Year Round Stewardship Communication
"Year 'round Planning Calendar for Growing Stewards in your Congregation" Poster
This poster sized calendar provides seven categories to help with your congregation's stewardship planning. View a
PDF 
of the poster.
Available by contacting 800-638-3522, Ext. 2767 - $5.00
"20 Practices for Growing Stewards in your Congregation" PosterPut up this full color poster in you congregation to access inspired stewardship ideas. Also included on the poster are reflections, and resources and activities. View a
PDF 
of the poster.
Available on-line are a
cover sheet of instruction and
discussion guide for the 20 Stewardship Practices poster.
Use the cover and discussion sheets along with the 20 Practices poster this fall for our congregational consultations.
Available by contacting 800-638-3522, ext. 2580 - $5.00
The Great Permission: An Asset-Based Field Guide for Congregations
This asset-based process for stewarding your congregation's maximum potential is outlined in the easy-to-read 140-page field guide sent to all ELCA congregations in Fall 2002. It includes theological background, case studies and how-tos for congregational leaders, all directed toward an asset based approach to congregational life.
Click here to see samples of the book.
Available through
ELCA Resource Catalog.
800-638-3522, ext. 2580
ISBN 6-0001-6960-4 1-5 copies: $6.00 6 or more copies: $5.00
"10 Stewardship Principles" Flyer
As baptized members of the body of Christ, we gratefully confess Jesus as our Lord and Savior. We boldly proclaim the gospel as the Word of God. We clearly recognize the gifts that God has first given us through grace, and we joyfully accept our role and responsibility as stewards. The principles provided in this flyer are a foundation for the life of a faithful and generous steward.
Flyer is only available as a
PDF 
on-line.
Now available in Spanish:
"10 Principios de Administración"
Flyer is only available as a PDF
on-line.
"10 Stewardship Principles" Place Mat
"Awakening to God's call to Earthkeeping"
This 50-page resource
PDF includes both a Leader Guide and participant materials for use in faith-based small group context: adult or older youth Sunday school, Christian education classes, women’s circles, men’s groups, congregational “green team,” or in a retreat setting. Members of any Christian denomination would be able to use it, with only slight modification (if desired) to incorporate materials from their own faith tradition.
This resource is offered through
ELCA Resource Catalog for $5.00.
Item No: 9786000220228For more specific information about Earthkeeping and using this resource, you may contact the author, and ELCA Diaconal Minister,
Kim Winchell.
Download a PDF version
of this resource.