Fall 2022 Virtual Binder - Newark

On this page, we’ll post resources for upcoming weeks’ trainings. During our Zoom meetings, we’ll share slides as we move through our discussions and content. Knowing that some people learn by also engaging with taking notes, we’ve provided guided notes pages that we encourage individuals/teams to print out the materials and have on hand for our meetings.

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Week 1 - Tuesday, September 6

Homework:

  1. Your Whys: Why (individually/yourself) invest the time/energy/resources in stewardship/development in your own diocese/church?

  2. Release: How do you presently think about, describe, and understand fundraising? What do you need to release, reimagine, and/or practice to view fundraising as a ministry?

  3. Dreaming Together:

    1) What is your church’s “Why”?

    2) If a million dollars was the result of a focused effort of stewardship at your church, what would that look like? (this question is vague on purpose!)

Week 2 - Tuesday, September 13

Homework:

  1. What are the generational characteristics of your church?

    • Who are in your pews?

    • Based on your data, what messages need to be heard?

    • What would a letter look like from your parish?

Week 3 - Tuesday, September 20

Homework:

  1. Development of theme for annual giving

  2. Begin creation of your year-round calendar

Week 4 - Tuesday, September 27

Homework:

  1. Set SMART goals together

  2. Update your year-round calendar with additional steps

Week 5 - Tuesday, October 4

Homework:

  1. Fill out your constituency model (page 9 of Virtual Binder)

  2. Role Play by teams of 2 (page 14 of Virtual Binder)

  3. Create a list of major gifts/dream list

  4. Create a list of individuals with connections to passions and your congregation’s needs

Taking Project Resource Further

The following questions should be explored with your team to keep Project Resource at the front of mind and will help you implement a new culture of stewardship in your church and diocese:

  1. Establishing metrics: How will we establish baselines and analyses?

  2. Accountability and transparency: How will we make this ministry a priority in our church/diocese?

  3. How will we set measurable goals for systems change and increased giving?

  4. Where might we experience barriers?

  5. What new habits will we implement to live into a new narrative?

Quarterly Check-Ins:

Quarterly check-ins are meant to help provide teams an opportunity to connect with the presenters and follow-up with team progress and ask questions as they implement Project Resource in their own church/diocese.

Hour-long meetings:

Wednesday, December 7, 2022
5:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm MT / 7:00 pm CT / 8:00 pm ET
Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/96993965041?pwd=K1R1RDRxL3BDbVB5Z1FsQXAvWm93dz09
Meeting ID: 969 9396 5041
Passcode: 105746

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
5:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm MT / 7:00 pm CT / 8:00 pm ET
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86348479110?pwd=NGpIRGx2WksxSHVUODdRZW1aaWU3UT09
Meeting ID: 863 4847 9110
Passcode: 647026

Wednesday, September 6, 2023
5:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm MT / 7:00 pm CT / 8:00 pm ET
Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86244188388?pwd=TG5WRWNGYjlzYnRJSTBDS2dHYjBEdz09
Meeting ID: 862 4418 8388
Passcode: 230746