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Healthy Talk about Stewardship

It’s not hard to understand why talk about money and giving might make a congregation uncomfortable, and maybe even guilty and resentful. So how do we move to healthy ways of talking and preaching about money in our churches? This post from The Episcopal Network for Stewardship has some great ideas. (Photo: Fallonyates, Creative Commons)

  • September 15
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Money Talk

Do you hear people complain that the church talks about money too much? It’s just not true. In fact, the church does not talk about money enough — not nearly as much as Jesus did, says this Episcopal blogger. (Photo: Andrew Magill, Creative Commons)

Stewardship Begins with God’s Abundance

Those of us in the Church too often see the words ‘stewardship’, ‘development’ and ‘fundraising’ as synonyms. By doing so, we do a disservice to ourselves and to the important work of all three. J.R. Lander of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship explains. ((Photo by AlicePopkorn, Creative Commons License)

What! No More Pledge Cards?

Ever wonder what might happen if your stewardship team or committee decided to ditch the annual pledge cards? Check out this short drama written by the Rev. E. Angela Emerson, Minister of Stewardship Development, The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. (Photo: Richard Rutter, Creative Commons)

Are Your Stewardship Leaders Leading?

Many churches are now firming up their plans for the fall stewardship program and who will lead it.  The leadership you engage will set the bar for your parish. For your parish to fulfill God’s vision for ministry, your leaders need to fully understand the roles they have been asked to fulfill and given clear […]

Faces of Faith: A Steward’s Book of Prayers

The Episcopal Church gathered stewardship prayers and stories from leaders across the nation and published this 96-page booklet for is General Convention. Inspirational! Posted on the site of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship, which says, “Readers are welcome to reproduce this material providing credit to the author and the source of the material is duly […]