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.

 

Sermon  Sermon
  • Author: Renee Patterson has an MDiv from Luther Seminary.
  • Updated: 12/17/2012
Money Anxiety

Text: John 12:1-8
When facing anxiety of money, what perspective does a disciple have? 

What practices might help a person maintain that perspective?

Link  Link
  • Author: Mark Allan Powell, professor of New Testament at Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Keith Mundy from ELCA Outreach and Congregational Ministry Unit and Ted Schroeder, former church-wide staff and pastor.
  • Updated: 12/17/2012
  • Copyright: Augsburg Fortress
http://www.augsburgfortress.org/store/itemseries.jsp?clsid=185702&productgroupid=0&categoryid=3159 [Stories To Tell & Gifts To Share]

Ask people what God is doing in their lives and you're likely to get many stories about what God has done for, with and through them. Augsburg Fortress has introduced a new stewardship series called "Stories To Tell & Gifts To Share," which is designed to guide people to "a deeper understanding of God's story as they tell their own faith stories, and respond to God's blessings by sharing God's gifts with the world," according to Augsburg.

Read Jerry Hoffman's review of the series below.

Audio/Video  Audio/Video
  • Author: Tim Wrenn is a student at Luther Seminary.
  • Updated: 12/17/2012
You Tube Videos

You Tube presentations of interest related to stewardship. These may be able to help you come up with a different approach in either presenting or educating your congregation on stewardship.

Letter  Letter
  • Author: Charles Lane, Kathy Haueisen, Gene Grimm, Karen Soli
  • Updated: 12/17/2012
  • Copyright: Charles Lane
How Generous Are People During a During Public Financial Crisis?

Email reflections between ELCA Stewardship Key Leaders regarding financial crisis.

Happening  Happening
Fall Stewardship Emphasis Begins in February

Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul is known as a congregation which is a ridiculously generous congregation.  A part of the reason is history of strong pastoral stewardship leadership and a very intentional annual plan to prepare and invite people to respond.  Their fall stewardship emphasis at Augustana Lutheran Church in West St. Paul, MN begins in February.   Here are notes from the PowerPoint presentation.