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Keynote Speaker:
The Rt. Reverend William G.
Burrill
Enabling Generosity
The Importance of Giving |
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The Rt. Reverend William G. Burrill
It is a fact that uncounted thousands have become engaged in a life and practice
of stewardship through the influence of The Rt. Reverend William G. Burrill.
His leadership has made an indelible mark on the development of strong Stewardship in the Episcopal Church. Bishop Burrill has visited over seventy dioceses as
a conference leader and Stewardship keynote speaker. His two videos, A Life of
Stewardship and Marked as Christs Own: Baptism and Stewardship, have
been seen by thousands of captivated viewers. In all of his presentations he has
consistently displayed a sense of good practice along with teaching the theology
from which good practice emerges.
He is known for bringing new insight and humor to issues of money and faith.
Prior to becoming Assisting Bishop of Arizona in 2000, Bishop Burrill had
served sixteen years as Bishop of the Diocese of Rochester. He graduated from the
University of the South and The General Theological Seminary, and completed
post-graduate studies at Cambridge University; the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey,
Switzerland; and he attended University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland.
He has served the Episcopal Church (USA) as both member and chairman of the
Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development and also on the Program,
Budget and Finance committees.
Bishop and Mrs. Burrill are the parents of four children and celebrate the
abundance of ten grandchildren.
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Workshops |
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The Role of the Clergy
The Right Reverend William G. Burrill
As clergy, most of us learned what we know about Stewardship on the job.
Our seminaries, with few exceptions, did little to help us in this important
work. What is the appropriate role of clergy, working with the laity, in Stewardship education? How do we integrate the concepts of Christian Stewardship
into our preaching, baptismal instruction, premarital counseling, etc.? Finally,
how personal should we be about our own and our families wrestling with the
issues of Stewardship?
Small Church: Limited Staff
The Reverend Canon Hank Mitchel
Vicar Church of the Epiphany, Agoura/Westlake Village
Struggling budget? Small church? How do we increase our budget to support
the ministry in our church? Gather with other leaders from smaller churches
with limited staff support and limited budgets to learn what really works
in teaching stewardship and raising money to support the ministry of your
church. Hank will share real experiences of successful annual giving and
stewardship efforts.
New Consecration Sunday
The Reverend Jeff Bullock
Rector All Saints by-the-Sea, Santa Barbara
New Consecration Sunday is based on a spiritual theology of the need of the
giver to give for his or her own spiritual beneft rather than on the need of the
church to receive. Directed toward raising the level of stewardship rather than
toward raising the church budget, its no-gimmick approach focuses on the
question, What is God calling me to do? rather than on the question, What
does the church need in order to pay its bills? Jeff will share his churchs successful experience fnancing operational ministries through stewardship from a
spiritual perspective rather than from a fund-raising perspective.
Vision, Mission and Money
The Reverend Canon Diane Jardine Bruce
Rector St. Clements by-the Sea, San Clemente
An encore offering of a popular stewardship session at the 2001 Stewardship
Conference Vision, Mission and Money. Without vision, churches flounder.
Without mission, churches focus too much on themselves and not on carrying out the gospel. Without money, well, churches close. What can be done?
Lots! This presentation will look at stewardship by focusing on vision, mission,
ministry, and budget. Diane is a frequent consultant to parishes on stewardship
and budget issues. She is also a former Vice President at Wells Fargo Bank.
Scarcity to Abundance
Stewardship Team Captains
and The Reverend Mark D. Stuart
Associate Rector St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Hollywood
Most parishes struggle to attain an exciting and successful approach to achieving their full potential by mistakenly focusing only on meeting the annual
operating budget. An alternative approach is presented in this session where
faith and community lead to growth. The spirituality and implementation of
parish stewardship is covered detailing a proven program for
success. Mark and Stewardship Team Captains share their
experience of increasing pledge income by nearly 150% in a
four-year period.
Mayordomía en Español
The Reverend Juan Barragán, Vicar
St. Bartholomews, Pico Rivera
Latinos in the US come from more than 20 different countries
and the diversity among them includes their historical influence
that led them to the United States, length of stay in the US
and preferred language. Traditional methods for stewardship,
such as tithing, have not worked well among Latinos in the US
Roberto will lead a discussion about unique challenges and
innovative approaches to Christian stewardship in the Latino
community. This workshop will be presented in Spanish with
English translation available.
Stewardship of the Environment
The Reverend Canon Peter Gwillim Kreitler
Stewardship is not about the money, but the money will come if
we build a church with the mission of preserving creation for all
generations. As the collapse of creation accelerates, the Episcopal
Church will need to put aside the distractions and work cooperatively to conserve, preserve and restore our fragile home to ensure
that our church and its community will be around for tomorrows
children. Peter will discuss how the mission of the church can
change to build a revenue stream while doing good, and will
provide practical methodology for building a green church in the
21st century. Peter is an adjunct professor at Virginia Theological Seminary, founder and co-host of a 10 year running environmental television talk show called EarthTalk Today, author
and lecturer on environmental issues, and the frst minister for the
environment in the Episcopal Church.
A Role for Technology in Stewardship
Andy Carmichael, Director of Development, All Saints
Beverly Hills and
Jeff Pelletier, Fellowship Technologies
When it comes to talking about stewardship, it sometimes
feels as though were speaking a different language. One
way to improve the level of communication is by adopting
the technology parishioners are already comfortable using.
All Saints Beverly Hills is in the process of switching from
a software-based database to Fellowship One, a web-based,
enterprise-level church management system. The change has
substantial implications for stewardship and the possibility
of increased ministry involvement by parishioners. Andy will
talk about how and why the decision to change was made and
report on progress to date and Jeff will co-lead this session.
Jeff has the unique perspective of being both a member of the
management team at Fellowship Technologies and part of the
leadership team at Fellowship Church, Grapevine, TX that
originally developed Fellowship One (built by a church for
churches).
Raising Spiritual Venture Capital
The Reverend Jimmy Bartz
Founder Thads Culver City
Creating new ministry and mission can be intimidating
because each new project requires a new revenue stream in
order to ensure its success. The Raising Spiritual Venture
Capital session will help you and your congregation
overcome some of that fear by delivering a process that
will help you get started in creating a vision for new
work. That new vision will inspire potential donors to
see their gifts create substantial blessing return for church
and community. The Rev. Jimmy Bartz is founder of
Thads, an emergent Episcopal community meeting in a
Jazz Club in Culver City.
Grantwriting
Carol Geisbauer
Grantwriting Consultant
The process of getting grants for faith organizations is
somewhat different from the process of getting grants for
traditional nonproft organizations. This workshop will
focus on how to win grants for faith organizations, how
to research funding sources, how to prepare proposals
and how to position the organization to receive and administer grant funding. Carol Geisbauer served as Executive Director of two nonproft organizations for 16 years,
then as Director of the Orange County Nonproft Resource Center, and most recently, as a freelance grantwriter and trainer for the past 10 years. Now retiring
from her grantwriting practice, Carol continues to teach
grantwriting workshops all over Southern California.
Demystifying Capital Fundraising
Clark Bonner
Fundraising Consultant
Capital campaigns generally raise money for church
construction, refurbishment or endowment purposes by
receiving pledges that are paid over time, usually 3-5
years. This session will help parish leaders understand
the process of: discovering what a parish is capable of
doing, articulating a vision to which people will donate
signifcantly, developing and staffng a plan, asking
people for money (in a comfortable way) and
keeping
a campaign on track to complete the goal. Clark has
been a fundraising consultant for eight years focusing
primarily on Gift Planning and Capital Campaigns
for nonproft educational, healthcare, social action and
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