Building on the foundations of leadership and good preparation, the second part of Giving is God’s Way asks people to consider their own response to God’s generosity and provides links to a range of possible Bible studies to help with this question, such as the Diocese of Southwark’s own material entitled God’s generosity, our response.
In this section, the downloadable guide (.pdf, 3.2mb) shows you how to make the most of the Bible studies you choose and gives you ideas for sermons to preach at the start and finish of the course. The supporting documents consist of:
- God’s generosity, our response Bible studies (.pdf, 6.9mb)
- a sample introductory sermon (.docx, 300kb)
- three sample follow-up sermons with which to conclude the learning and launch your stewardship pack, one on the Wedding at Cana (.docx, 293kb), one based around Luke 7:36-8:3 (.docx, 294kb) and one based around Harvest (.docx, 294kb)
- ideas and resources for working with children and young people (.pdf, 294kb).
Once you have completed Part 2 to your satisfaction, you will be ready to move on to Part 3: Asking for money.
