This past week, I have been talking about the idea of what gets rewarded, gets repeated. Now, I am going to invite you to push this idea just a little bit further. One of the things you can do in the mid-year giving statement is you can make it a celebration of everything that happened in the first half of … Read More
In What Areas Can a Christmas Offering Help My Church?
Today I have one more FAQ about your Christmas Offering… Should we divide our Christmas Offering over multiple “causes” or would it be more impactful to focus on one single cause? This is a common question (and a good one), but it’s actually more effective to have multiple causes. What I like about raising funds for three items is that … Read More
How Long Does a Christmas Offering Last? Can I Extend It into the New Year?
The early response to the 2012 debut of my “How to Plan and Conduct an Effective Christmas Offering” resource has been great – thanks to all who’ve already secured yours! To celebrate, I’m sharing some Christmas Offering FAQ’s this week – here’s one I hear from time to time: If we start the offering around Thanksgiving and run it into … Read More
What is a Christmas Offering and Doesn’t Doing One Take Away from My Regular Offering?
At Church Leader Insights, this is the first week of 2012 that you can pick up my freshly updated “How to Plan and Conduct an Effective Christmas Offering” resource! It’s only available for the next 3 weeks because NOW is the time to plan your church’s Christmas Offering. Not sure about what a Christmas Offering is? It’s simply a special … Read More
Developing Extravagant Givers in Your Church – Part 3 – How to Develop a Culture of Generosity
It has been exciting to hear feedback on how this series of Blog Posts on “Developing Extravagant Givers” is already helping many of you. Today’s topic has the ability to make a significant impact. Open your heart as you look at “How to Develop a Culture of Generosity” To begin, you must see that setting the stage for a successful … Read More
Developing Extravagant Givers in Your Church – Part 2 – The Role of the Teaching Pastor in Corporate Stewardship
I am starting my NEW 9-month stewardship coaching network on May 8th and to help everyone prepare for it, we are looking at some of the assumptions that need to be made. Today we are looking at the role the Teaching Pastor plays in Corporate Stewardship. Assumption 2: The pastor’s personal stewardship often hinders them from talking about church stewardship. In … Read More
Developing Extravagant Givers in Your Church – Part 1 – Properly Training Members In Stewardship
I have been looking through several of my stewardship resources in preparation for my 9-month stewardship coaching network and thought it might be helpful to you if I shared some of the ideas on this blog. We will start this week looking at one assumption that needs to be made. Assumption 1: Our church members are poorly trained on the … Read More
Post-Black Friday Sale – “The Generosity Ladder” – HALF OFF for Your Church!
My little book The Generosity Ladder: Your Next Step to Financial Peace, continues to help more and more churches and I want to say Thank You to all who already picked it up for yourself and for the people in your church. AND, with Black Friday behind us now, ’tis the season for savings – I just found out that … Read More
Four Steps for Your Christmas Offering – Only 3 Days Left
Over the past three weeks I’ve been giving away some of the tips to planning a Christmas Offering taken directly from my new “How to Plan and Conduct an Effective Christmas Offering” resource. Today, I’m sharing with you the four steps to an effective offering. There are only 3 business days left before the resource and videos are gone and I really … Read More
Time is Running Out for a Difference-Making Christmas Offering!
Well, the clock is ticking… Time is running out for you to secure your copy of my new resource and lead a successful Christmas Offering at your church. This brand new “How to Plan and Conduct an Effective Christmas Offering” resource will no longer be available after this Monday, October 31st at 11:59pm Eastern Time. Here’s why- I refuse to set … Read More