Building Stewardship

Stewardship as a Way of Life

What if you could take all the time spent on asking for money or planning fundraising events and put it into nurturing your parish faith life—and still have the money you need to fund all your parish plans? 

Unlike energy-draining one-time parish campaigns to offset maintenance costs or fund new initiatives, or annual fundraising appeals, building stewardship is an ongoing approach on the part of parish leaders. And unlike some other programs, for us stewardship is not just a fancy code word for fundraising.

The goal of our stewardship programs is to inspire a conversion of heart and a call your parishioners to a new way that will bear many fruits—including having the necessary funds for mission. And the inspiration to involve more parishioners in that mission.

The needs and resources of each parish are different.  But the keys to realizing deeper and more meaningful giving of time, talent and treasure from your parish are very much the same. 

As a parish leader, you probably realize the value of our main areas of focus: communication, building relationships and encouraging involvement. But who has enough time in the day to effectively practice such an approach? You do. By utilizing the right vehicles and technology, freeing you up for personal interaction, you can improve parish communications, have regular issues-driven contact with individual parishioners and encourage involvement in a way that Sunday announcements could never achieve. 

Parish Growth Partners has taken the best practices of successful parish stewardship programs around the nation and incorporated them into a variety of tools and leadership services. These proven tools can help you cultivate a vibrant community of service and giving in your parish.