Offering Talk for December 25 I don’t know about you, but I needed Christmas for no other reason than to hear Christmas Carols! To me, they are uplifting to my spirit. I was going through carols the other day. Does anyone remember the carol I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day?...
January is the second worst giving month of the year! I put together a playbook, entitled Six Weeks to Giving Success, which provides a detailed plan of action to help get you off to a great start to the New Year. You can find a copy at https://acts17generosity.com/shop/six-weeks-to-giving-success/. Here...
Behind every successful guy/gal, there is a guy. I’m that guy. God’s call upon my life has taken me to places I never anticipated. If you had told me when I finished seminary that this would be my ministry, I would have believed I had somehow failed. Yet, I knew...
For the past few weeks, we have been focusing on end-of-year giving. In this final Journal for 2022, we want to share with you one way in which you can maximize giving and reduce your rates. Americans are in love with acronyms. Our government certainly loves them. Think FBI, IRS, CIA,...
We are exactly one week from Christmas! Does that evoke excitement or fear in you? For the kid in us, it evokes excitement. The adult in us worries about all that is left to do. Sadly, too many of us get caught up in the hustle and bustle of this...
A well-written email and text message can generate hundreds and thousands of dollars if it is done well. Here are two samples for your consideration. I recommend keeping the message short and providing multiple links to your giving portal. Subject line: What does 83% mean for Our Church?Dear ______________,83%. According to...
“In the midst of ominous political times, lots of negative news about our country’s economy, and a looming fiscal cliff – our Church had an amazing and God-sized year-end in the area of giving.” That was written in 2012 by a business administrator at one of the largest churches in...
I saw a study that reported the following about our Christmas shopping habits: 60% of US consumers start their Christmas shopping before December. How many of you are in that category? 62% of US shoppers buy gifts in the week before Christmas. How many fit here? 60% of shoppers in the US prefer...
Non-profits will collect as much as 25% of their annual budget in the last few days of the year. Use the following emails to reap a giving harvest for your church. Pre-Christmas Email Blast to be sent out on December 19. Subject line: $886 versus $200; which is it? Dear Friend of...
“Every week, we talk about the same problems over and over again and again, and yet we never do anything about them.” My Student Pastor said that in a staff meeting one Monday morning. He then got up and left my office. Around the same time, I put my then...
