Welcome!

Welcome to Our Sunday Visitor's blog about Maximizing Offertory!  We know churches are looking for ways to increase revenue and reduce costs.  We also know you are struggling to grow your parish membership and build vibrant parish communities.  We wanted to create a place where pastors, administrators and staff could share ideas and connect.  Thanks for visiting our blog.  I sincerely hope you will join the conversation!

2012 kicked off with a bang for myself and the Offertory Solutions Division consulting team.  We have had the pleasure to visit many dioceses and have had multiple dioceses visit us at the OSV offices in Huntington, IN.  One main area of conversation is an Annual Offertory and Communications Plan for parishes. We are introducing the need for parishes to have a plan in place to increase revenue and communicate to their parishioners through printed and electronic means.  Every parish sits down each spring and plans their annual budget.  They should also take the time and plan the following:

1) Review the church offertory program and make sure the program is current, effective and envelopes are being supplied in the way parishioners prefer to give.

2) Plan to grow the electronic giving method being offered at the church.  Online Giving is a must for every parish!

3) Have a communications plan in place through both printed and electronic means.

4) Have an appealing up-to-date website that is inviting and informative with current information.

It has been my pleasure to work with many parishes on an Annual Offertory and Communications Plan.  I'll be blogging more about each of these in the coming days. 

I look forward to hearing what you have been doing at your parish to grow offertory and improve communications at your parish!