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Keeping Stewardship Alive Regional Stewardship Conference

Keeping Stewardship Alive Regional Stewardship Conference. by Jim Kelley Diocese of Charlotte jkkelley@charlottediocese.org. Ways to advance stewardship beyond the basics. Developing a more detailed and comprehensive annual plan.

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Keeping Stewardship Alive Regional Stewardship Conference

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  1. Keeping Stewardship Alive Regional Stewardship Conference by Jim Kelley Diocese of Charlotte jkkelley@charlottediocese.org

  2. Ways to advance stewardship beyond the basics

  3. Developing a more detailed and comprehensive annual plan • We encourage Stewardship Committees to make a detailed yearly plan that includes the organization and preparation for the 2-3 weekend effort as well as monthly awareness activities. There are many ways to do this and someone in your group who is good with computers can be a big help.

  4. Materials • Meetings • Mixing • Models • eMails FIVE M’S to building a network of resources:

  5. FIVE M’S • Materialsand Resources • Stewardship: Disciples Respond A Practical Guide for Pastoral Leaders (International Catholic Stewardship Council – ICSC) • Children’s Stewardship Manual (ICSC) • Keeping Stewardship Alive – Proven Stewardship Ideas (ICSC) • DVD’s, CD’s, Cassettes and Videos (ICSC) • Best Practices in Parish Stewardship (by Chuck Zech, ICSC and OSV)

  6. Best Practices in Parish Stewardship Be a welcoming parish Appoint a stewardship council Include stewardship as vital part of parish plan Emphasize stewardship in all parish formation and education programs Provide the opportunity for lay witness presentations Encourage parishioners to make a pledge Communicate with parishioners on stewardship Remember, good stewardship starts in the parish house

  7. FIVE M’S • Materialsand Resources(continued) • Websites: • catholicstewardship.org • mary.org • blessedtrinity.org • stlukescatholic.com • charlottediocese.org • seattlearch.org • archstl.org • usccbpublishing.org • stewardshipli.org • stewardshiprockford.com

  8. FIVE M’S • Meetings • ICSC Annual Conference and Institutes • Diocesan Stewardship Days • Regional Stewardship Meetings • Conference Call Meetings • Other Stewardship Seminars/Conferences

  9. FIVE M’S • Mixing • Individual phone calls • Individual meetings • Individual email

  10. FIVE M’S • Models • Archbishop Murphy Award Winners • St. Francis of Assisi, Wichita, KS • St. Joseph, Downingtown, PA • St. Charles Borromeo, Youngstown, OH • St. Matthias, Somerset, NJ • St. Anne, Columbus, GA • St. Luke the Evangelist, Houston, TX • St. Michael, Olympia, WA • Blessed Trinity, Ocala, FL • St Thomas More, Centennial, CO • St. Pius the Tenth, Greensboro, NC • Queen of Peace Catholic Community, Gainesville, FL • Select Diocesan Models(Top 10 in each diocese)

  11. FIVE M’S • eMail • Group email exchange - diocesan, regional or national.

  12. Keeping Stewardship Alive • COMMUNICATION • DISCIPLESHIP • EDUCATION • HOSPITALITY/WELCOMING • LEADERSHIP • RENEWAL EFFORTS • SPIRITUALITY • TREASURE

  13. COMMUNICATIONStewardship Video • To use today’s technology and an engaging style to express the parish’s identity • To demonstrate what has been accomplished through stewardship • To show what needs exist • To hear parishioners give witness to their experiences, and • To invite parishioners to continue participation and transformation

  14. COMMUNICATIONEncouraging Discipleship • Parish Bulletin Insert honoring one ministry per week: “Ministry of the Week” • Ministry Opportunities outside of the traditional Time & Talent Effort • Include a column or reflection in each issue of the parish newsletter • Have a stewardship section on your parish website – sample website: http://www.stlukescatholic.com

  15. COMMUNICATIONPromotional Items Reinforce Stewardship Message

  16. COMMUNICATIONMinistry Cart

  17. OUTREACHA Disciples Response • Thank you notes to family members • 5% of the weekly collection to a non-profit organization that directly helps those in need. • St. Joseph Workers • HOPE (Helping Other People in Emergencies) • Food for Friends

  18. EDUCATIONTeen Stewardship Board High school teens make-up a committee or board to organize and encourage other students in the efforts of stewardship activities.

  19. EDUCATIONJAM (Jesus And Me) The primary role is to teach and model Stewardship as a way of life, and to promote the growth of the children in our parish as true Christian Stewards.

  20. EDUCATIONYouth Stewardship Envelope Journey of the Heart Collection Box

  21. EDUCATIONGifted & Called Confirmation Retreat • Paper Vest • Body of Christ • Talent Résumé

  22. EDUCATIONStewardship by Small Steps • Taking off your watch when entering the church for Mass – symbolizing that this is God’s time • Pray while in line at the supermarket – for those in the store, for those who grow and process the food and for those who are hungry

  23. EDUCATIONStewardship by Small Steps • If the parish uses a postage machine, add a stewardship message to the printing “Stewardship – a Disciple’s Way of Life” or “Place God 1st!”

  24. EDUCATIONU.S. Bishops’Pastoral Letter on Stewardship • Sharon Hueckel’s The Disciple as Steward (six weeks) • Monsignor Joseph Champlin’s “A Way of Life” (four weeks) • Stewardship Quiz

  25. EDUCATIONStewardship Theme The Year of… • Hospitality • Worshipping the Living God • Serve One Another • Giving Thanks • Discipleship • Welcoming • Living God’s Peace • Growing Prayer • Strengthening Community

  26. HOSPITALITY/WELCOMINGWelcoming Booth

  27. HOSPITALITY/WELCOMING • Appreciation Events • Welcome at Mass • Parish Covenant • Welcoming Process • Welcoming Existing Parishioners

  28. LEADERSHIP • Ministry Leader Training (non-staff) • Stewardship Calendar – Strategic Planning • Stewardship Staff Positions • Position Descriptions for Ministries • Formation of Stewardship Council/Council Retreats

  29. LEADERSHIP • Commissioning of Leaders • Taking Stock in Your Parish • History of Giving

  30. RENEWAL • 9 months of Planning • Stewards Sharing Weekend (Lay Witness) • Letters • Homilies • Ministry Festivals • In-pew Ask • Follow-up

  31. RENEWAL • State of the Parish Address • Parish Annual Report • Priest Appreciation Day

  32. RENEWALEvaluating Stewardship Progress

  33. RENEWALVisiting Booths

  34. RENEWALTime & Talent Descriptions • Name of the ministry • A one-sentence description describing the opportunity • Skills or gifts needed • Any responsibilities particular to the ministry • Length of commitment • Time required to serve • Whether or not training is provided

  35. SPIRITUALITYPrayer • Prayers for Meetings • Family Prayer Packet • Prayer & Adoration perpetualadoration.org therealpresence.org • Operation Listen-up worldprayer.net

  36. SPIRITUALITY Stewardship • Gift Discernment Workshops/ Retreats • Incorporating Gratitude in the Liturgy

  37. TREASURE Automatic Giving through Direct Deposit (or “Online Giving”) We have placed this envelope in the offertory basket as a symbolic gesture. Our full contribution to the Parish via Automatic Giving.

  38. TREASURE • Envelopes with a Stewardship Message • Mail-back Envelopes • Sacrificial Giving Reminder Letters

  39. TREASURE • Parish Endowment • Limiting Fundraising • Fundraising without Gambling • Sacred Trust Campaign

  40. QUESTIONS &ANSWERS

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