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800 Attend 7 Stewardship Conferences in 1975

Diocesan Press Service. December 8, 1975 [75429]

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- About 800 lay persons, clergy, and bishops of the Epis- copal Church in six provinces participated in a series of seven stewardship workshops during 1975 that were designed to assist local church leaders develop more effective fund raising programs in congregations.

The workshops were sponsored by the Office of Development/Stewardship at the Episcopal Church Center and financed through special grants from the Episcopal Church Foundation and Trinity Parish, New York. The meetings were held in Dallas, Albany, Portland (Oregon), Laramie, Phoenix, Arlington (Virginia), and Jacksonville (Florida).

Oscar C. Carr, Jr., Executive for Development/Stewardship at the Episcopal Church Center said the sessions were held "to acquaint as many as possible with three stewardship and fund raising methods that have been effective in Ohio, Alabama, and California." The three programs are the Covenant Plan of the Diocese of Ohio, the techniques developed in All Saints Parish, Pasadena, Calif., and the Stewardship Education Plan of the Diocese of Alabama.

The Rev. Canon Ebert Hobbs, author of the Covenant Plan and executive assistant to the Bishop of Ohio, presented his program which is built around an every member visitation. The All Saints program was described by the Rev. George Regas, rector, who said each congregation should develop a definite fund raising plan and implement it. The Rev. James Sanders of Selma, Ala., presented the Alabama program, which uses trained consultants drawn from among the ranks of diocesan clergy.

At each of the workshops a talk on the Biblical Basis of Stewardship was given by the Rev. Robert M. Cooper, professor of Ethics and Moral Theology at Nashotah House and an editor of the Anglican Theological Review.

The seven regional meetings included basic presentations by each of the leaders, plus detailed descriptions of the individual, techniques offered during discussion-centered small group sessions.

"We are not trying to sell any of these programs as complete packages," said Carr, "but we hope that those who participated in the workshops will use some of the methods from each to build their own local stewardship programs." He said that participants' response was "extremely positive " and that the evaluation forms returned "let us know we have been doing something useful by sponsoring these workshops. "

Among the bishops who attended the series were Donald Davies of Dallas, Harold Gosnell of West Texas, Edward Haynsworth of Nicaragua, Charles Persell and Wilbur Hogg of Albany, Matthew Bigliardi and Hal Gross of Oregon, Joseph Harte of Arizona, Victor Rivera of San Joaquin, George Masuda of North Dakota, Jackson Gilliam of Montana, William Creighton and John Walker of Washington, Lloyd Gressle of Bethlehem, John Baden of Virginia, Hunley Elebash of East Carolina, Gray Temple of South Carolina, and Frank Cerveny of Florida.

Bishop Furman C. Stough of Alabama stewardship plan at the Laramie and Arlington workshops.

According to Carr, workshops for Provinces V and I will be held in Chicago and Providence (Rhode Island) in February.