It’s been a bruising economic year for many Americans, and congregational finances may show it. To start off the New Year on the right financial footing., the Lewis Center for Church Leadership offers some wise resolutions.
Set your congregation stewardship goals for 2025
A New Year, a fresh start. How will your church’s stewardship ministry handle things differently in 2025 than in previous years? It’s a good idea to set some concrete, realistic goals. The Lewis Center for Church Leadership explores how to make them – and achieve them. (Photo: Creative Commons)
24 Healthy resolutions you can actually keep
Sometimes the New Year’s resolutions we make are so grand and ambitious that we can’t possibly keep them, and, discouraged, we give up early in the year. Healthline suggests these 24 resolutions that are readily doable. (Photo: Creative Commons)
January Toolkit: Your year of abundant living
January’s free stewardship toolkit focuses on stewarding all your gifts to enjoy the life abundant that Jesus promises in John 10:10. Original newsletter article and RCL-based “snippets” for every Sunday bulletin. (Photo: Neil T, Creative Commons)
23 New Years resolutions for a healthier 2023
OK, so the holidays are over. Looking back, you’ve enjoyed yourself but have put on a few pounds. It’s time to get serious about your physical, emotional and spiritual health. Here, from Healthline, are 23 resolutions you can keep!
For this New Year, make stewardship resolutions
New Year’s Resolutions offer a great opportunity to set new goals and start new ventures. But this year, rebrand them as stewardship resolutions. After all, Christian stewardship starts with the premise that we actually own nothing because God owns it all. (Photo: Erephas, Creative Commons)
100 Goals for a Very Successful New Year
Will 2022 be a better year for you than 2021 was? As we all know, prosperity and success are not merely matters of chance, but also strategy and planning. Youngadultmoney.com suggests 100 goals for a great New Year.
Don’t give up on your New Year’s health resolutions!
We’re not even finished with January, but it can be pretty tough to keep those New Year’s health resolutions going. Here are nine solid tips from Healthline to keep you on track toward, or help you reinvent, your goals. (Image: Mikko Koponen, Creative Commons)
Make New Year’s resolutions to help the earth
While 2020 still has more than 350 days left, make a New Year’s resolution to get involved in the fight to help clean up our planet before it’s too late. Take inspiration from this New York Times piece that lists ideas from scores of readers. (Photo: Takver, Creative Commons)
Encourage New Year’s resolutions about money and stewardship
Losing weight and exercising more are wonderful New Year’s resolutions, but this year teach your congregation about making resolutions that deal with the connections between money, faith, spirituality and stewardship. This article form Luther Seminary’s Center for Stewardship Leaders can get you started.
