2. Action Plan GYPC-LA 2014 Scholarship Fund

3. Prayer is the radical starting point

4. Action Plan

5. Goals The 2014 Scholarship Fund is a way of announcing our vision and inviting other people into our mission. $100,000 June 2014 285+ contributors Build relationships Future mission supporters

6. Case

7. IMPACT Donors seek…

8. IMPACT MESSAGE/ STORIES Donors seek…

9. IMPACTINCOME MESSAGE/ STORIES Donors seek…

10. IMPACTINCOME MESSAGE/ STORIES JUST ASK! Donors seek…

11. Looking through the right set of eyes… “Outsider Eyes” “Your reasons for seeking support are not necessarily their reasons for giving support.” “Their reasons are emotional. Psychological.” “They give to your promise. Your mission. Your vision.”

12. Looking through the right set of eyes… “Outsiders want to feel their best heart beating. They want to feel how good they are, how special they are, what a difference there are making to the world – through your giving campaign.”

13. Donors seek…

14. Gift Opportunities

15. Your Gifts Why are your gifts of time, talent & treasure important?

16. Your Gifts

19. Prospect Nominations

21. Individuals Annual Conferences Local Churches Sponsorship Companies Foundations Prospect Nominations

22. Team

23. Just ask… 1.…Help 2.…Engagement 3.…Involvement 4.…Feedback 5.…Don’t Just Ask For Money! Team

24. Converted… “Fundraising is also always a call conversion…Whether we are asking for money or giving money we are drawn together by God, who is about to do a new thing through our collaboration.”

25. Encouraged… “Fundraising is a very rich and beautiful activity. It is a confident, joyful and hope-filled expression of ministry. “

26. Prayerful… “From beginning to end, fundraising as ministry is grounded in prayer and undertaken in gratitude.”

27. Share Our Stories of Impact

28. ClosingQuestions? Comments?

29. So, we end where we began