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Feasting on Gratitude Stewardship Resource

Here’s a new six week stewardship resource from the Episcopal Church USA called Feasting on Gratitude. Six contributing writers offer reflections on giving, gratitude, stewardship, and generosity connected to the Gospel readings for October 2 through November 6, All Saints Sunday. PDF bulletin inserts and weekly reflections are available in English and Spanish. Photo by… Read more»

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The Whole Creation has been Groaning

Paul’s use of apocalyptic language in Romans 8 provides a springboard for discussion of our current environmental crisis within the context of the cosmic scope of God’s salvation in Jesus Christ and our present role in the stewardship of creation. (Photo by Michael 1952 used by Creative Commons License. Thanks!)

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Faith and Money: A Resource for Congregations

Looking for a solid and well-written congregational resource to help make the connection between one’s faith and one’s money? Here’s a downloadable guide written by Dan Hotchkiss and provided by Congregational Resource Guides, a project of the Alban Institute. Photo by Goldemberg Fonseca used under Creative Commons License. Thanks!

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Environmental Awareness for Confirmands

One aspect of the Christian life that often gets little attention in most Lutheran confirmation programs is environmental stewardship. Following is a six-session program that concentrates on how each individual person interacts with his or her surrounding environment. The program has three basic goals; an awareness of how many resources it takes for each of us to live, an awareness of the amounts and kinds of waste each of us generates, and an awareness of our human and Christian responsibility to steward the use of God’s creation.

Stewardship as a Lifestyle

The biblical call to stewardship will lead us to foster quality of life. The quality of life that is measured only by material goods and economic factors is incomplete. Total quality of life must include the health and stability of the natural world, relative justice and peace for people, and the free and true worship of God Almighty. It is on this basis, on this biblical vision, that Christians are motivated to respond to ecological crises.”