Episcopal Church Foundation Vestry Papers - for leading congregations

Stewardship Is A Way of Life

“Stewardship is more than just fundraising: It is a life-giving way we respond to God’s call to interact with the world, both as individual believers and as communities of faith. Our participation in and commitment to our community of faith – in the form of pledging, serving on the vestry, or being a Sunday school teacher or choir member – is all stewardship. Even the ways we function our side our community of faith are matters of stewardship. The idea of stewardship as a way of life rather than only a season of fundraising can be joyously transformative for church leaders and their congregations.”
­ Finance Resource Guide, p. 8

• Year Round Stewardship: Talking About Money an ECF webinar presented by Chris Harris, February 11, 2014
• The True Meaning of Stewardship by Sarah Leach, an ECF Vital Practices blog, October 17, 2019
• Testing Mammon—Learning Financial Discipleship by Steven Tomlinson, Vestry Papers, May 2017
• Putting Our Buildings to Work by David Robinson, Vestry Papers, September 2019
• Building a Legacy by Demi Prentiss, Vestry Papers, September 2016
• Ten Ideas for Annual Giving that Work by Maurice Seaton, an ECF Vital Practices blog, August 2, 2019
• Exploring Your Congregation’s Financial History by Demi Prentiss, ECF Vital Practices blog, November 5, 2019, Used by permission of Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group. All rights reserved

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