I have the audacity to believe that people everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, quality and freedom for their spirits.
– Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stewardship

The Foundation recently developed a Stewardship Library, comprised of more than 20 resources for quality annual stewardship campaigns in the local church.  Contact us to make an appointment to review these resources as you consider your annual stwardship campaign needs this year!  Click here for a pamphlet describing the resources assembled in the Stewardship Library.  Click here for help in determining the type of approach your church might consider for its stewardship emphasis.

New Consecration Sunday (NCS)
Trained Guest Leaders Available
For your Annual Stewardship Campaign

Click here for a summary of the NCS program

The United Methodist Foundation recently provided Guest Leader training for a group of Northern Illinois Conference clergy willing to offer leadership using Herb Miller’s New Consecration Sunday program.  Local churches using trained Guest Leaders report excellent results with the New Consecration Sunday annual stewardship program. Contact Us for details

Herb Miller’s popular materials have been used successfully by United Methodist congregations of various sizes and in urban, suburban and rural settings.  Some of the highlights of the program include:

• Stewardship from a spiritual perspective
• Financial stewardship in the context of worship
• An outside Guest Leader
• A celebration meal
• Biblical principles of proportionate giving and tithing
• Six to eight weeks from start to finish

The Center for Christian Stewardship offers a wide variety of resources to assist churches with their stewardship ministry: 

• Lectionary-based offertory prayers, sermon starters and children’s messages
• Resources for annual campaigns
• Resources and consultants for capital campaigns
• Best Practices for year-round stewardship
• Workshops and seminars
• Links to other stewardship resources

The Foundation offers a bibliography (PDF) and helpful links to stewardship resources.  John Wesley’s ministry was grounded in a holistic understanding of stewardship.