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Overcoming Uncertainty: Giving in a Climate of Fear and Anxiety

Overcoming Uncertainty: Giving in a Climate of Fear and Anxiety. Doug Turner. Overcoming Uncertainty. Importance of this Issue Stewardship versus Consumption-a steward found faithful. Stewardship as Transcendent living, not a fundraising gimmick.

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Overcoming Uncertainty: Giving in a Climate of Fear and Anxiety

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  1. Overcoming Uncertainty: Giving in a Climate of Fear and Anxiety Doug Turner

  2. Overcoming Uncertainty • Importance of this Issue • Stewardship versus Consumption-a steward found faithful. • Stewardship as Transcendent living, not a fundraising gimmick.

  3. Overcoming Uncertainty • Overcoming Misconceptions: Winchester Effect • Context vs. Content Preparation • Creating a Climate of Understanding • Processing Vision: A Safe Place to make a Risky Decision. • Engaging High Capacity Givers: Conversation, not Presentation.

  4. Overcoming Uncertainty • Everyone is emotional about money • Fear and money • Significance and money • Anger and money • Happiness and money • Joy and money • Capital campaigns require an understanding of risk/reward Matthew 25:14-28

  5. Total giving, 1967–2007 $ in billions Inflation-adjusted dollars Current dollars Recessions in light green: 1969–70; 1973–75; 1980; 1981–82; 1990–91; 2001 Source: Giving USA Foundation™/ Giving USA 2008

  6. Gifts to Religion Exceeded $1Billion for the first time in 2007 Environmentand animals$6.962.3% Internationalaffairs$13.224.3% Arts, culture, and humanities$13.674.5% Foundations$27.73 9.1% Unallocatedgiving $23.677.7% Public-society benefit$22.657.4% Religion $102.32 33.4% Health $23.157.6% Humanservices $29.64 9.7% Education$43.32 14.1% Source: Giving USA Foundation™/ Giving USA 2008

  7. Overcoming Uncertainty • Conclusion: The issue of giving usually occupies a complex and conflicted place for people. • Money is an Effective Diagnostic for individuals and the Church • Matthew 6:21- “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” • “You have heard it said…”: counter-intuitive truth

  8. Overcoming Uncertainty • Creating a Climate of Understanding • “The heart will always follow it’s greatest source of joy.” St. Augustine

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