Stewardship System Resources - December 2020 - Monthly Stewardship Committee Agenda and Insight

Sep 16, 2026

December 2020 Stewardship System resources for churches provide guidance on year-end giving, including an end-of-year ask letter recommendation designed to help congregations raise roughly 10% of annual giving. The package includes a complete Monthly Stewardship Committee Agenda template with opening prayer, review items, assigned reading and training steps, checklist actions, campaign status updates, and closing prayer. It also delivers a stewardship insight explaining why year-end appeals work, with practical checklist and letter-structure advice to increase engagement and online giving.

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Monthly Stewardship Committee Agenda December 2020

Stewardship Committee Agenda [Enter your church’s logo here][Enter the Date Here]

Stewardship System Insight December 2020

How to raise 10% of your income in a year-end appeal

Checklist & Advice

Letter Structure

Stewardship System Resources December 2020 2020 is coming to a close, and what a year it has been! Our communities have weathered many storms. There is damage to be repaired and new insights into the needs of our community that will allow us tobe the love of Christ in the future. Now is the time to say “thank you” for all the ways your parishioners have stepped up to support each other and the church’s ministries during this difficult year. Check out our Annual Report Samples and consider how you might share the good news of the past year. We highly recommended producing an end-of-year letter with an ask for a Christmas gift. We find it likely that you’ll raise 10% of your annual giving as a result of that letter; well worth the time and effort. We’ll include a link to our guide and sample letter in the Stewardship System email. As always be assured of our prayers for your success and let us know how we can be of assistance to you in your stewardship ministry, Sincerely, Denis Greene, President Church Development cell: 816-560-3641 [www.church-development.com](www.church-development.com) Monthly Stewardship Committee Agenda December 2020 Instructions: use this agenda template to run your monthly stewardship committee meeting. Transfer the content to a Word document. You may modify or adjust the agenda as needed. Add your church logo and print a copy of the agenda for each committee member. The chair of your committee should lead the meeting. Stewardship Committee Agenda [Enter your church’s logo here][Enter the Date Here] 1. Open in prayer a. Read Matthew 2:11 . “On entering the house, the wise men saw the child with Mary, his mother, and they knelt down and paid him homage. Then, opening their treasure chests, they offered him gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh.” b. Despite the fact that your church may have recently conducted its annual stewardship appeal, it’s good to remember that Christmas and the end of the year provide additional opportunities for your congregation to be especially generous. Some things to think about: i. Do you use this time of the year to encourage giving to charities? Some churches commit their Christmas receipts or a portion of them to outside groups serving the needy. ii. Do you encourage year-end donations to your church? iii. Do you encourage people to fulfill their annual pledge by the end of the year? 2. Review Action Items from last meeting 3. Read this month’s Stewardship System Insight provided by Church Development 4. View Stewardship System training video. 5. Review your Stewardship System Checklist a. Determine action for any stewardship culture building activities for the month b. Determine action for next special appeal letter. c. Monthly Stewardship System Checklist i. Place stewardship inserts in bulletin ii. Recruit layperson to give stewardship testimony iii. Place article in newsletter iv. Set date for next month’s Committee Meeting 6. Update on status of annual stewardship campaign efforts. 7. New items of business 8. Close in prayer [www.church-development.com](www.church-development.com) Stewardship System Insight December 2020 How to raise 10% ofyour income in a year-end appeal Now that it’s the holidays, nonprofits are ramping up their solicitations for gifts. December is often when people are most generous—25% of philanthropic dollars are donated this month! Be proactive in inviting your community members to remember your church in their holiday and year-end donations. Read on to learn why so much money comes at the end of the year and how to structure your year-end appeal. Why end of the year? The three highest giving months for churches are January, May and December, and yes, tax season plays a factor in each. May sneaks in right before the classic summer giving slump, but it also shows up after most of us have filed our taxes the month before. In knowing what we’re getting back or owe on the yea

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What should be included in the ask letter to improve engagement?

The checklist advises keeping the letter to one page, personalizing via mail merge, using a blue ink signature, including a bolded P.S. summary, and starting with a story to engage readers quickly.

Sep 16, 2026

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