From the New Jersey Synod, ELCA, here are a couple great resources to help your congregation focus on stewardship 12-months a year: Year-Round Stewardship Tools offers ideas, Scripture and quotations. Year-Round Stewardship Plan suggests a schedule of monthly topics. Year-Round Stewardship Survey helps determine where your church is – and needs to go! (Photo by […]
If you lead and serve in a congregational setting, be sure to read this article about the importance of self-care from Faith & Leadership at Duke Divinity School. (Photo: Miguel Virkkunen Carvalho)
Asking people for money may move you out of your comfort zone. That’s a good sign. If you’re not experiencing anxiety or discomfort, the risk you’re taking is probably not worthy of you. (Photo by iqoncept, via bigstockphoto.com)
RNS blogger Jana Riess has been thinking lately about what the Bible has to say about money, particularly in the advice-filled Book of Proverbs. What does the Book of Proverbs have to say about money, generosity, and wealth? Quite a bit, actually. (Photo by 401(K) 2012 Used by Creative Commons license)
Some Christians want to dismiss the environment as a lesser issue compared with the weightiness of the Gospel. But if the Gospel is the story of how the life, death and resurrection of Christ redeems and renews believers and all creation with them, then the proper care of the earth becomes a Gospel implication. Good […]
Click here to read this short New York Times article about why we are driven to accumulate more than we can consume–even when doing so is proven to make us unhappy. (Photo: reduse.org, Creative Commons)
Is debt dragging your household down? That’s where Cherie Lowe was not long ago, but she and her family got serious and paid off $127,000 of debt in just four years. A blogger (http://www.queenoffree.net/), Cherie offers tips for how you can “Slay the Debt Dragon” in your life. (Photo by Unorthodoxy, used by Creative Commons […]
To be a good steward you have to recognize your relationship to things that you have. The proper relationship to things is to understand that everything belongs to God and that you have been given them to manage on God’s behalf. Here are some tips to help you put that into practice in the real […]
Many churches would love to have a vibrant program for stewardship, but just don’t know how to get started. This handy guide from the Presbyterian Church in Canada breaks down key ideas into distinct steps to form checklist. Very smart! (Illustration by AJ Cann, used by Creative Commons license. Thanks!)
Need faith-based eco-justice resources in Spanish? Check out this wonderful website hosted by Neddy Astudillo, an ordained Presbyterian clergy person and long time advocate of ecological justice in the church. (Photo: Rambojan Iphoneography, Creative Commons)
