStewardship Chair
Council provides leadership by:
Approving the stewardship program plan and congregational theology of giving
Becoming workers and leaders in the program
Establishing a congregational ‘benchmark’ for giving as a guideline to the program
Acting as advocates for the program’s goals and proportionate giving
Modeling the ‘benchmark’ in their own giving