2021 Newsletter Archive

  • December 20 – (1) Missionary Musings; (2) The Stewardship Coach’s Year-End Thoughts for Pastors to Think About; (3) End-of-Year Email Sample; (4) The Best News of All; (5) How to Fulfill Your Resolutions.
  • December 13 – (1) How One MBC Church is Doing Two Years Into COVID; (2) The 2021 Last-Minute End-of-Year Plan; (3) Are Gifts to Your Church Tax Deductible? (4) Keep the Focus on Christmas.
  • December 06  – (1) How Is the Church Doing Two Years into COVID; (2) Black Friday Lessons for the Church; (3) Are You Prepared for Last Minute Giving; (4) Give a Gift That Lasts.
  • November 22  – (1) Saying Thank You With A Thankful Letter; (2) How to Be Like Lance; (3) Sample Commitment Card; (4) Your Gift Matters.
  • November 15  – (1) A Review on the State of Giving; (2) My Fireside Chat to Pastors; (3) Snail Mail End-of-Year Appeal; (4) How Many Turkeys Does It Take.
  • November 08  – (1) Missouri Baptist Pastors Speak Up About The Cooperative Program Part 2; (2) The Senior Pastor’s Leadership Role in Stewardship; (3) Successfully Engage the Congregation in Stewardship; (4) The Christian’s Supply Chain.
  • November 01  – (1) Missouri Baptist Pastors Speak Up About The Cooperative Program; (2) Lessons From the Red Cross; (3) Using Social Media Successfully; (4) A Christmas Reminder.
  • October 25  – (1) Fulfilling The Great Commission Through Cooperation; (2) Making the Case for the Offering Time; (3) Don’t Forget the Offering; (4) Halloween Is About Saints Not.
  • October 18  – (1) What Every Christian Should Know About Satan; (2) The Offering’s New Normal; (3) Avoiding 4 Common Mistakes Churches Make With Online Giving; (4) So Easy a Caveman Could Do It.
  • October 11  – (1) The Biblical Perspective of Stewardship – Part 2; (2) Making End-of-Year Appeals Appealing; (3) New Partnership for Advancing Generosity; (4) Join A Winning Team.
  • October 04  – (1) The Biblical Perspective of Stewardship; (2) Get Ready for #GivingTuesday; (3) #GivingTuesday Help; (4) It’s October, So, Let’s Talk Candy.
  • September 27 – (1) It’s Time to Preach on Stewardship; (2) Using Social Media for End-of-Year Appeals; (3) How to Set Up and Use Social Media for End-of-Year Appeals; (4) Fantasy Football Mania;
  • September 20 – (1) What Every Church Should Know About End-of-Year Giving; (2) How to Cast Vision for End-of-Year Appeals; (3) Vision Worksheet; (4) You Make A Life By What Your Give;
  • September 13 – (1) Stewardship Isn’t Just About Giving; (2) End-of-Year Appeal Prep; (3) End-of-Year Overview; (4) We Produce Winners;
  • August 30 – (1) Missouri Baptist Pastors Speak Up About Budget Planning; (2) Two Things Senior Pastors Do to Achieve Budget; (3) Keys to Making Your Budget More Appealing and Exciting; (4) Our Labor Is Not In Vain;
  • August 23 – (1) Missouri Baptist Pastors Speak Up About Making Budget: COVID’s Impact Upon 2020 and This year’s Budget; (2) The Coach’s Training Camp Budget Prep; (3) Statistics on Giving to Charites; (4) How Can I Get You Fired Up About Giving?
  • August 16 – (1) The State of Giving: The Factors That Will Bring People Into Giving; (2) Is It Too Late? (3) Capital Campaign Basics; (4) Is It Worth the Cost;
  • August 09 – (1) A Capital Campaign Success Story; (2) How Your Start Determines Where You Will End; (3) How Long Does It Take to Hold a Capital Campaign; (4) First Things First;
  • August 02 – (1) How An Acronym Can Assure the Future of Church Stability; (2) Raising Capital in a COVID World; (3) How to Successfully Work With Building Committees; (4) Olympic Moments;
  • July 26 – (1) The Blessing of the Budget – Part 2; (2) Laying the Foundation for Rebuilding Your Finances; (3) Planning a Come-From-Behind Offering Around Labor Day; (4) Passing the Baton;
  • July 19 – (1) The Blessing of the Budget – Part 1; (2) Priming the Pump for a Come-From-Behind Offering; (3) Sample Special Offering Direct Appeal Letter; (4) Vacation Investment
  • July 12 – (1) Missionary Musings; (2) Yes, You Can Make Up Lost Giving; (3) Vision Worksheet; (4) An Eternal Reward
  • June 28  – (1) Thriving or Surviving: Making the Most of Your Wages; (2) It’s July and I’m Behind; (3) Sample Approach for Mid-Summer Appeal; (4) The Home of the Free; Meet Our All-Stars
  • June 21  – (1) How Partnerships Happen; (2) Planning for Stewardship Success; (3) Keys to a Successful 4th of the July Offering; (4) How Your Gift Today Shapes Eternity
  • June 14  – (1) Missouri Baptist Pastors Speak Up and About Dept; (2) Managing and Paying Off Your Mortgage; (3) The Rule of Thumb for Full Capital Campaign Dollars; (4) Father’s Day Gifts
  • June 07  – (1) Missionary Musings; (2) The Stewardship of Debt;  (3) Sample of How to Cast a Vision for Debt Retirement; (4) Yes, We Do Talk About Money Here!
  • May 31  – (1) How Digital Are Missouri Baptist Churches; (2) The Great Reveal: What COVID Showed About the Church’s Weaknesses; (3) How to Use Screen Shots and Social Media to Increase Summer Giving; (4) VBS Trivia
  • May 24  – (1) The Worldwide Web of Giving: Giving Your People New Ways to Give; (2) Raising Digital Dollars in a Material World; (3) A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words; (4) A Memorial Gift
  • May 17  – (1) On the Current State of Giving; (2) The Offering’s Not dead; It’s Different; (3) How to Use Memorial Day Weekend to Increase Stewardship; (4) Let’s Get Ready for Summer
  • May 10  – (1) Pastors Share Their Thoughts on Stewardship Preaching; (2) The Forgotten Sermon: How to Preach Effectively on Giving; (3) Making the Case for the Forgotten Sermon; (4) Make This Your Graduation Day
  • May 3  – (1) Missionary Musings; (2) How Your Vision Can Accelerate Generosity; (3) The 15 Offerings of Summer: How to Reverse the Summer Slump in 60 Seconds; (4) How is Your Vision
  • April 19  – (1) Let’s Use VBS to Establish a Culture of Stewardship; (2)The Legacy Lane: A new Way of Looking at Giving; (3) The Next Generation of American Giving; (4) Sowing for a Harvest
  • April 12 – (1) How to Increase Summer Giving; (2) Fully Funded Summer Planning Edition; (3) How to Avoid a Summer Slump in Giving; (4) What Does 83% Mean for the Destiny of Children?
  • April 5 – (1) Words of Wisdom From a Veteran Pastor; (2) Why Every Church Needs a Legacy Lane; (3) How to Determine if Your Church Needs a Legacy Lane; (4) Go!
  • March 29 – (1) Missionary Musings (2) Last Minute Easter Offering Planning; (3) Your Best Easter Offering; (4) We Bring Hope!  
 
