Vital Vintage Church Workshops

Registration includes membership access to the Vital Vintage Church resources of this website, multiple participants from each local church for the video workshops and recordings of the live Q&A with Rev. Piazza (both recorded for unlimited viewing), and one copy each of Rev. Piazza's two books mentioned below. The $250 cost is shared equally by the local church ($125) and the Foundation ($125).

However, the video workshops are made available to churches post-2020 for $99.

Session #1: The Theology of Generosity

• How do we teach, preach and motivate people to live generously?
• Are we more or less generous in times of crisis?
• How do spiritual leaders motivate positive change in our individualistic society?
• How to incorporate year-round teaching & practice on generosity?

Session #2: Agile’s Stewardship Principles

• Unpack generational differences in generosity
• Adapt to the shift from giving to spending
• Separate the budgeting process from stewardship
• Move from annual pledges to automatic recurring giving

Session #3: Using Technology to Boost Giving

• Implement technology to enhance worship and automate electronic giving
• Take practical steps to expand the online reach of your ministry and promote automatic recurring giving as a sign of generosity
• Create a culture of fundraising as a sacred expression of faith

Session #4: Creating an Effective Year-Round Stewardship Plan

• Use the church calendar and lectionary for year-round stewardship planning
• Create teams to shift from pledging to automatic recurring giving
• Understand what motivates generosity for different groups of people
• Use technology to communicate effectively with various groups of people
• Schedule seasonal sacred and secular programming for spiritual formation
• Review metrics and adjust approach
• Create and implement a donor response plan