This on-demand webinar will provide participants a step-by-step process in effective grant writing and techniques for creating a narrative budget. Participants will explore religious and secular funding sources for congregational programs. Sample grants will be provided at the participants’ request.
About the instructor: The Rev. Daniel Velez Rivera is passionate about establishing faith communities with and for all people. His vocational ministry includes integrating Latinos into the Episcopal Church, church planting, and redeveloping congregations. He is the Vicar of Saint Gabriel’s ~ San Gabriel Episcopal Church, a dual language (English-Spanish), multigenerational and multiethnic congregation in Leesburg, VA (Diocese of Virginia).
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Offering Electronic Giving (United Methodist Church)
Electronic giving is not the future of charitable giving, it is the present reality. If your church is not offering this as an option for those who attend your church, you are missing out on generous giving. If there have been obstacles to making this option available to your church, then watching this on-demand webinar is for you.
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Clergy Taxes: Don’t Live in Fear! (United Methodist Church)
Clergy face some unique challenges when it comes to things like social security payments, estimated tax payments, housing allowances or exclusions, and reimbursed expenses. Your corner tax preparer may not understand the unique situation of clergy, and finding one who does can save you substantially in money and aggravation. This on-demand webinar was presented by Rev. Don Joiner, a certified financial planner, who can help you to navigate the preparation of taxes and planning for a sound financial future.
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Facing Financial Struggle (The Upper Room)
Author Wessel Bentley understands the feelings financial pressure can bring. He also knows the power of prayer. Wes shares that power of prayer in a 28-day prayer guide, Facing Financial Struggle. This “Facing Financial Struggle” online course provides 28 days of daily readings, prayers, and suggestions to support you as you deal with financial trouble and all the emotions it stirs. The online course includes video greetings from author Wessel Bentley, audio recordings of scriptures, prayers, questions, and ideas appropriate for personal prayer and reflection.
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Developing a Narrative Budget (United Methodist Church)
“Narrative budgets” present the funding needs of your church in a way that reminds people how what they give helps the church touch lives and transform the world. Ken Sloane and his guest, Stewardship Consultant Bonnie Marden of MYTE Ministries go through the steps of developing a Narrative Budget for your church in this on-demand webinar.
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Canada Without Poverty, Part II (United Church of Canada)
Presenters Darlene O’Leary (Citizens for Public Justice) and Megan Hooft (Canada Without Poverty) lead participants from a faith foundation and a focus on faith in community, through a brief look at the impact of power and privilege.
Moving towards a way of seeing people through a human rights lens, participants learn how people can respond in ways that are just and responsive to the real needs of people impacted by poverty. Anyone involved in anti-poverty work (or wanting to be), including those with lived experience of poverty, are invited to download and view this free webinar.
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Leadership in Churchland Today (United Church of Canada)
Learn about how the thriving ministry of Hillhurst United Church went from 75 hours staff time six years ago to 275 hours of staff time now. Increasing their budget by $91,000 / year, they were able to achieve their goal, and hired half-time affirming ministry staff and 3/4 time communications staff to help in their ministry goals.
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Fundraising (United Church of Canada)
Fundraising is an integral part of any non-profit organization from an association, a healthcare provider, an educational institution, or a faith organization. There are some fundraising basics and best practices that will help any campaign or ongoing fundraising efforts to be more successful simply by knowing them. These best practices and nuggets of information have been gathered in this 6 part training.
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Upcoming Webinars & Other Recordings
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Debt: What it is, its impact, & what to do with it (The Episcopal Church)
Source: Vital Practices
Learn how a Capital Campaign can raise resources for future mission and ministry while also retiring debt. Led by Erin Weber Johnson, ECF Consultant.
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Transformation by Capital Campaign (The Episcopal Church)
Source: Vital Practices
A capital campaign done right, has significant transformational effects on a church community. The Episcopal Church Foundation (ECF) will share the secrets of conducting a capital campaign successfully, and how the process can have long lasting positive influences on stewardship, lay leadership, and focused vision. Led by Leslie Pendleton, Associate Program Director and Capital Campaign Consultant.
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