Building a Generous Church

Join Bishop Graeme, Archdeacons David & Rich, and other church leaders for a day of inspiration, learning, and practical workshops focused on building a culture of generosity in our churches and communities.

🎤 Keynote Speakers:
✨ Grant Forrest (CEO, Parish Giving Scheme) – Living Life Generously
✨ Canon Jonathan de Bernhardt Wood (Church of England) – Living Generously
✨ Judi Newman (CEO, St Elizabeth’s Hospice) – Generosity in a Civil Society

🛠️ Workshops include:
💡 Starting a Gifts in Wills campaign
💡 Maximise the impact of the Parish Giving Scheme in your parish
💡 The ‘Porcupine Principle’ and other fundraising secrets
💡 Explaining Parish Share to your PCC and congregation
💡Getting the most out of digital giving in your parish
💡Running a Stewardship Campaign
💡Navigating grants and funding
💡How to run ‘Generosity Fika’
💡How a Friends Group can help spread the load
💡How to plan a finance strategy
💡Let’s discuss banking and accounting
💡Giving in a Fresh Expression of Church or a small group


Register now & choose your workshops!
📧 Email Julie Podd or call 01473 298555 for more info.

Let’s come together to grow a more generous, compassionate, and financially sustainable church!

You may also like the following events from Diocese of St Edmundsbury & Ipswich:

• Next month, 13th June, 05:00 pm, Leading your Church into Growth (LYCIG) 2025 in Stowmarket

Also check out other Workshops in Bury St Edmunds, Nonprofit events in Bury St Edmunds.