ࡱ> FHEy d0bjbj <8{{a80,\,n(3555555$v(YiYp33@_;E0hYYGp : Stewardship Follow-up Questionnaire Parish ______________Church ____________________ City/Town/Village ________________________ Stewardship is about managing what God has entrusted to us - our time, our energy, our intellect our skills, our relationships, and our financial resources - in caring for Gods world. Consider how you are doing in that management by determining your answers to the following questions. Please return the completed questionnaire with your Statistical Return. 1. Does your stewardship ministry include a focus on giving time and talent in addition to financial giving? Yes . No . 2. Does your congregation ask members to make an annual written financial pledge or commitment? Yes . No . 3. Approximately what percentage of your budget goes to support ministry that is primarily intended to serve people who are not members of your congregation? (Select appropriate one) None (0%) 13% 35% 510% Other ______% 4. Does your congregation currently use a narrative budget in addition to or instead of a traditional line-item budget? Yes . No . 5. Has your congregation taken steps to become a  green congregation, or to place an emphasis on stewardship of the environment? Yes . No . 6. In the past two years, has your congregation been in contact with or used the services of a) the Diocesan Stewardship Officer? Yes . No . b) the Diocesan Planned Giving Officer? Yes No 7. Does your congregation currently have: a) a Stewardship Officer? Yes No . b) a Gift Planning Officer? Yes . No . 8. Are stewardship sermons part of your year-round stewardship plan? Yes . No . If yes, how many per year? ____________ 9. Does your congregation distribute  proportional giving worksheets to members? Yes . No . If yes, how often? ____________ 10. Does your congregation use the stewardship resources and templates that are on the Ottawa Diocesan website? Yes No 11. Does your congregation use any of the following resources for its stewardship ministry? (a) TENS newsletter Yes No (b) TENS website Yes No If yes, describe which resource(s) and how this resource(s) is used: ____________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. What would you say has been your greatest challenge regarding stewardship in the past year or two? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ 13. What is the stewardship achievement you have been most satisfied with in the past year or two? ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ As desired, please feel free to augment your answers on a separate page inserted with your return. Stewardship: How We Are Doing? The short questionnaire on the reverse side of this sheet has been prepared with two purposes. First you will find it useful for your own parish stewardship assessment. Secondly, your answers will help to give the Stewardship Council essential information in identifying and developing the future assistance programs which parishes need on their stewardship journey. Please complete the questionnaire and return it with your Statistical Return to the Synod Office. If you have any questions or need some assistance with stewardship activities, please contact Jane Scanlon, Diocesan Stewardship Officer, at 613-232-7124, ext. 225 or by e-mail at  HYPERLINK "mailto:jane-scanlon@ottawa.anglican.ca" jane-scanlon@ottawa.anglican.ca. One stewardship tool for parishes is the listing of the fourteen best stewardship practices. These best practices are those undertaken by healthy parishes. The fourteen best practices are as follows: 1. The Ministry has an active stewardship committee. 2. The Ministry leadership is committed to stewardship education. 3. The Ministry conducts an annual giving campaign. 4. A long-range planning and gifts discernment program is held annually. 5. 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The Ministry promotes green awareness and environmentally focused practices. 10. The Ministry has supportive management policies regarding its staff and volunteers. 11. At least seventy percent of operating revenue comes from free-will offerings. 12. The Ministry directs at least 10% of revenue to outreach. 13. The Ministry has a new staff/volunteer orientation program. 14. Planned giving is promoted by the Ministry. This listing, the questionnaire on this sheet and other stewardship materials are also available for parishes on the diocesan website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.ottawa.anglican.ca/Stewardship" www.ottawa.anglican.ca/Stewardship. Scroll down the page for a selection of stewardship resources. Why not make a copy of this sheet for reference? Thank you for participating.     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