It’s always the right time to educate congregants about whole-life stewardship, and to refresh those who have worked in the field for some time. To help, our friends at Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod offer “Stewardship Basics,” a free, comprehensive, in-depth eight-part Bible study.
Most of us think about greed as a problem for the super-rich, but it’s actually a pervasive, universal human sin. This Bible study from Bible.org does an excellent job of describing the perils – and remedies – for greed. (Photo: Creative Commons)
God made us each different but gave us the same number of hours in a day and days in a year. But God also gave us guidelines for how to spend this most precious commodity. Crosswalk.com explores what the bible says about time management.
“What is Christian giving? The Bible helps us to answer this question,” begins a 10-page PDF that looks at Scripture to illuminate important aspects of stewardship — Gifts from God, Giving Time, Giving Talent, and Giving Money. A nice primer from the Church of Scotland.
Though it’s unfairly associated mainly with church budgets and finance, stewardship is so much more. The Institute for Faith, Work & Economics explores how stewardship intersects with faith, work and economics. (Photo: Creative Commons)
The Center for Faith & Giving’s six-session curriculum covers the biblical grounding for key stewardship topics. Free PDF download includes a leader’s guide and booklets for adult and youth participants. (Photo: Creative Commons)
Easter is just weeks away, so why not prepare by learning or teaching about God’s most astonishing miracle — the resurrection of Jesus. What does it mean for us today. Simplybible.com offers a study.
Fasting and taking a Sabbath helps clarify our lives, strengthen faith and align us with God’s priorities. What about a “financial sabbath”? Building Faith from Virginia Theological Seminary explores. (Photo: Creative Commons)
Lent is a season of self-discipline in body and soul. Many people “give up” something in the spirit of fasting and sacrifice. But practicing generosity as a discipline may be more spiritually rewarding. Stewardship.org.uk offers this guide. (Photo: Photo: Andrea Piacquadio)
Lent starts Feb. 14 – It’s coming up soon! Here are resources that you can use to help make Lent a time of focus on stewardship of our time, talent, treasure, planet and our spirits. From a variety of sources and in a number of formats in a Word file. (Photo: Sara Korf, Creative Commons)
