In the fall of 2013, Lutheran Campus Ministry of Southwest Minnesota State University launched a level of giving program in the hopes to increase our giving. It was instituted in the beginning of 2014. Thus, we have two years under our belt and are going into our third year. I am going to share with you the giving levels and then share with you how many are in each category and then ask you if you will join our team.
We named our levels in comparison to "levels" of schooling since we are at a university.
Church Levels
Graduates: $ 2,500 +
Seniors: $1,000 - $2,499
Juniors: $500 - $999
Sophomore: $250 - $499
Freshman: $1 - $249
Individual Levels
Graduates: $1,000 +
Seniors: $500 - $999
Juniors: $250 - $499
Sophomore: $100 - $249
Freshman: $1 - $99
Church that Give
Graduates: 1 in 2015 and 3 in 2014
Seniors: 1 in 2015 and 3 in 2014
Juniors: 4 in 2015 and 10 in 2014
Sophomores: 1 in 2015 and 8 in 2014
Freshman: 24 in 2015 and 25 in 2014
Individuals that Give
Graduates: 0 in 2015 and 0 in 2014
Seniors: 1 in 2015 and 1 in 2014
Juniors: 1 in 2015 and 1 in 2014
Sophomores: 3 in 2015 and 4 in 2014
Freshman: 5 in 2015 and 9 in 2015
In 2014, we had 49 churches give and 15 individuals give. In 2015, we took a step back and received gifts from 31 churches and 10 individuals.
We are needing to step up our donors in 2016. We want to ask you to join our team of givers. Great things are occurring in the ministry and to keep the momentum going; we need finances and in addition to our donations down this year; we will be losing some of our grant money.
If you want to know more about our ministry and what is happening on campus; please let me know. I would love to share with you some of the great things occurring. Thanks for your prayers and consideration.
The thoughts and writings on this blog are the thoughts of Jeff and do not necessarily represent the views of Grace First Parish of Russell and/or Lutheran Campus Ministry of Southwest Minnesota State University.
