HERE ARE MATERIALS FOR FCTE WORKSHOPS LED BY ROB BLEZARD.
Questions? Need more? Email me: rblezard@lss-elca.org
Materials for the Breakout Groups on Congregational Stewardship:
The Pastor’s Role as a Steward Leader – Lutheran pastor and author Charles Lane talks about the KEY role of pastors
Stewardship 101 – this is the list of resources available for your use with the links embedded into the document
Materials for the 2017 Cohort: Budgeting and Narrative Budgeting (Wednesday 3-4:30 p.m.)
Budgeting Basics – helpful article from LifeWay Resources
Thinking about a Narrative Budget – the ELCA’s 48-page guide on how to do a narrative budget
How to Create a Narrative Budget – this is a one-page summary by Grace Duddy Pomroy that was printed in Living Lutheran. Helpful!
Excellent Sample Narrative Budget – Hixon United Methodist Church presented their 2016 budget in this simple narrative format.
Materials for the 2015 Cohort: Handling Financial Matters in the Congregation (Tuesday 3-4:30 p.m.)
Handling Financial Matters in the Congregation – ELCA’s overview of money matters
ELCA Congregational Treasurers’and Bookkeepers’Financial andAccounting Guide – great how-to resource
ELCA Congregational Audit Guide – 27 page how-to for audits
ELCA Internal Control and Best Practices – keep the money safe!



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