Success

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COMMITMENT PROGRAMS

• Success

• Success has two elements
• Spiritual Growing Grateful and Generous Hearts
• Financial Raise More Money

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People to Recruit
Competent Incompetent
Uncommitted Committed
The 20 The Leaders Recruit from here first
Recruit from here second
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COMMITMENT PROGRAMS

• Essentials
• One Rector involvement
• Two Start early
• Three Involve lots of people in carrying out
  your commitment program
• Four Get them to attend commitment program
  training

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• Five Commitment Programs
• The Faithful Member Home Visitation Program
• The Festive Meal Commitment Program
• The Personal Note Commitment Program
• The Cottage Meeting Commitment Program
• The Home to Home Commitment Program

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COMMITMENT PROGRAMS

• Common Elements
• Involve Competent/Committed People
• Rector
• 10 Leaders (Stewardship Ministry Team)
• Recruiters (10 of remaining households)
• Workers (Total of leaders, recruiters and workers
  is at least 25 of parish households)

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COMMITMENT PROGRAMS

• Common Elements (cont.)
• Substantial Rector involvement
• Action plan/timeline
• Update parish member database
• Theme
• Pledge/commitment cards
• Training event

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COMMITMENT PROGRAMS

• Common Elements (cont.)
• Witness in person and/or writing
• Monitor and record results and progress
• Commitment Sunday
• Follow-up Letters/Telephone calls
• Celebration for workers
• Evaluation

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• The Faithful Member Home Visitation Program
• (Workers are recruited and trained to make
  personal visits to the remaining homes in the
  congregation.)
• Recruiters and workers attend training, make a
  pledge and visit households.
• Willingness of households to be visited.
  (culture)
• Each household receives three letters.
• Visitors tell their stewardship story and ask
  hosts to join in making a pledge.
• About 60 of households are visited.

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• The Festive Meal Commitment Program
• (The congregation is focused toward one major
  annual event. Table Hosts are trained and invite
  members to their dinner table group.)
• Recruiters and workers attend training, make a
  pledge and host tables.
• Publicize/publicize/publicize.
• Hand-written, mailed invitation to all.
• Great meal at a nice place with Bible study, good
  entertainment and inspirational speaker.
• Host invites table group to join in making a
  pledge.
• Entire parish attends.

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• The Personal Note Commitment Program
• (A select group gathers for training and to write
  short personal notes to congregation.)
• Recruiters and workers attend training, make a
  pledge and hand-write personal notes to
  congregation.
• Personal notes invite addressees to join in
  making a pledge.
• Model A, B or C.
• Each household gets six letters.
• About 75 of congregation get personal notes.

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• The Cottage Meeting Commitment Program
• (Invite each member of the congregation to
  attend separate small group gatherings in the
  homes of Hosts who have been recruited and
  trained.)
• Recruiters and workers attend training, make a
  pledge, hand-write invitations and host eight to
  12 people in their homes. (10-10-2)
• Bible study or reflection on video.
• Witness discussion -- ask guests to join in
  pledge.
• Host provides refreshments (dessert/coffee, meal).

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• The Home to Home Commitment Program
• (Divide the congregation into neighborhoods of 4
  to 5 households. A pledge packet, assembled at a
  training event, is routed around the
  neighborhood.)
• Recruiters and workers attend training, make a
  pledge, hand-write invitations and coordinate
  neighborhoods and areas.
• Pledge packet contains a brief stewardship
  theology message, a personal witness, goals and
  dreams, Vestry stewardship statement and
  invitation to respond with a pledge.
• Map showing locations of homes.
• Delivered to front door of 70 of homes.

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COMMITMENT PROGRAMS

• Which Program
• All require recruiting 30 of your congregation,
  except Faithful Member Visitation requires 40 .
• What did you do last year? Do something
  different this year!
• Catered Festive Meal is probably most
  expensive. Its lots of fun and provides
  opportunities for parish members to meet.
• Faithful Member Visitation needs a well
  prepared parish with a receptive culture.
  Visitor training is essential.

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COMMITMENT PROGRAMS

• Which Program (cont.)
• Cottage Meeting is probably the most fun and
  provides great opportunity for people to get to
  know each other. May be easy to organize if you
  already have parish dinner groups.
• Personal Note is probably easiest to organize.
  Requires least amount of time and energy from
  workers.
• Home to Home requires lots of preparation and
  execution monitoring. Not as personal as other
  programs.

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STEWARDSHIP RESOURCES

• The Episcopal Network for Stewardship
• (Catalogue) (TENS) [phone]
• (www.TENS.org)
• National Church
• (www.episcopalchurch.org
• Morehouse Publishing (Manuals) -- [phone]
• (www.morehousepublishing.com)

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STEWARDSHIP RESOURCES

• The Episcopal Media Center -- [phone]
  (www.episcopalmedia.org)
• Diocese of Atlanta Resource Center Mrs.
  Linda Scott -- [phone] (www.
• Ecumenical Stewardship Center [phone]
  (www.stewardshipresources.org)

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A Manual For Stewardship Development Programs in
the Congregation (12.95)
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The Faithful Member Home Visitation Program
Workbook (9.95)
The Cottage Meeting Commitment Program Workbook
(9.95)
The Festive Meal Commitment Program Workbook
(9.95)
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The Home to Home Commitment Program Workbook
(9.95)
The Personal Note Commitment Program Workbook
(9.95)
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The Episcopal Media Center
Living With Money
Living with Money Introducing an ecumenical
adult education course for congregations that
examines the subject of money in the context of
Christian faith for people of all backgrounds,
races and economic status. Why Living with Money?
Because we often forget the four words that
appear on all our money "In God we trust."
Cost 125.00
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