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Peer Learning Workshops

To supplement New Dollars/New Partners for Your Sacred Place training, the Philadelphia Regional Fund for Sacred Places is offering the following trainings.  Congregations are invited to share best practices and ask questions of other congregations.

May 6, 2008

PLANNED GIVING

This workshop will be an introduction to the concept of planned giving.  If you are unfamiliar with planned giving or would like to learn more about how planned giving can factor in your congregation's fundraising efforts, this is the workshop for you!   The topics covered will be creating a culture of planned giving through wills, bequests, life insurance, and gift annuities.  Will Jordan, Director of Development for the Philadelphia Regional Fund, is co-hosting with John Hook, Esq, Chairman of the Trusts, Estates and Personal Planning Group at STRADLEY RONON STEVENS & YOUNG, LLP.

The workshop will be from 3-5pm at Holy Communion Lutheran Church.  Enter under the Shakespeare Theater sign at 2111 Sansom Street.  The meeting is on the first floor chapel which is handicap accessible and refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Will Jordan at wjordan@sacredplaces.org by Friday, May 2.

For more information on Mr. Hook and Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, please visit www.stradley.com.

**Please Note New Date**

February 20, 2008

CULTIVATING INDIVIDUAL DONORS

How do you manage and identify potential donors for capital campaigns?  Discover communication strategies for those potential donors in this workshop.  Additionally, learn about donor stewardship before, during, and after the gift has been made, and important tips to remember for congregational committees.  (Previously scheduled for January 30) 

The workshop is from 3-5pm at First Unitarian Church on 21st and Chestnut Streets.  Please RSVP to Erin Coryell at ecoryell@sacredplaces.org by Monday, January 28.

December 6, 2007

FACILITATING SPACE SHARING AND ACCOMMODATING BUILDING USERS

How do other congregations determine who uses their facility and how it is used?  Is there a potential tenant or building user that you would like to welcome but are concerned about introducing the topics of rental fees and time-share?  Even if you already welcome outside users, if you are curious about how others strike that building-share balance or are unsure if you are on the right track, this is the workshop for you!  Members of New Dollars/New Partners teams who have developed innovative strategies to accommodate outside groups and building users will share their best practices.   

The workshop is from 3pm to 6pm at Holy Communion Lutheran Church on 21st and Chestnut Streets.  Please RSVP to Erin Coryell at ecoryell@sacredplaces.org by Monday, December 3.

November 8, 2007

WORKING WITH ARCHITECTS AND CONTRACTORS DURING RENOVATION

Learn an overview of the basics of working with an architect or contractor with Shawn Evans, AIA of Atkin Olshin Schade and Steve Saxon of Premiere Masonry Restoration.   Learn about the process for getting bids from contractors, developing a scope of work, and submitting requests for proposals (RFPs) and requests for qualifications (RFQs) for building projects.

The workshop is from 3 pm to 5 pm at Mother Bethel Church on Sixth and Lombard Streets.  Please RSVP to Erin Coryell at ecoryell@sacredplaces.org by Monday, November 5.

September 11, 2007

USING CASE STATEMENTS IN FUNDRAISING

Learn from the capital campaign experiences of Church of the Advocate and Christ Church.  Both are National Historic Landmark properties that have received Save America's Treasures grants and are in the midst of multi-million dollar capital campaigns. Christ Church Preservation Trust's Executive Director Don Smith and Church of the Advocate's Director of Development Barbara Stechert will discuss how to develop persuasive and thorough case statements, and the ways to incorporate the statements in fundraising. 

Please bring example of your case materials to share!

August 9, 2007

STATE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES

Discover grant opportunities offered by the Pennsylvania Historical Museum Commission to increase resources available to local sacred places.  These include education, public, and local history grants, historic preservation grants, and organizational planning and development grants. 

Additionally, Jack McCarthy, and archivist consultant, shares which grants can be used to strenghten the research congregation have completed into their histories, and discuss stewardship of archives and collections based on the New Dollars/New Partners-trained methods.

For a link to PHMC grant information, please click here.

For a link to archival resources, please click here.

For more information about The Philadelphia Regional Fund, contact Erin Coryell, Director of the Philadelphia Regional Fund at 215.567.3234 x18 or ecoryell@sacredplaces.org.   

   Philadelphia Regional Fund

   Partners for Sacred Places

   1700 Sansom Street, 10th Floor

   Philadelphia, PA  19103