| 1. |
Yard
Sale Spaghetti Supper Raffle(a cruse?, weekend in San Antonio?,
weekdays in fredricksburg?) |
| 2. |
Fundraising
can be most importnat to make the church financial (self
suficient) |
| 3. |
tithes |
| 4. |
Lectures
and fun with the topic of tithing. How many people can really
tithe and how to supplement a non-full tithe. |
| 5. |
St.
John's should consider developing a big, annual
"signature" event that is held year after year which
is aimed at fund-raising from the wider community. Too many of
our fundraisers are aimed at the congregation itself, which is
one of the reasons that they haven't been too succussful. |
| 6. |
One
annual fundraiser plus specials as needed - A/C repair is a good
example. |
| 7. |
Car
washes. I beeline to a carwash for convenience. Kids seem to
enjoy working together. Adults don't mind getting involved.
Start with a Jelly making contest. Prizes; and gradually you'll
have a festival with booths and new jellies to try! |
| 8. |
Sell
tickets to draw for dining out Gift Certificates: dinner for
two, dinner for family; children: McDonalds, or Gattiland. I
recently used a Mr. Gattis booklet that had a lot of buy one,
get one free meals; kids token values for playing; kids eat free
with adult purchase, etc. Selling cookie kits is usually a good
fund raiser--some require freezing. |
| 9. |
To be
effective, a fund-raiser (money from outside the parish) must be
planned well in advance, be well publicized, be on a regular
recurring basis, and be something a lot of people like. The
music festivals we had were well-attended - but the money was
not for St. John's. The pancake supper and Lenten soup dinners
are other examples of "good" fund-raisers (the soup
dinners would need to charge). |
| 10. |
Fund-raisers
MUST be designed to encourage our members to promote
participation from people OUTSIDE of St. John's. |
| 11. |
what
are the fundraisers for? some people might be inclined to
fundraise for certain aspects more than others. |
| 12. |
I
disagreed with the build it and they will come philosophy in the
first place. Even if it ultimately works. Expending resources on
expanding the capacity of a church should be a happy consequence
of attendence blowing out the capacity of the church. |
| 13. |
More
"new" people are needed to help spearhead and help w/
this many fundraising projects, and I would hope we could get
away from doing this many prjects. I'd like to see a garage sale
with proceeds going to St. John's church. This may need to
replace the current garage sale for the neighborhood center
until we are more financially secure, or be done in addition to
it. This is something alot of members could contribute to easily
(although it is alot of work for the organizers). It's not that
I don't want to help the community center - but if our own
church needs funds, want to contribute to that first. |
| 14. |
Fund
raising as I have experienced it in the past has been a lot of
work with not much return. Have we ever looked to see what
really works to raise a bunch of money for other churches? |
| 15. |
Maybe
have a couple bingo nights and pay two dollare a card and have
donated prizes. The catholics do it. |
| 16. |
A small
designated area for a small church store. |
| 17. |
Fund
raising for youth could be more often. |
| 18. |
fund
raising is good and "feels" different to people than
their pledges |
| 19. |
Most of
us are too over-scheduled and stressed out to do much of this.
Big events can be a huge headache. But what about a free will
donation at potlucks? This could help a lot |
| 20. |
Ideally,
fund raising activities should focus on particular needs, rather
than just money for the operating budget. I do not like being
asked for money every time I turn around, but see the need.
Growth in membership could decrease the need for fund raisers,
unless people have quit looking at supporting the church
financially as one of the obligations of members. No one likes
sermons on giving, but educating members on giving
("percentage giving" seems to have gone away) is
necessary. |
| 21. |
Fundraising
should only be a short-term measure. Emphasizing outreach should
increase membership and teaching the biblical priniciples of the
tithe should help to alleviate the deficit. Money follows
mission. If you want people to contribute, get them exicited
about the vision at St. John's. |
| 22. |
More
events that draw the public. Fundraising has to reach past the
people who now give. |
| 23. |
We can
allow fund raising acitivites to let the community come to our
programs and participate with us, get to know us. |
| 24. |
Yard
sales in church parking lot Raffles for a quality donated item
Renting out curch premises for, e.g.: AA Dramatic groups Other
denominations Other appropriate organizations Day school |
| 25. |
-
Chicken dinners monthly to take home - Fish Fry during Lent
(need advertising) - Festivals (Jamaica, fall festival, art
festival) - Selling crafts made by parishioners at the Episcopal
conventions - Charging use fee for outside organizations to use
the facilities |
| 26. |
Major
concern on having four events a year is the time and effort
needed from members of our congregation to pull that kind of
commitment off. I don't we have the stamina or the manpower to
meet the commitment. |
