Raising Dough Team
Raising Dough was created by the senior development staff persons from four Lutheran organizations in Greater Cleveland. They are members of the Association of Lutheran Development Executives (ALDE) and helped to organize the ALDE International Conference in Columbus in 2006. They work in communications and fundraising for their respective organizations and bring a combined 140 years of experience to their ministries in the church.
Responding to a national initiative from Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, they developed and proposed a program to encourage Lutherans to plan gifts to their congregations, schools and organizations. With "yeast" provided by Thrivent, blessings from the Boards of Directors of their respective organizations and encouragement from then Bishop Marcus Miller of the ELCA Northeastern Ohio Synod and then President Ron Bergen of the LCMS Ohio District, Raising Dough was formed.
Originally offered to Cleveland area congregations, the program of twelve recipes and the stewardship video is now available through this website. Recipes are available in pdf format and are formatted for easy printing.
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Mr. Greg Wiechert, Director of Development, Lutheran Home at Concord Reserve
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Ms. Beth Vanadia, Director of Development, Lutheran Chaplaincy Service
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Ms. Peggy Forni, Director of Development, Cleveland Lutheran High School Association
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Mr. Ward Pallotta, former Director of Gift Planning, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry. New contact person: Ms. Heather McGinness, Director of Development, Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry (not pictured)
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Ms. Gail Keegan, Development Manager, Joseph’s Home, a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System, Cleveland, Ohio. Gail (not pictured) was an original team member.