Joanie Lewis and Katie Herzing referenced over ten books and multiple priests and religious in this one hour webinar. Many of the books referenced are available in the Diocese of Lubbock library and Office of Stewardship and Development.
You can view the recording here.
1) They believe in the mission of the organization 2) They have a high regard for leadership of the organization 3) They believe the organization is fiscally responsible Source: Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate, J. Clif Christopher (pg 13)
"My parish is composed of people like me. I help make it what it is.
It will be friendly, if I am. It will be holy, if I am holy. Its pews will be full if I help fill them. It will do great work, if I work. It will be prayerful if I pray. It will make generous gifts to many causes, if I am a generous giver. It will bring others into worship, if I invite and bring them in. It will be a place of loyalty and love, of fearlessness and faith. of compassion, charity and mercy, if I, who make it what it is, am filled with these same things. Therefore, with the help of God, I now dedicate myself to the task of being all the things that I want my parish to be.