2026 Stewardship Kaleidoscope introduces NEW workshop tracks, including: Legacy and Planned Giving
| Greetings from the Stewardship Kaleidoscope Planning Team! If you haven’t yet registered for the annual Stewardship Kaleidoscope Conference, this is one conference that you won’t want to miss! Not only will you find an abundance of opportunities to learn from headliners in the stewardship field, but you will also have unparalleled opportunities to network with one another! When you join us at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel from Sept. 21-23, you can count on experiencing… informal meetups in the hallway, conversations over meals, and plenaries presented by influential keynoters and powerful worship leaders. Among the many peer-to-peer connections that our participants consistently lift up as invaluable are the workshops presented by their ministry colleagues, who must similarly meet the challenge of delivering inspiring stewardship messages to their congregations. In response to your interest in this emphasis, we have curated a workshop track focused specifically on Legacy and Planned Giving in which you will have the opportunity to choose from among these three distinct, thought-provoking topics: · Planned Giving Mixology (A-16) will reveal a “the whole is greater than the sum of the parts” approach to planned gifts. Come explore creative ways that planned giving vehicles can be combined to maximize your donors’ generosity. · Policies, Purpose and Performance: Endowments Done Right (B-12) will focus on endowments and permanent funds — how they work, why clear purpose and strong policies matter — to move from short-term budgeting to long-term sustainability. Practical case studies and best practices included! · Planned Giving 101: A Basic Program (D-17) will provide both pastors and lay leaders in any size church a proven program: 1. Why Planned Giving Thrills Givers, 2. The Opportunity for Our Churches, and 3. A simple Program That Works. You’ll be able to sign up for any or all of the above workshops during our quick and easy conference registration process. Interested in other stewardship-related workshops — funding strategies, basic or advanced, academic or practical, small church stewardship, giving in economically challenged congregations, stewardship theology and preaching? Then this is the conference for you! From property ministry to annual campaigns to stewardship marketing/communications plus other timely topics, we’ve got you covered! We are also very excited by this year’s line-up of plenary speakers and worship leaders, which we announced via the Presbyterian News Service. Register by June 30 to qualify for our discounted early-bird rate! See you in Baltimore! |