How does our understanding of abundance and scarcity impact our ability to be hospitable? What do generosity and hospitality share? This Episcopal Network for Stewardship video explores. (Photo: Dru Broomfield, Creative Commons)
Principles for effective pledge campaigns
It’s only once a year, so you need to get the most out of your annual pledge campaign, right? The Episcopal Network for Stewardship shares some tips that will help your church get the results your congregation needs.
Your summer stewardship beach reading list
Rather than take to the beach another Stephen King thriller or Nora Roberts romance, how about some stewardship beach reading? The Episcopal Network for Stewardship’s stewardship bibliography can help you choose! (Photo: Onay Davus, Creative Commons)
Enhance Giving Through ‘Wish Lists’
Our faith communities are continually concerned about how to raise income or offset expenses especially during the summer months when attendance is lower. One approach to supplementing income in the church is to establish a Wish-List — needed items that your members can sign up to donate. It’s the approach that churches often use when there’s […]
Healthy Talk about Stewardship
It’s not hard to understand why talk about money and giving might make a congregation uncomfortable, and maybe even guilty and resentful. So how do we move to healthy ways of talking and preaching about money in our churches? This post from The Episcopal Network for Stewardship has some great ideas. (Photo: Fallonyates, Creative Commons)
Money Talk
Do you hear people complain that the church talks about money too much? It’s just not true. In fact, the church does not talk about money enough — not nearly as much as Jesus did, says this Episcopalian blogger. (Photo: Andrew Magill, Creative Commons)
Stewardship Begins with God’s Abundance
Those of us in the Church too often see the words ‘stewardship’, ‘development’ and ‘fundraising’ as synonyms. By doing so, we do a disservice to ourselves and to the important work of all three. J.R. Lander of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship explains. ((Photo by AlicePopkorn, Creative Commons License)
What! No More Pledge Cards?
Ever wonder what might happen if your stewardship team or committee decided to ditch the annual pledge cards? Check out this short drama written by the Rev. E. Angela Emerson, Minister of Stewardship Development, The Episcopal Diocese of Vermont. (Photo: Richard Rutter, Creative Commons)
Are Your Stewardship Leaders Leading?
Many churches are now firming up their plans for the fall stewardship program and who will lead it. The leadership you engage will set the bar for your parish. For your parish to fulfill God’s vision for ministry, your leaders need to fully understand the roles they have been asked to fulfill and given clear […]
Faces of Faith: A Steward’s Book of Prayers
The Episcopal Church gathered stewardship prayers and stories from leaders across the nation and published this 96-page booklet for is General Convention. Inspirational! Posted on the site of The Episcopal Network for Stewardship, which says, “Readers are welcome to reproduce this material providing credit to the author and the source of the material is duly […]
