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Over the past year, we have spoken to over 100 national and regional stewardship and
development offices in the country about the state of stewardship, and the needs of individual churches. The consensus is that:
The cornerstone of our efforts is our
monthly, four-page, color newsletter Stewardship that is typically used as a bulletin or newsletter insert. It is
available in the following formats:
With these issues in mind, our Partners'
Resources site provides a growing number of stewardship development tools:
Stewardship Tool #1
The "A Stewardship Minute" RSS feed provides
a different article each month about stewardship that can be included on your website with no ongoing maintenance. The RSS feed is provided free of charge and may be reproduced with
attribution to Parish Publishing, LLC.
For an example of the current RSS feed, Click Here
These fresh articles about stewardship
will be inspirational to your churches and give pastors and stewardship leaders a reason to visit your site month-after-month. To drive traffic
to your website, you can send an email telling your churches that a new stewardship article is available.
The feed is simple to include on your
"stewardship" or "resources" web page. Once the code is on your site, we do the rest...there is nothing to maintain or update.
Click here for more information.
Click here to get thumbnail images
of Stewardship and Co-Responsabilidad to enhance the look of your site. Your webmaster can place an image adjacent to the link on your site.
Stewardship Tool #2
Our discount program for bulk purchasing reaps substantial savings! Our Complete Stewardship Programs are available to alleviate the headaches of
planning, writing and producing annual stewardship drives. Our 3-week and 5-week stewardship programs include all necessary materials
for a successful stewardship program, which are also available at our Stewardship Download Center for easy customization!
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Each stewardship program has coordinated materials, including Bible studies (and
answer book), devotionals and tri-fold brochures (available separately).
Consider
buying these programs for your churches, or simply pooling orders and reap
substantial discounts from our already modest pricing.
Stewardship Tool #3
Steward of the Month is an exciting new way to tell the story of someone who has been a great
steward at one of your churches. The story can be about anyone who has used their time, talent or resources unselfishly to give back what they have been given by God.
We will choose one story each month that exemplifies gracious stewardship and it will be featured in our newsletter Stewardship,
read by over 1.3 million people each month. In addition, we will donate $100 to a church or another non-profit organization of choice.
Place a link to Steward of the Month
on your website to give your pastors or stewardship leaders another way to get people involved!
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Stewardship Tool #4
Many stewardship development offices use samples of Stewardship to build awareness among pastors and
stewardship leaders. The spirit of stewardship can not be built overnight, yet Stewardship is a significant building block.
These sample copies include a printed message on the cover, citing simple “how to order” instructions.
You can add a cover letter on top of the sample issue, offering your churches a resource to help them build the
spirit of stewardship on an ongoing basis.
These inspirational samples of the Stewardship publication are available at no cost* for:
Tell us how many samples you need using this simple form:
* Complimentary copies are limited to 250. If you need more than 250
copies, please email meg@parishpublishing.org or call 888-320-5576.
Stewardship Tool #5
Many stewardship development offices have been successful using Stewardship to jump-start fledgling
stewardship efforts by providing a limited subscription for 6 or 12 months. This can be especially true among Spanish-speaking congregations.
Consider buying it for these churches for an initial period (3, 6 or 12 months) and then have the church
pick up the subscription costs thereafter. Use it to focus a new stewardship effort.
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