Stewardship

Community Investing: Our Assets at Work in Underserved
Communities                                                Session 1

The workshop will define and describe community investing, a way to safely and effectively deposit/invest/lend (not donate) our financial assets – amounts as small as $1,000 – in communities near to home and far away. The workshop is designed to make the Church aware of the established network of Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) around the country which are ready to work with us in putting our funds to work as capital in distressed neighborhoods, rebuilding and developing housing, small business cooperatives, and community services.  This session serves as a training session with some excellent resources for exploring new ways to invest personal or church funds to better serve mankind.
Vicky Partin, Vice President, Episcopal Network for Economic Justice and Lay Missioner, Chattahoochee Valley Episcopal Ministries and Sue Lloyd, Co-Chair, Education Committee, Episcopal Network for Economic Justice (ENEJ), Madison, WI

Planned Giving & Endowments                                    Session 3

This workshop will present an organized approach to encouraging planned gifts to the church. We will duscuss: 
•      ongoing activities to educate and motivate
•      a structure for managing assets from gifts
•      a system for assisting, receiving and acknowledging gifts, and
•      a program for staying connected to donors
Amy Amason, Planned Giving Advisor in the Diocese of Atlanta

Stewardship in the Parish                                    Session 2