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.
Recently Added Resources
We are always looking for your input and ideas. We are happy to share these recent additions to our site:
People are Like Oak Trees
Theme Text: Luke 6:4-45
Focus: Stewardship within daily life
What can leaders can be doing during the month of January
Reflection on "Oak Trees"
Asset Based Planning and Thinking
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 Article 
Author: Larry Wingard
Posted: 7/2/2009
Theme: Resources
© Stewardship Resources, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 8765 West Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631. Any part of Salt Seasonings can be reproduced for local use with attribution.
Scripture quotations from the New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright ©1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA and used by permission.
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What is God Asking Me to Do?
A congregation I am coaching was confronted with a difficult choice. They had the opportunity to expand their ministries and reach more people with the Good News of Jesus, but it meant having to take on additional debt at a time when the economy was telling us all, "Be careful!"
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Article 
Author: Tuck Aaker is a lay business person with a mission to grow stewards through coaching, consulting and writing on behalf of synods and the ELCA.
Posted: 7/2/2009
Theme: Stewardship Leadership
© Editor–SUNSHINE STEWARDSHIP
E-Letter with Creative Ideas
Editor– TuckAaker@aol.com [Tuck Aaker]
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The Times They Are Changing
Tuck Aaker reflects back on when he was younger and states,"Although a working family was only making $3,000 a year - they were contributing a larger percentage of what they made to their churches and to charities to help others than we do today with a whole lot more to give from."
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Article
Author: Tuck Aaker is a lay business person with a mission to grow stewards through coaching, consulting and writing on behalf of synods and the ELCA.
Posted: 7/2/2009
Theme: Resources
© Editor–SUNSHINE STEWARDSHIP
E-Letter with Creative Ideas
Editor– TuckAaker@aol.com [Tuck Aaker]
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Riding the Waves
Let's reorganize our priorities and learn to ride the spiritual waves and bring balance and growth to our congregations. God creates those waves and we ride them
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Article
Author: Tuck Aaker is a lay business person with a mission to grow stewards through coaching, consulting and writing on behalf of synods and the ELCA.
Posted: 7/2/2009
Theme: Stewardship Leadership
© Editor–SUNSHINE STEWARDSHIP
E-Letter with Creative Ideas
Editor– TuckAaker@aol.com [Tuck Aaker]
715/ 462-9727
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Creating Generosity
Most of our stewardship talks and sermons about giving are immediately mentally filed under, "their asking me for money" because the audience hasn't yet reached the spiritual understanding of why they are sitting in the church that day.
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Article
Author: Tuck Aaker is a lay business person with a mission to grow stewards through coaching, consulting and writing on behalf of synods and the ELCA.
Posted: 7/2/2009
Theme:
© Editor–SUNSHINE STEWARDSHIP
E-Letter with Creative Ideas
Editor– TuckAaker@aol.com [Tuck Aaker]
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