Date and Time

Starting: Saturday 20 September 2008 - 09:30 AM

Ending: Saturday 20 September 2008 - 04:30 PM

Location

Church of the Holy Communion
4645 Walnut Grove Road
Memphis, TN 38117
Map

Description

Congregational Leadership Conference

A conference designed to provide tools for Vestry Leaders in the areas of goal setting, spiritual discernment and development of financial resources

Offered by The Diocese of West Tennessee and The Episcopal Church Foundation

For Who?      For clergy, wardens and vestry members

How much?   $20 (includes lunch and the cost of materials)

Workshops

• Tools for Vestry Leaders – This workshop will explore the role of the vestry in spiritual discernment, envisioning the future, marshalling resources to achieve goals and assessing progress.  Move your vestry from a focus on day-to-day management or crisis-response toward more effective leadership.  You will learn about tools and resources available to assist you.  The workshop is designed for clergy, wardens or vestry members.

• How to Set Up a Planned Giving Program for Your Parish – Take the mystery our of planned giving for your parish.  Learn in easy to understand terms how your parish can build endowments through wills and life income gifts.  After a review of the planned giving instruments, you will learn about the importance of a parish vision, protecting and growing your endowment, and hot to invite other to remember your parish through estate and financial planning.  You will leave the workshop with a plan of action.

• Annual Stewardship – More than just raising funds to meet the needs of the parish operating budget, annual stewardship is an opportunity to nurture and grow our faith and spirituality within our Episcopal communities.  You will be guided in the most effective ways to tell your story, motivate your congregation, and develop successful programs.  You will explore the theology of Christian stewardship, learn ways to define the mission and vision of your church, develop a financial ministry plan, gain tools to communicate often and openly with the entire congregation, and ask – and thank – more effectively.

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Instructions

Please register by Monday, September 15th.

Contact

To register, contact Lauren Anderson, Communications Manager, The Diocese of West Tennessee, Ph: (901) 526-0023, Fax: (901) 526-1555.