How to Do a Narrative Budget with Rev. Dr. Rose Eileen Niles,

Thursday, October 28, 2021
12:30 PM 1:30 PM 12:30 13:30

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Join us on October 28th, with Rev. Dr. Rose Eileen Niles, from the Presbyterian Foundation, and learn about one vital budgeting tool you want to have as you develop the culture of generosity in your congregation: the narrative budget.

Narrative Budget

A Narrative budget tells your church’s story. What you value, what your priorities are, who you are. It gives a vision of ministry rather than just a spreadsheet of line items. It reflects how the congregation spends its time, talent, and resources rather than paying the bills.

A narrative budget is a theological statement; reflecting your understanding of what it means to “be church." Your beliefs about God, and your commitment to God’s redemptive mission.

A Narrative Budget tells the story of how your church practices good stewardship of the gifts entrusted to it. It provides a vision of where the church hopes to be in the coming budget cycle.

The leadership of your church still needs to build and use a line-item budget. In fact, a line-item budget completes the first step in creating a narrative budget. You still want to make copies of the approved line-item budget available to members of the congregation who like to see that level of detail, and it shows a church's transparency and accountability.

A narrative budget tells your story and celebrates the impact of the dollars you dedicate to the mission of the gospel! What a great way to motivate giving to the mission of your church

Join us to learn how to develop this great additional resource for growing your stewardship/generosity initiatives!

Below are some of the resources we’ll touch on during the webinar:

Church Financial Leadership Academy: https://churchfla.com (initial code: PCUSA) to preview narrative budget short video (in the section on year-round stewardship resources)and also preview other topics we might offer in the future.

Stewardship Navigator: https://stewardshipnavigator.com (has a narrative budget generator tool I will review in the webinar). It is free to sign up and has a great set of tools. You can look around and see what’s there with the username DEMO and password Stewardship!