Develop Your Skills and Confidence
to Grow Your Ministry
What Participants are Saying
“I’m so glad to have the practice of leaning into the discomfort.”
“My own fear of being “that pastor” is getting in the way of the Kingdom.”
“This course is worth way more than it costs."
Metro DC & DE/MD Synods of ELCA 2023 Cohorts
Begins January 10th - Morning or Evening
Begins January 10th - Morning or Evening
Greater Chicago ELCA Synod 2023 Cohorts
Begins February 9th - Morning or Evening
Join peers in interactive sessions to develop your skills and confidence in asking donors for financial support. Through the five online sessions, you will learn techniques to help you deepen donor relationships to connect vision to mission while actively making progress on your own ministry goals – from a capital campaign to funding mission work.
Each session will develop a task list to accomplish between sessions. These tasks will be "real life" to the project you are working on that needs funds to succeed. As part of the webinar, you can expect to spend approximately one to three hours on homework assignments between sessions that will help you create a structure for and practice of building donor relationships. This series is most relevant for faith-based organizations and is great for pastors, church staff, development staff, volunteers and board of directors.
This series of five online interactive webinars is sequential with action items to apply between each session. You will practice skills with support and accountability while growing in self-awareness about your personal leadership style. Like a carpenter, practice equips us to hone our skills and discover the spiritual connection to one’s craft. This process transforms asking for money into a craft – and a vital part of ministry.
Metro DC & DE/MD Synods of ELCA Morning and Evening Session Dates (meets every 2 weeks):
January 10 and 24, February 7 and 21, March 7 on Tuesdays
Morning Session from 10:00am - 11:30am EST
Evening Session from 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST
Greater Chicago ELCA Synod Morning and Evening Session Dates (meets every 2 weeks - with an extra week pause on Easter Holy Week)
February 9 and 23, March 9 and 23, April 13 on Thursdays
Morning Session from 11:00am - 12:30pm EST
Evening Session from 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST
What You Will Learn:
Each donor has unique needs for ongoing cultivation, relationship building, and pastoral care. Continue to hone your skills and celebrate the spiritual connection to the craft of the “ask”. Participants will be challenged to apply what is learned after each session resulting in tangible outcomes by the last session. We expect participants to experience an average increase of $20,000 in new gifts and pledges to their ministries.
Each session will develop a task list to accomplish between sessions. These tasks will be "real life" to the project you are working on that needs funds to succeed. As part of the webinar, you can expect to spend approximately one to three hours on homework assignments between sessions that will help you create a structure for and practice of building donor relationships. This series is most relevant for faith-based organizations and is great for pastors, church staff, development staff, volunteers and board of directors.
This series of five online interactive webinars is sequential with action items to apply between each session. You will practice skills with support and accountability while growing in self-awareness about your personal leadership style. Like a carpenter, practice equips us to hone our skills and discover the spiritual connection to one’s craft. This process transforms asking for money into a craft – and a vital part of ministry.
Metro DC & DE/MD Synods of ELCA Morning and Evening Session Dates (meets every 2 weeks):
January 10 and 24, February 7 and 21, March 7 on Tuesdays
Morning Session from 10:00am - 11:30am EST
Evening Session from 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST
Greater Chicago ELCA Synod Morning and Evening Session Dates (meets every 2 weeks - with an extra week pause on Easter Holy Week)
February 9 and 23, March 9 and 23, April 13 on Thursdays
Morning Session from 11:00am - 12:30pm EST
Evening Session from 7:00pm - 8:30pm EST
What You Will Learn:
- Session 1: Money Values
- Explore our personal history and relationship with money, biblical foundations, motivations and meanings of money.
- Session 2: Understanding the Donor’s Story and Values
- Practice listening and interpersonal skills to discover other’s visions and interests. Explore how personality impacts listening and empathy style. Learn how greater self-awareness translates into a more effective “ask.”
- Session 3: Values-Based Asking
- Prioritize donor wishes from what you’ve learned through listening. Learn to suspend assumptions and personal anxiety and explore the donor’s visions, values, and motivations
- Session 4: Practicing the Craft
- Review disciplines, rituals and preparation for building professional relationships. Distinguish ‘cultivation’ from ‘asking’ and understand these as different, but complementary activities. Learn to prepare for and practice “asking.”
- Session 5: Sustaining Relationships
- Each donor has unique needs for ongoing cultivation, relationship building, and pastoral care. Continue to hone your skills and celebrate the spiritual connection to the craft of the “ask”.
Each donor has unique needs for ongoing cultivation, relationship building, and pastoral care. Continue to hone your skills and celebrate the spiritual connection to the craft of the “ask”. Participants will be challenged to apply what is learned after each session resulting in tangible outcomes by the last session. We expect participants to experience an average increase of $20,000 in new gifts and pledges to their ministries.
