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Shreveport -  Generosity Strategies in a Changing World
Aug
31

Shreveport - Generosity Strategies in a Changing World

 

Pastors and Church Leaders:

Is your church facing a challenging financial future due to uncertainty and turmoil from the past few years?

Are you looking for a fresh approach to stewardship and developing a year-round generosity campaign?

The Foundation is partnering with Horizons Stewardship to present this free, one-day training workshop to help pastors and church leaders:

  • Embrace the new realities in the church-giving landscape

  • Understand the importance of an Integrated Funding Plan

  • Develop a robust planned giving program

  • Walk away with five key strategies around giving that every church should consider

Join us for a concise, to-the-point interactive presentation, including time for peer interaction and discussion as we work together to build ministry efforts and lay a foundation to grow disciples of Jesus Christ.

Lunch is included. No cost to attend! Registration required.

Presenters (click photo to view bio)

 

Joe Park
CEO and Principal
Horizons Stewardship

Richard Rogers
Senior Vice President
Horizons Stewardship

Chris Spencer
President/CEO
United Methodist Foundation of LA

 
 

AGENDA

 
 
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Baton Rouge -Generosity Strategies in a Changing World
Aug
26

Baton Rouge -Generosity Strategies in a Changing World

 

Pastors and Church Leaders:

Is your church facing a challenging financial future due to uncertainty and turmoil from the past few years?

Are you looking for a fresh approach to stewardship and developing a year-round generosity campaign?

The Foundation is partnering with Horizons Stewardship to present this free, one-day training workshop to help pastors and church leaders:

  • Embrace the new realities in the church-giving landscape

  • Understand the importance of an Integrated Funding Plan

  • Develop a robust planned giving program

  • Walk away with five key strategies around giving that every church should consider

Join us for a concise, to-the-point interactive presentation, including time for peer interaction and discussion as we work together to build ministry efforts and lay a foundation to grow disciples of Jesus Christ.

Lunch is included. No cost to attend! Registration required.

Presenters (click photo to view bio)

 

Joe Park
CEO and Principal
Horizons Stewardship

Chris Spencer
President/CEO
United Methodist Foundation of LA

 
 

AGENDA

 
 
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Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Metairie
May
18

Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Metairie

For church secretaries, finance chairs and volunteers, business managers, administrators and staff: The United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana is offering its Best Practices for the Church Business Office FREE workshop, featuring veteran business administrator Dianne Wilkinson.

Dianne understands the unique challenges that come with managing and reporting the church’s finances. She has 35 years of experience serving in different capacities on church staff, including business administrator. Dianne will discuss a variety of best practices and review daily routines and processes used in the church business office to prevent fraud, protect your integrity and DO IT RIGHT!

We are offering this workshop across the state in a town near you! It is FREE to attend, but RSVP is required to ensure enough space, refreshments and handout materials. Lunch will be provided after the workshop.

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Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Baton Rouge
May
17

Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Baton Rouge

For church secretaries, finance chairs and volunteers, business managers, administrators and staff: The United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana is offering its Best Practices for the Church Business Office FREE workshop, featuring veteran business administrator Dianne Wilkinson.

Dianne understands the unique challenges that come with managing and reporting the church’s finances. She has 35 years of experience serving in different capacities on church staff, including business administrator. Dianne will discuss a variety of best practices and review daily routines and processes used in the church business office to prevent fraud, protect your integrity and DO IT RIGHT!

We are offering this workshop across the state in a town near you! It is FREE to attend, but RSVP is required to ensure enough space, refreshments and handout materials. Lunch will be provided after the workshop.

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Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Lake Charles
May
16

Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Lake Charles

For church secretaries, finance chairs and volunteers, business managers, administrators and staff: The United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana is offering its Best Practices for the Church Business Office FREE workshop, featuring veteran business administrator Dianne Wilkinson.

