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Encouraging our church members to be generous is an ongoing task, and one we should not be reticent to take on. These extra resources are designed to complement your Giving is God’s Way stewardship programme or to be used at other times.

Including children and young people

The Working with children and young people download (.pdf, 294kb) includes ideas for intergenerational or all-age worship, how to encourage your children and young people in generosity and giving and other considerations for Christian parents.

Stewardship Bible passages and stewardship sermons

The Bible has more than 2,300 verses on the subject of money, possessions and generosity, and this download (.pdf, 135kb) lists some of the ones more traditionally associated with stewardship.

  • Find general guidance on preaching about stewardship on the Giving in Grace website (why preach?), as well as sermons and biblical reflections on Exodus, Matthew, Mark, Luke and 2 Corinthians.
  • Stewardship4Sunday has ideas for sermons and the offertory based on the Common Worship lectionary.
  • Our Calling under God is a series of sermons, all-age ideas and small-group questions from the Diocese of Winchester.
  • The Generous Giving Project is a blog produced by the Diocese of Durham, containing stories and lighthearted ideas of how to address the topics of money, generosity and giving in our churches.

Worship and liturgical resources

Videos

You might like to use videos in your small groups or as part of your church’s worship:

Life is a Gift from Stewardship (2 mins 30 seconds);

Generosity from the Bible Project (5 mins 12 seconds, accompanied by notes and podcasts);

Chuma’s generosity story from 40 Acts (more personal generosity stories are available from 40 Acts).

Alternatively, other inspiring videos are listed on the Parish Resources website.

Other stewardship programmes

Giving is God’s Way can be used alongside the Southwark Bible studies God’s generosity, our response (.pdf, 6.9mb), or in tandem with other resources such as:

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