The new year is only weeks away, so finalize your plans to encourage donations for a strong ending of 2023. The United Methodist Foundation of Greater New Jersey offers tips, resources and links. (Photo: Creative Commons)

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The new year is only weeks away, so finalize your plans to encourage donations for a strong ending of 2023. The United Methodist Foundation of Greater New Jersey offers tips, resources and links. (Photo: Creative Commons)


November is the month of thanksgiving, so take a deep dive into what the Apostle Paul says about gratitude and the Christian life. Paul describes it as a core element of faith. From Crosswalk.com. (Photo: Vistamommy, Creative Commons)


The holidays are a joyful time for indulgence and parties, but there’s no reason why your health in body mind and spirit should suffer. Forbes magazine explores finding balance for a joyful, healthy season. (Photo: Stephen O, Creative Commons)


Endowing one’s pledge is the ideal way for some church members to support their church long after their passing. It involves donating enough money to keep their pledge in perpetuity. The Episcopal Church Foundation.


From snakes, to spiders, to bats, some of the most feared and hated (except at Halloween!) critters bring enormous benefits to agriculture and the environment in general. The Nature Conservancy reports. Photo: Creative Commons


All the variables involved make church finances complicated. You never know exactly how much income you’ll have, and unplanned expenses (replacing a boiler) are always lurking. SmartChurchMangement has suggestions.

RCL reflection for Proper 24, Year A, October 22, 2023.
Questions of all sorts and for all kinds of purposes take center stage in this week’s Gospel. We can learn much! Deacon Timothy Siburg explores.

Your Stewardship Toolkit for November — the month for thanksgiving — looks at how practicing gratitude helps develop a heart of generosity. Free newsletter article and weekly bulletin blurbs.

Want to know more about congregational stewardship? Check out the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona’s ‘Stewardship University,” a nice assortment of resources and links on a variety of topics.


When heated, even plastics with the label “microwave safe” release particles of microplastics that are suspected in a wide variety of illnesses. Science is just now beginning to understand the risks. Bon Appetit magazine reports. (Photo: Creative Commons)
