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Below you will find some of the new and current resources to help guide, educate, and support congregations and their leaders in the ministry that is stewardship.

 

“Where Your Heart Is” - ELCA Stewardship Newsletter (new!)

"Practical Stewardship Tips" webinar

  • Upcoming Stewardship Webinar (free): 2/1/23 at 6 PM
  • Have you ever wondered why people are generous in the ways they are? Curious to explore how you can tap into giving motivations to encourage generosity? In this increasingly post-pandemic world, rostered and congregational leaders might well explore some of the nuances of giver motivation with the upcoming webinar “Practical Stewardship Tips,” which is free and open to all. Led by Rev. Meredith McNabb and Rev. Tim Brown.
  • Practical Stewardship Tips
    • Wednesday, Feb. 1
    • 6 p.m. Central
    • Zoom information: https://iu.zoom.us/j/86372108860?pwd=NXpScVRWS1ZORXUyU3NIREpqcEg5UT09Meeting ID: 863 7210 8860Password: 938447

Equipping Event: “The Story Became Flesh and Dwelt Within Us”

  • Free!
  • 2/7/23 from 6-7:15 PM
  • A time with Rev. Harold “Jake” Jacobson and our ELCA. Mission Support Team. Engage in storytelling; God’s Story; My Story; Your Story. Connected!
  • Zoom information: https://elcafoundation.zoom.us/j/88916053810?pwd=NFBWSm9tWjBtQmtKeDQwZEFmK3BIZz09
    • Meeting ID: 889 1605 3810
    • Passcode: 694899

Webinar Series: “Financial Empowerment for Missional Leaders”

  • starting February 15, 2023
  • This is a monthly webinar. The cost for eight monthly sessions for one pastoral and one lay leader is only $200 in total.
  • Register today at https://forms.gle/SetAeLvw5sc5yZgx9
  • The course is directed by Bonnie Ives Marden, author of “Church Finances for Missional Leaders:  Best Practices for Faithful Stewardship,” in partnership with the ELCA Congregational Vitality Team.
  • If interested, please contact the synod’s Director for Evangelical Mission, Rev. Emily Carson, and she will walk you through the registration process. 

Webinar Series “Cultivating the Craft of Asking”

  • Starting February 9, 2023
  • Start the new year by learning new techniques to ask donors for financial support. In the MYTE Ministries webinar "Cultivating the Craft of Asking," you'll join peers in five interactive sessions and learn techniques to deepen donor relationships by connecting the church's vision to its mission. The webinar begins Thursday, Feb. 9, with morning and evening sessions available. The cost to participate is $150; register at myteministries.org.
  • The course is directed by Bonnie Ives Marden, author of “Church Finances for Missional Leaders: Best Practices for Faithful Stewardship,” in partnership with the ELCA Congregational Vitality Team.
  • If interested, please contact the synod’s Director for Evangelical Mission, Rev. Emily Carson, and she will walk you through the registration process. 

Cohort-based online learning with “Cultivating Generous Congregations”

  • Takes place Mid-April through mid-May 2023
  • How do we, as communities of faith, change our thinking on stewardship and generosity to meet the challenges of the moment? In partnership with the Lake Institute on Faith & Giving, the ELCA is offering congregations the opportunity to reexamine their stewardship thinking and imagine ways to act on their findings in their communities.
  • Over six weeks, "Cultivating Generous Congregations" will offer virtual cohort sessions where congregational leaders will discuss, dissect and collaborate on how generosity can work within their contexts. The sessions cost $550 per congregation, plus workbooks, and qualify for Thrivent Action Grants. 
  • If interested, please contact the synod’s Director for Evangelical Mission, Rev. Emily Carson, and she will walk you through the registration process.