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Empowering Clergy on Stewardship
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73. Empowering Clergy on Stewardship

October 21, 2020October 21, 2020 Jim Friend 2094 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

Today’s Show How do you engage and train clergy to talk about Stewardship? What are the key ingredients to having

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A Parish Success Story
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70. +Increasing Generosity: A Parish Campaign Success Story

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Jim Friend 2315 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

In early 2020, Changing Our World began partnering with St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Church in East Patchogue, NY on

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Creating Growth During a Crisis
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69. +Increasing Generosity: Creating Growth During a Crisis

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Jim Friend 2203 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

We’re back after our summer break with more episodes to advance the mission of our Church. Today, we kick off

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Financial and Pastoral Implications of Re-Opening Parish and Schools
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66. The Financial and Pastoral Implications of Re-Opening Parishes and Schools

June 17, 2020June 17, 2020 Jim Friend 2946 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

Today’s Show We continue with session three of our series, “Advancing Our Church Through Challenging Times” with our host, Changing

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Engaging Young Adults
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64. Engaging Young Adults

May 27, 2020May 27, 2020 Jim Friend 3145 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

Today’s Show Join us as we kick off our mini-series “Advancing Our Church Through Challenging Times” with our first session,

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A Pastor's Perspective
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63. A Pastor’s Perspective Through COVID-19

May 19, 2020May 19, 2020 Jim Friend 3112 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

On Today’s Show: How are pastor’s thinking about COVID-19 through the global pandemic? What are some of the best practices

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What can parishioners do?
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57. What Can Parishioners Do?

March 25, 2020March 25, 2020 Jim Friend 2448 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

Today’s Episode What can parishioners do in the face of such uncertainty? Changing Our World‘s Jim Friend talks with Dave

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Engaging Parishioners During COVID-10
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56. Engaging Parishioners During COVID-19

March 22, 2020March 22, 2020 Jim Friend 2449 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

On Today’s Show: With public Masses canceled this past weekend, how are we engaging parishioners during the COVID-19 crisis? Many

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Making the Ask
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53. Parish Fundraising: Making the Ask

March 1, 2020March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 2236 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

Today’s Podcast: How should a pastor go about asking his parishioners for a gift? What will help a pastor feel

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Church of St. Anne, Garden City, NY
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43. Church of St. Anne, Garden City, NY

December 15, 2019March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 3267 Views 1 Comment Featured Podcast

Today’s Episode Today we visit the Church of St. Anne in Garden City, New York to discuss their very successful

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ICSC 2019
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36. ICSC 2019

October 27, 2019March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 2586 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

Today’s Show ICSC 2019 was held on October 6 – 9 in Chicago and Changing Our World was proud to

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Debbie Leaverton
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34. Debbie Leaverton

October 13, 2019March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 2787 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

On Today’s Show Debbie serves as Director of Parish Stewardship for the Orange Catholic Foundation for the Diocese of Orange

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Common Questions About Fundraising
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33. Fundraising Q & A Discussion

October 6, 2019March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 2930 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

This Week This week we tackle many common fundraising questions that our consultants are asked often. Jim Friend is joined

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Preparing for a Parish Capital Campaign
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28. Are You Ready? Parish Campaigns

August 25, 2019March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 3495 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

What’s the Secret? Parish Campaigns are a big undertaking and creating the right plan to raise significant dollars is critical.

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Supercharging Parish Stewardship
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23. Supercharging Parish Stewardship

July 28, 2019March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 6710 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

This week we focus on Catholic Stewardship and ways leaders can educate and engage the time, talent and resources of

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Developing Your Case for Support
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22. Creating Your Case for Support

July 21, 2019March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 3090 Views 0 Comments Featured Podcast

Creating your case for support is a key element for any nonprofit organization seeking to raise funds for an annual

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Summer Development Planning
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20. Summer Development Planning

July 7, 2019March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 3391 Views 0 Comments Diocese, Featured Podcast

Summer Development Planning is an important time of year. What can your organization do differently for the 2019-20 fiscal year

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Advancing Our Church - Podcast Episode 11
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11. Stewardship Committees with Jim Kelley

September 13, 2017March 14, 2020 Jim Friend 6806 Views 0 Comments Catholic Stewardship, Featured Podcast

Parish Stewardship Committees Today’s topic is forming Parish Stewardship Committees with our guest, Jim Kelley.  We invited Jim because he

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Advancing Our Church - Podcast Episode 2
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2. Fr. Michael White

April 23, 2017March 2, 2020 Jim Friend 7646 ViewsCatholic Stewardship

Part Two of my interview at Nativity Parish. Join me for Episode 2 – Fr. Michael White as I visit Church of the

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Advancing Our Church - Podcast Episode 1
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1. A Rebuilt Parish

April 16, 2017March 2, 2020 Jim Friend 6136 ViewsCatholic Stewardship, Highlighted Podcast

A Rebuilt Parish – Visiting Church of the Nativity It’s our first Episode! Join me as I visit with parishioners at Church

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