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A Brief History of American Stewardship
History of American Stewardship Now available - a reprint of the popular resource exploring how the meaning of stewardship evolved from Christian living in the 19th century to a euphemism for church finances in the 20th -- and how 21st century leaders can reclaim the broader meaning. By William Avery, stewardship professor at Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary.

Read the preface! Available for $2 a copy, including shipping and handling. Click here for a printable order form.

 

How to Improve Financial Stewardship
How ToHere is a newly revised version of a popular and practical, soup-to-nuts how-to guide for a successful stewardship program. Outlines the seven most popular financial response models used by ELCA congregations. An easy-to-follow guide for new stewardship leaders. Click here for a free PDF viewing or printed from Augsburg-Fortress (call 800/328-4648, ask for ISBN 6-0001-7457-8. Cost $4.95). From ELCA Stewardship.

NEW This Week: May 5 - 11, 2008

Stewardship Strategies for Local Churches
UMCOK, here is a “Stewardship 101” type of resource that identifies key points and issues for any congregation to assess where they are in stewardship, where they should be – and how to get there. Good stuff. Click here for Stewardship Strategies for Local Churches, from the United Methodist Church’s Detroit Annual Conference.

 

Stewardship Notes from the Road
Sharron“Going on vacation doesn’t mean you leave stewardship issues at home. If anything, vacation time means facing even more decisions about use of one’s resources and care of God’s good creation. Does one fly and purchase carbon offsets, take a train, or drive and cry at the rising cost of gas? Does one stay with relatives and friends or book a hotel?” Click here for this latest essay by SOLI columnist Sharron Reissinger Lucas. Click here to read her archived columns.

 

 

Five Components of Congregational Stewardship
Five ThingsThis simple resource is the kind of thing you can tape above your desk or put on your fridge with a magnet. You can refer to it to stay focused. Simple. Direct. Informative. Click here for “Five Components of Congregational Stewardship,” from the LaCrosse [Wis.] Area Synod, ELCA.

 

 

Website: Christian Ecology Link
CELFrom the United Kingdom comes an interesting website put together by Christians devoted to doing something about the environmental crisis. Here you’ll find tips, free articles for a parish newsletter, as well as research, inspiration and links. Check it out. Click here for “Christian Ecology Link.”

 

 

Forty Years Later, ‘Population Bomb’ Still Ticking
Rob Blezard“Since 1968 three things have come true: One, there are almost twice as many people on the globe; two, the planet is showing signs of great stress from human activity; and, three, there will be more and more people vying for the same resources in decades to come.” Click here for “The Real It!,” from SOLI webmaster Rob Blezard, posted in last week’s edition our free online newsletter. Click here to read other archived columns.  Click here to subscribe.

 

 

Stewardship from the Lectionary
Your Church
Looking for a way to put more stewardship into your preaching? Here is a great help -- a weekly commentary that highlights stewardship aspects in the weekly lectionary texts. Click here for "Stewardship from the Lectionary," from ELCA Stewardship Resources.

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