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Lessons From a 3-Day Walk
Yesterday my wife Chris wrapped up her participation in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure. From early Friday morning until yesterday afternoon she and about 1,000 others walked 60 miles around western Cuyahoga County. Many of you are…
Read MoreCapital Campaign Help
I have a hunch that there are lots of churches in our Conference that have put off capital campaigns in the last four years or so. With a struggling economy and plate income a challenge, it just did not seem…
Read MoreRealigning to normal
Last week I heard a business guru give his tool to assess the success of small businesses given the difficult economy the last few years. “If you’re still open, you’re a success.” But then he admonished them to get out…
Read MoreValue of a Friend: $118
Mastercard’s “Priceless” ad campaign is world-famous and fairly well satirized at this point. In those ads you might expect to see Friendship identified as “Priceless.” But a survey by the Gallup folks in 1998 puts a definite value on friendship, $118. …
Read MoreDid you have a bumper?
Last week’s stock market fluctuations aside, the economy seems to be on the upswing. Economists point to statistics like orders for durable goods and slowly easing unemployment rates as their proof. I knew it was better in late December by the…
Read MoreGetting the puzzle to move
When my daughter was younger we bought her a traffic jam game. It was a puzzle that had a red car that you needed to get out of a parking lot by moving other cars forward and back so the…
Read MoreHow are you doing? CGP can help you figure that out
If you started the year with a new financial secretary he or she is probably pretty depressed seven Sundays into the new year. He or she may have taken the total amount pledged, divided it by 52 and figured that…
Read MoreStewardship Lessons from the Orthodontist
When I was growing up you didn’t get braces until your teeth had all come in. But today the approach is to do braces much younger, often at age 8 or so. That way they come in straight rather than…
Read MoreYear Round Stewardship Made Easy
There is no doubt that church committee work is cyclical and this is absolutely true for Stewardship Committees. After Labor Day they start to get organized, are busy in October and November, are done by Thanksgiving or so and are…
Read MoreLet’s all learn from each other
By now I’m fairly sure that everyone who is doing a fall stewardship campaign has completed it. So give us all some feedback on what you did and how you did. If you scroll down a bit, just above the…
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