{"id":1186,"date":"2014-02-07T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T14:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/?p=1186"},"modified":"2020-08-25T16:49:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T20:49:07","slug":"stretch-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/stretch-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Stretch Your Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/10-Ways-to-Stretch-Your-Womens-Ministry-Budget.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1188\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/10-Ways-to-Stretch-Your-Womens-Ministry-Budget.png\" alt=\"10 Ways to Stretch Your Women's Ministry Budget\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/10-Ways-to-Stretch-Your-Womens-Ministry-Budget.png 1000w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/10-Ways-to-Stretch-Your-Womens-Ministry-Budget-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/10-Ways-to-Stretch-Your-Womens-Ministry-Budget-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/10-Ways-to-Stretch-Your-Womens-Ministry-Budget-640x384.png 640w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/10-Ways-to-Stretch-Your-Womens-Ministry-Budget-700x420.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether or not your ministry is blessed with a budget, <strong>we are all called to be good stewards<\/strong> of the funds we are given and collect.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years I&#8217;ve honed my savvy shopping skills and use them to stretch our Women&#8217;s Ministry budget as best I can.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Here are 10 ways you can stretch your team&#8217;s budget:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Shop year-round<\/strong> \u2013 grab those clearance items in January for your Christmas fellowship. Red Christmas plates, napkins and table cloths can be used in February (and vice versa), green in March.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/shopping-part-2\/\"><strong>Shop online<\/strong><\/a> &#8211;\u00a0opt in for\u00a0emails from businesses you\u00a0purchase from and you&#8217;ll\u00a0often receive\u00a0emails with\u00a0coupon codes free shipping deals. <em><em><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Charge what it costs<\/strong> to hold the event \u2013 do what you can to make sure your income and expenses cancel each other out.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enlist your ladies<\/strong> to provide the <a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/fellowship-food-fix\/\">food<\/a> (usually we cater our lunches\/dinners). Many are happy to bring snacks, appetizers, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Create and stick with a <strong>line-by-line budget<\/strong> for every event. Give each team member a set budget.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Invest in re-useable<\/strong> d\u00e9cor items \u2013 tea light holders, hurricanes, platters, mirrors, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Use coupons<\/strong> (online coupon codes and Sunday paper coupons) to purchase items \u2013 flowers, coffee, tea, paper goods, creamer, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ask for a discount or donation<\/strong> \u2013 restaurants will often donate food for events, business may donate a door prize, grocery stores usually have a monthly gift card amount for non-profits. Ask in advance and take your non-profit tax ID number with you.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tap into<\/strong> the group of crafty women at your church. Depending on the task they may not need to purchase much in the way of supplies. Most scrap bookers have an excess of paper, stamps, etc. We made our own bookmarks for retreat favors one year.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Utilize your in-house resources<\/strong> \u2013 print posters, name tags, programs, laminate, bind, etc.\u00a0at the church.\u00a0Only out-source what you must.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let&#8217;s help each other out &#8211; what other ideas do you have for stretching your Women&#8217;s Ministry budget?<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also want to read:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/shopping-part-1\/\">Shopping \u00a0for Women&#8217;s Ministry Supplies &#8211; Part 1<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/shopping-part-2\/\">Shopping for Women&#8217;s Ministry Supplies\u00a0&#8211; Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/view.flodesk.com\/pages\/5f243fdad78ced0026f8345d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7550\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/subscribe-button-2016.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/subscribe-button-2016.png 590w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/subscribe-button-2016-300x48.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether or not your ministry is blessed with a budget, we are all called to be good stewards of the funds we are given and collect. 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