The Stewardship Resource Database
Fish this well-stocked pool for books, videos, articles,
web links, stories, sermons, quotations, and much more!
Most of these resources are free to copy or download from this
site; some you can send away for, or ask permission from the
publisher to use.
These resources are intended to encourage individuals to become
stewards, strengthen stewardship leaders, tell congregational
success stories, and give you powerful communications tools to
illuminate our call to stewardship in God's world.
Recently Added Resources
We are always looking for your input and ideas. We are happy to share these recent additions to our site:
Seeds
John 12:23-26
Lent B 5
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 Article 
Author: Pastor Trent Johnson
Posted: 5/15/2008
Theme: Communicating the Message
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On Offerings and Auctions
Gary L. Langness describes the offering tradition in Tanzania: "They all came, from the youngest to the oldest ... they all had something to give ... and the good news is so do we!"
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Article 
Author: Gary L. Langness is an ELCA Pastor, stewardship leader and integral member of the Bega Kwa Bega partnership.
Posted: 5/14/2008
Theme: Happenings in Congregations
© Gary L. Langness
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Baptism and Your (Job) Vocation
A great illustration of how stewardship and baptism work together. Here Dennis Anderson tells a story of how the two helped a man he met on an airplane. It comes from his forthcoming book, Let's Begin With Chocolate.
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Author: Dennis Anderson was formerly president of Trinity Lutheran Seminary and bishop of the Nebraska synod of the Lutheran Church in America. In his retirement he is writing, teaching and speaking.
Posted: 5/14/2008
Theme: Communicating the Message
© Dennis A. Anderson
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The 5-10 Club
People nowadays often fill their schedules so they don't have a minute to spare. But what if your pastor asked you for five minutes – five minutes a day for 10 days to pray for the church?
Pastor Paul Larsen did just that, asking members of Christ the King Lutheran Church of New Brighton, Minn., to join the "5-10 Club." Club members agreed to spend five minutes a day for 10 days praying that the congregation would move closer to the accomplishment of its mission.
Following is the invitation he sent, which included prayer starters, Bible passages and a heart sticker to place somewhere it will remind them to pray.
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 Letter
Author: Paul Larsen serves as pastor of Christ Lutheran Church in New Brighton, Minn.
Posted: 5/14/2008
Theme: Happenings in Congregations
© Paul Larsen
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Edythe's Gifts: Three Stewardship Skits
Have you ever found a gift that was so perfect for someone that you couldn't wait to give it to them? Now contrast that with a gift you've given out of a sense of obligation.
It's a little like what a woman named Edythe experiences in the stewardship skits that follow. Each year, as she considers her annual pledge to her church, a visitor arrives on her doorstep and changes Edythe's approach to stewardship. After three years, she realizes that her gift is not an obligation but is an expression of love.
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 Happening
Author: Margaret D. McGee is the author of Stumbling Toward God: A Prodigal's Return, and a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Port Townsend, Wash.
Posted: 5/14/2008
Theme: Happenings in Congregations
© Margaret D. McGee
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