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Development and Stewardship
Crossroads Campaign
The diocese is in the midst of an exciting opportunity that is critical for development of needed leadership for the 21st century -- Crossroads: Securing the Path to Tomorrow.
This effort seeks to create an endowment for the Kansas School for Ministry, construct a new Leadership Center to house the School and the diocesan offices, and provide 10 percent of the amount raised for outreach and mission at home and abroad.
Click here to read more.
Development and Stewardship
Development and Stewardship efforts in the diocese are headed by Charlene DeWitt, diocesan director of development and stewardship. Aided by the diocesan Development and Stewardship Committee, she has a variety of stewardship resources available to congregations. They include:
Annual giving programs
- Casting Into Deep Waters. Click here for the entire program. Click here for a sample pledge card.
- Go Forth! Click here for the entire program. Click here for a sample pledge card.
- dwell
- Be Not Afraid
- Annual giving resources for use in parishes. A variety of letters are available by clicking here, here and here. Click here for a time pledge card. Click here for a time-and-talent pledge card.
- Consultation to help parishes create their own annual giving program
Planned giving programs
- Educate 2 Motivate
- Consultation on setting up a parish planned giving program and approaching potential donors
- Full range of life income gift illustrations: Charitable Remainder Trust, Charitable Gift Annuities, etc.
- Consultation on parish gift acceptance policies and parish endowment programs
Other resources
- A list of 150 acts of stewardship. Click here to see it.
- "Rule of Life" resource. Click here to see it.
- Asset mapping workshop
- Three-part vision workshop
- Year-round stewardship ideas
- Speakers for a wide range of stewardship needs
- Living Wi$ely, a personal financial management program geared to help manage personal debt
- Membership in The Episcopal Network for Stewardship (TENS)
- "The Steward's Well," an electronic newsletter from the Episcopal Church Office of Stewardship that is filled with articles, ideas, resources and coming events. Sign up here to start receiving a copy.
Environmental Stewardship
Taking the lead on environmental stewardship issues in the diocese is the Trinity Environmental Stewardship Team (TEST) from Trinity, Lawrence. Members are available to consult with parishes wanting to start their own environmental stewardship team. They can provide face-to-face meetings with parish representatives. E-mail.
Here are some important resources:
A Pastoral Teaching on the environment from the House of Bishops of The Episcopal Church, issued Sept. 20, 2011, at their meeting in Quito, Ecuador >>MORE
Greenfaith partners with The Episcopal Church and provides a variety of resources, including a green parish certification program, a youth curriculum (“Let There Be…Stuff?") and free suggestions for starting green teams. >>MORE
If your parish is considering signing up for the Greenfaith Certification program, please contact Deacon Patty Minx, who has a special ministry for environmental sustainability, by e-mail.
The Episcopal Ecological Network provides inspirational, educational and action resources geared specifically to Episcopalians, as well as contact information for various dioceses for networking. >>MORE
Sustainable Sanctuary Coalition is an umbrella interfaith networking organization active in the Kansas City/Northwest Missouri region, with an inspiring “Awakening the Dreamer” symposium and many other materials. >>MORE
Interfaith Power and Light provides energy-efficiency information for congregations, sample sermons, and more. >>MORE
Kansas Interfaith Power and Light, the Kansas chapter of IPL, provides resources, including a do-it-yourself energy audit guide for congregations. >>MORE
EcoJustice Ministries is another nondenominational site with plenty of resources. >>MORE
Web of Creation is a Lutheran-based site with a wealth of materials for parish education and green teams. >>MORE
Kansas Recycles offers information on where to recycle items anywhere in Kansas. >>MORE
For assistance
If you or your parish have questions relating to development or stewardship, please contact Char DeWitt at (785) 250-0060 or (888) 400-2885 or by e-mail.