The Stewardship Resource Database

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  • Author: The Reverend David M. Ponting is the Rector of Grace Anglican Church, 4 Pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario  N3T 3N4
  • Updated: 08/28/2008
  • Copyright: Permission to use granted by The Reverend David M. Ponting,; Rector, Grace Anglican Church, 4 Pearl Street, Brantford, Ontario  N3T 3N4, Telephone: (519) 752-6814, ext. 23, Fax: (519)752-5989
22 Stewardship Preaching Tips

Here are helpful tips as you prepare to preach a "financial stewardship" sermon.

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: Pastor Steven McKinley, House of Prayer Lutheran Church, Richfield, Minn.
  • Updated: 08/15/2008
  • Copyright: Steven McKinley
Poverty and Generosity

Christ the King
2 Corinthians 8:1-7
Ordinary 13B

The question is not "How much of what is mine should I give to God?" The question is "How much of what is God's can I in good conscience keep for myself?"

The question is not "Am I able to give?" The question is "Am I willing to give?"

The question is not "How much money does the church need?" The question is "How much do I need to give to feel right about what I am doing?"

The question is not "Can I?" The question is "Will I?"

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: George Haynes was ordained in 1951 and is currently a mission developer for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Rockport, Texas. He is an ELCA Stewardship key leader.
  • Updated: 08/13/2008
  • Copyright: gGeorge Haynes,
    P.O. Box 301,
    109 Peach Tree Drive,
    Rockport TX 78381
Give Us What We Deserve . . . Not! (Welcome to the vineyard)

Text: Matthew 20:1-16
Proper 20

"God just cannot stand it that anyone should be less than what God has created them to be.

"God cannot sit still so long as anyone is on the 'outside' or lost . . . . 'standing idle' in the market place, apart from God, or from God's household.

"So God continually comes into 'the marketplace' of your life . . . calling you . . . inviting you.

"The glorious truth is, that you are in the vineyard, not as a hired laborer, but as the very child of God; as a member of God's own family."

By God's grace, you are called to be a steward; to be a worker together with God, and with one another, "Bringing God's will and purposes to fulfillment. There can be no greater joy than this!"

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: George Haynes was ordained in 1951 and is currently a mission developer for Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Rockport, Texas. He is an ELCA Stewardship key leader.
  • Updated: 08/13/2008
  • Copyright: George Haynes,
    P.O. Box 301,
    109 Peach Tree Drive,
    Rockport TX 78381
The Culture of Scarcity

Text: 2 Kings 4:42-44
John 6:1-13
Proper 12B

"Now, the very first truth I want to engrave on your hearts and on your minds is this: No one who comes to the Lord ever goes away hungry. No one who enters into the presence of the Lord ever goes away empty. No one.

"The reason for that is very simple and is the second truth I want you to engrave on your hearts and in your minds: our God is a God of abundance."

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: Ordained in 1951, George Haynes is a mission developer for Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Rockport, Texas. He is an ELCA Stewardship key leader.
  • Updated: 08/13/2008
  • Copyright: George Haynes
    P.O. Box 301
    109 Peach Tree Drive
    Rockport TX 78381
One Incredible Trust (We’re Not Talking Peanuts Here)

Matthew 25:14-30
Christ the King (A)

"God has, in fact, entrusted everything that is God's into your hands;
God has taken everything that is God's -- or even associated with God -- and put it right smack dab into your hands as a trust ...

"To care for it ... to manage it ... to use it ... to administer it for God!

"What glory and honor God has given you; what dignity and power and opportunity God has given you ... entrusting you with the care and management and use and administration of everything that is God's."