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Teaching Children to be Generous
Here’s an article from the Wall Street Journal that offers good tips for parents in any income bracket who want help their children become generous stewards of time, talent, and resources. (Photo: © Jaren Wicklund – Fotolia.com)
Stewardship Bible Studies
Teach your congregation about stewardship with this wonderful collection of Bible studies from the Evangelical Covenant Church. The eight lessons, complete with leaders’ guides, will equip your educator to explore a good range of stewardship issues with your members. ( Photo © duncanandison – Fotolia.com)
A Gift of God
Here’s a complete four session stewardship curriculum for children in grades one through three produced by the Greek Orthodox Church. The 18 page downloadable PDF document provides teacher resources, handouts for children, and a craft idea. (Photo © Jose Manuel Gelpi – Fotolia.com)
Scientific and Spiritual Dimensions of Climiate Change
Here is a handy study course consisting of nine sessions of two hours each that explores the challenges of climate change from scientific and spiritual dimensions. Leaders will find everything they need to plan and run the course. Written from a Baha’i faith standpoint, the materials are readily adaptable for other contexts. (NASA Photo, public domain)
Teaching Children to Live Sustainably
Here’s a short, useful blog post from Sustainable Personal Finance that offers four tips for teaching children to live more sustainable lives. These four tips can be applied at home, in school, or through congregational and Christian Education activities. (Photo by icecairo. Thanks!)
Evaluating Financial Parenting Skills
Check out Trent Hamm’s thoughts on raising financially-fit children, along with a book recommendation to help with the process. Trent has many good financial posts on his website thesimpledollar.com. Click here! (Photo by Howard County Library System. Thanks!)
Let there be…Stuff?
Here’s a six-session faith-based curriculum that helps Christian teenagers explore the relationship between their consumption, their faith, and the health of the planet. It’s a creation of The Story of Stuff Project and GreenFaith and includes a slideshow and plenty of interactive components. Best of all…it’s free to use! (Image Courtesy The Story of Stuff […]
J. Clif Christopher Stewardship Workshop
Here is a wonderful stewardship workshop that J. Clif Christopher, author of “Not Your Parents’ Offering Plate” and many other books, recently led for the United Methodist Foundation for the Tennessee and Memphis conferences of the United Methodist Church. The whole workshop is posted in four parts for your watching, and there’s an accompanying guidebook for free download. Wow! (Photo © xy – Fotolia.com)
Looking for New Stewardship Resources?
Check out the educational offerings from Everence, a ministy of the Mennonite Church USA. You’ll find free downloadable curricula for adults, church leaders, youth, and even a Spanish language resource. There’s also a list of recommended books, calculators, and personal finance information, too. (Photo by opensourceway used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!)
Creation Care Devotional Guide
Looking for a stewardship of creation devotional guide to use? Here’s a good one from webofcreation.org that provides scripture, a quote from the ELCA social statement “Caring for Creation,” a creation care fact, a prayer, and ways to become more involved and committed to caring for God’s good creation. Click here to access the free […]