Dianne understands the unique challenges that come with managing and reporting the church’s finances. She has 35 years of experience serving in different capacities on church staff, including business administrator. Dianne will discuss a variety of best practices and review daily routines and processes used in the church business office to prevent fraud, protect your integrity and DO IT RIGHT!

We are offering this workshop across the state in a town near you! It is FREE to attend, but RSVP is required to ensure enough space, refreshments and handout materials. Lunch will be provided after the workshop.

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Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Shreveport
May
4

Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Shreveport

For church secretaries, finance chairs and volunteers, business managers, administrators and staff: The United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana is offering its Best Practices for the Church Business Office FREE workshop, featuring veteran business administrator Dianne Wilkinson.

Dianne understands the unique challenges that come with managing and reporting the church’s finances. She has 35 years of experience serving in different capacities on church staff, including business administrator. Dianne will discuss a variety of best practices and review daily routines and processes used in the church business office to prevent fraud, protect your integrity and DO IT RIGHT!

We are offering this workshop across the state in a town near you! It is FREE to attend, but RSVP is required to ensure enough space, refreshments and handout materials. Lunch will be provided after the workshop.

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Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Alexandria
May
3

Best Practices for the Church Business Office - Alexandria

For church secretaries, finance chairs and volunteers, business managers, administrators and staff: The United Methodist Foundation of Louisiana is offering its Best Practices for the Church Business Office FREE workshop, featuring veteran business administrator Dianne Wilkinson.

Dianne understands the unique challenges that come with managing and reporting the church’s finances. She has 35 years of experience serving in different capacities on church staff, including business administrator. Dianne will discuss a variety of best practices and review daily routines and processes used in the church business office to prevent fraud, protect your integrity and DO IT RIGHT!

We are offering this workshop across the state in a town near you! It is FREE to attend, but RSVP is required to ensure enough space, refreshments and handout materials. Lunch will be provided after the workshop.

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Inviting Generosity Beyond the Sunday Offering
Mar
9

Inviting Generosity Beyond the Sunday Offering

Is your church ready to receive gifts that won’t necessarily come through the offering plate? Do you have a strategy in place for gifts that might take the form of a bequest, endowment, memorial gifts, or gifts of property, stocks, or valuable collectibles? If you were approached by someone offering a larger gift, would you know how to respond? Join Rev. Ken Sloane, Director, Stewardship & Generosity, as he suggests ways you can improve your church's financial vision to see "beyond the Sunday offering."

 

Registration is required, but the cost is FREE! you will receive log-in instructions upon registration for this Zoom webinar.

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Clergy: Get Smarter About Your Taxes!
Feb
16

Clergy: Get Smarter About Your Taxes!

Rev. Ken Sloane

Clergy face some unique challenges when it comes to things like Social Security payments, estimated tax payments, housing allowances or exclusions, and reimbursed expenses. There are questions you may have about the implications of the pandemic on your 2021 tax situation. Your corner tax preparer may not understand the unique situation of clergy and finding a preparer who does can save you substantially in money and aggravation.

 

Join us as Discipleship Ministries’ Rev. Ken Sloane, Director, Stewardship & Generosity, and Rev. Don Joiner, a certified financial planner, help us navigate the preparation of taxes and planning for a sound financial future.

Registration is required, but the cost is FREE! you will receive log-in instructions upon registration for this Zoom webinar.

Rev. Don Joiner

 
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The Best Time to Develop a Stewardship Strategy Webinar
Jan
19

The Best Time to Develop a Stewardship Strategy Webinar

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second-best time is today.”

African Proverb

 

It's not too late to develop a year-round plan for growing generous disciples in your congregation! The best time may have been last year, but the next best time to start is right now.

Join Rev. Ken Sloane, Director of Stewardship & Generosity at Discipleship Ministries as he explores ways your church can have an intentional plan for incorporating stewardship into your 2022 plans!

Registration is required, but the cost is FREE! you will receive log-in instructions upon registration for this Zoom webinar.

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