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Jen Bradbury
Nov 19 · 5 min read

Budgeting Basics: Revenue Streams

Once you've translated your dreams into numbers, the next step in crafting your budget proposal is to determine where your ministry's budget will come from. Typically, youth ministries derive their budget from a combination of three sources:

-...

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#Fundraising #retreats #youth ministry management #leadership #Missions #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Apr 30 · 5 min read

The why behind the what

Recently, my senior pastor had our staff watch Simon Sinek’s TED Talk, How Great Leaders Inspire Action . The basic gist of Simon’s talk is that if you want people to follow you, you’ve got to tell them why you’re doing what you’re doing. You’ve...

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#refugee #Fundraising #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
Dec 18 · 5 min read

Four Reasons Why Support Letters Are Important

I've made several trips to the post office in the past few days, mailing support letters from members of our mission trip team to their family and friends, asking them to support their trip prayerfully and/or financially.

While standard in many...

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#Fundraising #Missions #youth ministry

Jen Bradbury
May 13 · 5 min read

Why I take students to fundraising banquets

Unlike so many homes, mine was one in which we frequently discussed money.

In fact, money is still one of my dad's favorite topics. When it comes to money, he often runs past any semblance of social respectability and instead proceeds to ask...

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#Fundraising #money

Jen Bradbury
Apr 11 · 5 min read

20 Tips for Making Rummage Sales Successful

Filed in Missions and Missions

Whenever I mention my youth ministry's rummage sale to people, they usually ask in disbelief, "You're really doing that again?"

To be sure, rummage sales are a ton of work; but as a youth worker, I love how they encourage people to purge in a...

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#Fundraising #Missions

Jen Bradbury
May 11 · 5 min read

Fundraising 101

Filed in Missions and Missions

At my first youth ministry job interview, I was asked, "How do you plan on fundraising the thousands of dollars required for our summer mission trip?" As a 21 year old, I'm sure I looked like a deer caught in the headlights as I fumbled to answer...

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#Fundraising #Missions

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  • Budgeting Basics: Revenue Streams
  • The why behind the what
  • Four Reasons Why Support Letters Are Important
  • Why I take students to fundraising banquets
  • 20 Tips for Making Rummage Sales Successful
  • Fundraising 101

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