Dues, Just a Piece of the Financial Sustainability Puzzle
Dues, just a piece of the financial sustainability puzzle
Changing dues model outweighs the risk.
A recent article, by Barry S. Mael, Director, Kehilla Operations & Finance at USCJ, summarizes the results of a study involving hundreds of USCJ congregations regarding their current dues models. This four year study indicates that the fear of revenue loss, uncertainty about risk/reward and fear of change are the primary reasons more of our kehillot are not considering dues model changes. However, the data suggests that congregations who have changed their model have fared the same or better than with their previous model, both in terms of revenues and membership numbers (92% have not experienced any revenue loss and 83% have not experienced any decrease in members).
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Fri, September 18 2020
29 Elul 5780
Worship Schedule
Shabbat "Nitzavim" ~ "שבת "נצבים
Friday September 11, 5:30 pm - Tot Shabbat
with Rabbi Z, on Facebook Live here.
Friday September 11, 6:30 pm - Second Shabbes
with Rabbi Z & Rabbinic Intern Jill Rubin on Facebook Live here.
Saturday September 12
9:30 am - Shabbat Morning (Bar Mitzvah of Mason Grosso)
11:00 am - Shabbat Morning (Bat Mitzvah of Morgan Stone)
Both worship services will be on Facebook Live here.
10:30 am - Shabbat Havurah Morning
Worship on Zoom. For this participatory experience, please register here,*
*Please preregister no later than 30 minutes before Shabbat Morning Worship to assure you can be approved in a timely manner.
Link to this week's parasha (Torah portion) and haftarah.