Stewardship Resources
12 Step Stewardship Plan
Power Point program
Implementing a Narrative Budget
Best Practices
Elements and Practices for Congregational Stewardship
Consecration Sunday
Complete overview of a stewardship education process, and Guest Leader contact list
Year-Round Planning Calendar
A year 'round planning calendar for growing stewards in your congregation
Please call the synod office, 608.788.5000, for more information about how the following people could help your congregation with any or all of its stewardship needs:
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Pastor Libby Howe, Director for Evangelical Mission/Asst. to the Bishop
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Mark Quade, former ELCA Stewardship Specialist
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Cindy Berg, Synod Mission Interpreter Corodinator
People Resources
Educational Resources for Download
POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS
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Adopt, Adapt, Antagonize Current Cultural Passions in Generosity, by Jill Schumann (former Pres/CEO of Lutheran Services in America)
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The Bilingual Church Leader: Speaking the Language of Money Within a Theological Context, by Janet T. Jamieson, Assoc. Prof. of Accounting, Univ. of Dubuque, Iowa, and Philip D. Jamieson, Asst. Prof. of Pastoral Theology, Univ. of Dubuque Theological Seminary
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Passing the Plate, by Michael Emerson, Prof. of Sociology, Rice University
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Financial Fusion: Re-Thinking Stewardship by Re-Integrating Our Faith with 100% of our Wealth, by Gary Moore, Founder of Financial Seminary
From Chick Lane (as presented in La Crosse Area Synod, Spring 2010)
Web Resources
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ELCA Stewardship Resources - click various tabs for Leadership, Care for Creation, Lifestyle, Finances, Spiritual Gifts and Steward Net (newsletter)
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Stewardship for the 21st Century, by Luther Seminary's Center for Stewardship Leaders
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On the Center for Stewardship Leaders (CSL) site, at the top, find links for: Articles, Audio/Videos, Bible Studies, Book Reviews, Children's Books, Happenings, Humor, Illustrations, Letters, Links, Magazines, Quotes, Sermons, Stories and Worship Resources
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Stewardship blogging database maintained by Gettysburg Seminary - to serve stewardship in the ELCA through its seminaries - www.stewardshipoflife.org
Books People Are Reading:
NEW ONLINE GIVING OPTION FOR
ELCA CONGREGATIONS
TITHE.LY - New Tools for Congregations
Tithe.ly is an ELCA preferred vendor for electronic giving, but now have expanded their product line to offer website services and church management software. See more on Tithe.ly as a preferred vendor HERE.