  • March 22  – (1) Who Is Your Mary Gibbs? (2)The Gratitude Lane: Using the Power of Saying Thank You; (3) Crafting a Thank You Card or Letter; (4) Showers of Blessing!
  • March 15 – (1) Love and Give; (2) The Direct Appeal Lane: Using Email and Texts to Build Stewardship; (3) 10 Key Tips for Improving Your Emails?  (4) You are Richer Than You Think!
  • March 8 – (1) We are Your Stewardship Resource; (2) The Direct Appeal Lane: Using Snail Mail to Build Stewardship; (3) The Basics of an Effective Direct Appeal Letter; (4) Be a Saint!
  • March 1 – (1) Missionary Musings: The Two Sides of the Giving Coin; (2) Using Social Media to Enhance Your Digital Lane; (3) March Madness?  
  • February 22 – (1) The Tithe: Cornerstone of a Generous Life; (2) Developing the Digital Giving Strategy; (3) Is Your Church Website Giver Friendly; (4) Three Reasons Why
  • February 15 – (1) Do You Trust God? (2) How to Use Your Campus and Platform Lanes to Increase Giving; (3) Making Your Campus Giving Friendly; (4) Your Security Begins With Your Generosity
  • February 8 – (1) The Joy of Giving; (2) Using the Easter Offering to Increase Stewardship at Your Church; (3) The Why Vision Worksheet; (4) The Heart and the Cross
  • February 1 – (1) Dr. Yeats Interview with MBC President Jon Nelson; (2) Using the Pastoral Lane to Build a Stewardship Platform; (3) How to Develop a Pastoral Lane; (4) Super Bowl Sunday!
  • January 25 – (1) Missionary Musings; (2) The Key Lanes for Increasing Giving; (3) End-of-Year Giving Statement; (4) Does $142 Say I Love You?
  • January 18 – (1) The Stewardship of Life; (2) The Anatomy of the Offering; (3) Ten Steps to a Better Offering; (4) What God’s Word Says About the Offering
  • January 11 – (1) Missionary Musings; (2) Building Systems and Stories; (3) Your story and The Connecting Power of Vision; (4) Missions and Ministry Moment
  • January 4 – (1) And Interview with Dr. John Yeats and mark Brooks; (2) 2021 Giving Success: It Starts With You! (3) Missions and Ministry Moment: Setting Up Your Offering; (4) Bonus Material: How to Make January “Recurring Giving Month”

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