Summer Stewardship Series: How to Build Your Case & Make the Pitch

When it comes right down to it, how do we go about asking people to make a Stewardship Pledge?”

This is the third in a series of emails provided by the Project Resource Team to support your summer Stewardship planning.

“Stewardship ultimately is about relationship with God in thanks,
and with other people in community.”

HOW TO BUILD YOUR CASE & MAKE THE PITCH

The story you tell will be YOUR story—the story of your church community and the amazing ways you witness God’s love and grace in the world.

When it comes right down to it, how do we go about asking people to make a Stewardship pledge?  For inspiration, below are links to tips for telling your story and several examples of how others have done it.

• Stewardship letters

  • Introduction letter

    • Sample Introduction letters

  • Request letters

    • Two examples  from St. Luke’s in Ewing

  • Tips for writing your letter

• Case for Support brochure

  • St Augustine Asbury Park brochure

The Project Resource Team is here to help. Want to ask a quick question, have a one-one-one meeting, have a couple team members visit with your Vestry? Let us know HOW?

MORE RESOURCES

• Summer Stewardship Email Series

• Summer Email Series Resources

• “Use Summer Well for Your Fall Pledges and More” Recording & Slides

• “Keeping In Touch With Parishioners During Covid & Beyond” Recording & Slides

• Online Project Resource library

• TENS Website – https://www.tens.org/ (password available here)

• Reimagined Consecration Sunday

Together in Christ,

Tena

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Project Resource:
the Stewardship Commission of the Diocese of New Jersey