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Teaching Stewardship - Online Stewardship Resources
Click bold links below to open a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat Reader. Then print and/or save the file to your computer. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
Stewardship Among Young Adults in the Episcopal Church (USA) by the Rev. James R. Lander, Vicar, St. Columba’s, Kent, WA. Too often, local congregations discuss stewardship without regards to how different generational cohorts consider the church, their lives, money, and volunteerism. Significant sociological research has described that, in fact, young adults view these quite differently than older living generations. The background research and the preparation of this paper was a degree project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Public Administration, University of Washington, 2009.
Generational Differences in Charitable Giving and in Motivations for Giving a 2008 report prepared for Campbell & Company researched and written at The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
Notes by an Imbedded Reporter (Inspired by Mark 8:27-31) -- an original skit written by John Vernon Oaks, Stewardship Officer of the diocese of Indianapolis, is a wonderful teaching tool for both large and small groups.
Offertory Sentences “Sometimes we need to look to the past to find our way forward. These Offertory Sentences from 1928 provide a richness in returning us to our central focus as Christians. They are a call for us to be active participants in a story that tells how we must die to self in order to live. We must choose the transcendent by looking away from ourselves and look outward, towards God and toward others, all others.” – The Rev. Kirk Alan “Chief” Kubicek
Stewardship Definitions for the nurturing of a common understanding of the language of nurturing generosity in the congregation.
Conditions Which Facilitate EFFECTIVE Stewardship Education in the Congregation by Bill Yon.
Faces of Faith – A Steward’s Book of Prayers (and some wonderful stories) gathered by the Standing Commission on Stewardship and Development and presented to the 2003 General Convention. Readers are welcome to reproduce this material providing credit to the author and the source of the material is duly noted.
Faith-based Stewardship - A Fresh Perspective on Congregational Giving by the Rev. Linda Grenz. Are you practicing Faith-based Stewardship or Fund Raising Stewardship in your congregation? Perhaps you haven't considered that there is a difference. There is a significant difference. Read this article to learn more.
Barnabas Leader's Guide. This leader’s Guide supplements the booklet resource, Barnabas – A Model for Holistic Stewardship.
Acts: From Maintenance to Mission A Small Group Study Guide written by the Rev. Canon C.K. Robertson and the Rev. Susan B. Snook. Put faith into action with this 8 week study guide. The 32 page study guide can be printed in a booklet format for easy use by all participants.
Why People Give What They Give to the Church an article by Bill Yon.
A Money Autobiography. A very useful exercise is to have members of vestries (and other leadership teams) prepare a Money Autobiography in advance of a workshop to prepare a Leadership Stewardship Statement. Sharing of stewardship stories can also be facilitated by the participants completing this exercise.
Conference Presentations by the Rev. George F. Regas, April 19-20,
2002 at the Seventh International Stewardship Conference of the Upstate NY Dioceses. Dr. Regas served as rector of All Saint’s Episcopal Church, Pasadena, CA for 28 years that included an amazing journey in stewardship formation. Open the individual PDF files by clicking on the titles:
A Stewardship Development Ministry That Works
My Deepest Convictions About Stewardship
Generosity and Human Transformation
The Lens for Our New Life Together – Stewardship. Bishop Catherine Waynick’s address to the Diocese of Indianapolis, October 16, 1997. For a comprehensive appraisa
l of how we might live our lives together, both in the parish and in the diocese, this presentation is a must read.
Stewards of God’s Grace -- Presentation at TENS Conference, June 18, 2004 by The Rt. Rev. Catherine M. Waynick, Bishop of Indianapolis. Scripture tells us that we are created in the image and likeness of God - and have therefore been entrusted with something of the divine and holy as part of our very being. We don’t fully understand exactly what that means....to be made in the image and likeness of God. But if we reflect on it from the perspective of stewardship we may be able to gain a sense of how living in that image could take shape in our lives. How can we characterize the ways in which God has entrusted stewardship of life to us?
Money Myths In The Church -- False Assumptions About Money and Giving by Rev. Richard A. Borg. These myths have made the church financially unhealthy. Often Christians embrace a myth because it excuses them from Christian giving and Biblical stewardship. To restore health we need to recognize the myths that well intentioned pastors and lay people believe and then construct, teach and practice a Biblical Stewardship Theology. A sound theology dispels falsehood and brings health to the church. God’s truth is always liberating. (Psalm 119: 97, 105, 125, 128)
As I Have Loved a Keynote Address, June 2004 TENS Conference By Jane Burruss, PhD. For many years as I said the confession, I thought I did love the Lord with all my heart, but I finally realized that to do so would mean loving me with that same quality since I am a beloved child of God. I did not understand the arrogance in my belief that God did not/could not love me because I was unworthy, nor did I get that by my not loving myself, I was failing in the first commandment. As I worked on this, I found that sometimes I do glimpse that I too am the beloved.
Robert Wood Lynn On Christian Giving in America an interview with Tracy Schier. Much of the research and writing on the topic of Christian Giving in America is done from the top down by church leaders interested in solving financial problems, or by academics intent on measuring and comparing who is giving and who is not, who is giving more than whom, and so forth. While admiring and recognizing the validity of these approaches to religion and money, Lynn makes it clear that these only partially get to the heart of the relationship between religion and money and that his interests and approach lie elsewhere. Open a PDF file of this article saved from the website Resources for American Christianity
Four Days of Thanksgiving – An Essay by Sister Mary José Hobday, OSF. Thanksgiving. It has different meanings for different people. For some, it is an extended holiday weekend. For others, a day of thanks that may or may not include church. For still others, it's a day to gather the family around a big meal, with vague notions of Indians and Pilgrims in the background.
STEWARDSHIP: A HANDBOOK from the Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway, Scottish Episcopal Church, Year 2000 Edition. A very concise resource with suggested programs for education and commitment programs along with some great quotes that so many of us are consistently searching for.
Creation Celebration. An article by Selina H. Hathaway reprinted from NETWORKING that provides ideas for celebrating creation particularly in the Spring near Earth Day.
Thinking Theologically About Wealth, Including Money: A Seven Session Study Guide by Carol Johnston. See Links for Teaching Stewardship for the principal article by this author.
A Pastor’s Perspective on the Financing of American Religion by Richard R. Crocker from the website Resources for American Christianity.
A Lenten Stewardship Curriculum from the Diocese of California. The purpose of this curriculum is to enable participants to enter more deeply into the theology of stewardship through experiencing and reflecting in community on some key images from the Holy Week Gospels. The curriculum is designed to be used during the five weeks in Lent, in sessions of 45 minutes to one hour. It can be used intergenerationally or with age-specific groups. Suggestions for liturgical elements are provided.
A Letter from The Rt. Rev. Charles Jenkins. "...no holding back, no reserve, no condition." A pastoral letter to the people of God in the Diocese of Louisiana.
In Giving Of Ourselves We Find The Joy Of Following Jesus by The Rt. Rev. Paul V. Marshall, Bishop of the Diocese of Bethlehem, PA (Diocesan Life, Sept. '98).
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