Stewardship

Stewardship Resources

• Contact the Stewardship & Administration staff
  
  
• Contact Stewardship Committee members with questions or suggestions via email.
  The Rev. Tom Furrer

  The Rev. Robert Hooper

  The Rev. James Kellaway

  Ted Mollegen
  Emily Puskar
  

  The Rev. Terry Wysong (chair)
  (You can also contact Jack Spaeth at jwspaeth@ctdiocese.org with questions.)
  
  
  
• Stewardship Events
  
  Province 1 Conference on Stewardship, Evangelism and Congregational Development (the first Friday, Saturday and Sunday in March)
  
  Bishop's Annual Conference on Stewardship on September 20, 2008 at St. James's, West Hartford, CT. Keynoter: Ephriam Augusto from the Hartford Seminary
  
  Stewardship Workshops Biblical and Personal Stewardship, Six Kinds of Churches We've Known and Loved in Connecticut, and Our Parish and Jesus. Offered to parishes by request. Contact Jack Spaeth at jwspaeth@ctdiocese.org or Julie Burnep at jburnep@ctdiocese.org
  
  
• Articles on stewardship to read, or include in your parish newsletters,
  written/provided by the Rev. Richard L. Schaper, CFP, Gift Planning Officer,
  Diocese of California, 415-869-7812;  RichardS@diocal.org

Magic Words and the 3rd Blank
Two I Test
Something that won't go away
Thinking of selling?
A "Duty" to Have a Will?
Three Questions for Christmastime
Support Your Parish and Yourself
Should I Tell Someone?
Thinking of Selling or Buying a House?
What the Book of Common Prayer says about wills
A Great Way to Make a Gift
The Easiest Way to Remember Your Church
Changing Patterns of Giving
If You Had to Give It All Away
Don't Forget the Gift Card!

• Articles on stewardship for families
  Advertisement Check List
  Children as Stewards - Bibliography
  Developing Generous Children
  My Favorite Things
  
  
• Gift Planning Brochure (PDF document)
  
  
• Granting programs for parish mission (PDF document)
  
  
• Stewardship pages of the Episcopal Church USA
  
  
• Pastoral Letter on the Environment
  
  
• Ministry of Money, learning to live more simply
  
  
• Ted Mollegen's stewardship pages. Ted is an active layman in the Diocese of Connecticut who has created and maintains this page of resources for stewardship and evangelism.
  The Parable of Congregations
  Three Attitudes Toward Giving
  Practical Lessons in Improving Your Congregation's Stewardship
  
  
• Articles from the Diocesan Stewardship Committee
  Making a Living...Getting a Life by Alexis Dorf
  Book Review: Prodigal Sons & Material Girls by Emily Puskar
  11th Annual Bishop's Conference on Stewardship by Priscilla Hooper
  Clutter versus Freebies by Emily Puskar
  The Commitment Circle by Emily Puskar
  The Greening of the Church by Emily Puskar
  
  
• Online resources
  www.alban.org.The Alban Institute has a great bookstore!
  www.resourcingchristianity.org . Read Keynote speaker Carol Johnston’s essay Thinking Theologically about Wealth, Including Money. Click on “economics” and then “wealth”.
  www.congregationalresources.org.
  www.tens.org. The Episcopal Network for Stewardship
  www.arkansasanglican.org. The Diocese of Arkansas has some good information – including an excellent essay on the importance of the “firstness” of the tithe.
  www.episcopalbookstore.org.
  www.centerforcongregations.org. The Indianapolis Center for Congregations is affiliated with the Alban Institute and funded by the Lilly Endowment.
  www.ecusa.anglican.org The website of the national Episcopal Church.
  
  
• Additional print resources (click here)