If your church is like mine, and I'm sure many are, there may not always be funds available for youth group events or Sunday school material. In my church Sunday school teachers and youth group leaders often end up paying for supplies and activities out of their own pocket. This year we are going to try to fund the different groups in our church through sponsorships.
We have 4 groups that need sponsors this year; the youth group, the Sunday school, the kids club, and the youth events group (an extension of the youth group).
We will make up sponsor sheets at the beginning of the year and give people from the congregation a chance to sponsor these group. This will be done in an indigogo style. Below are a list of the groups, how much it costs to sponsor them, and how many sponsors are needed.
Sunday School : $5 - 40 Available (It costs about $5 per Sunday to run our Sunday school)
Youth Group: $15 - 40 Available (YG costs about $15 per night)
Youth Events: $30- 10 Available
Kids Club: $50- 10 Available (Kids club is our biggest group with about 20-25 kids each night, we set this sponsor price slightly higher as there are some large items we need to purchase this year)
Sponsors will all receive a hand written thank-you letter, and an invitation to join the group they are sponsoring for a morning, or evening to be thanked personally, and see where there money is going.
Sponsors will allow our church to continue these programs and keep them free of charge for the children. I hope that the sponsorships and the visits from the donors will increase the involvement and the sense of ownership from the congregation in these groups. I also hope that it will encourage fellowship between these groups and the rest of the church and that cross generational friendships will be formed.
What fundraisers have worked for your church?
