Stewardship
Stewardship Resources
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May 29, 2023
Raising Children to Give
May 29, 2023 -
October 7, 2022
How Do We Talk about Climate Change? A Conversation on Integral Ecology Confirmation
How do We Talk about Climate Change? A conversation on Integral Ecology - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_KgIH_tsJ8
October 7, 2022 -
June 2, 2022
Book Discussion: Dethroning Mammon
This powerpoint, originally created for Lent 2021, is a guide to the content of Dethroning Mammon by Archbishop Justin Welby. It includes discussion questions and could be used by an in-person or Zoom study group.
June 2, 2022 -
June 2, 2022
Book Discussion: Growing a Generous Church
This powerpoint, created for Lent 2022, outlines the content of the book Growing a Generous Church by Lori Guenther Reesor. Lori's book follows the life of the fictional (but very real) Peach Blossom Church over the course of a year in which they decided to talk about money. The powerpoint includes discussion questions and could be used by an in-person or Zoom study group.
June 2, 2022 -
June 2, 2022
Stewards of God's Grace June 2022 Spirited Stewardship
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article on an aspect of stewardship. It is suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. This month's article considers how the fruit of the Holy Spirit is manifest in the use of our resources.
June 2, 2022 -
May 3, 2022
Stewards of God's Grace May 2022 Being stewards with all God's Creatures
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. Each month considers a different aspect of stewardship. May's article is about being an active, life-changing steward for the earth and all its creatures.
May 3, 2022 -
April 5, 2022
Stewards of God's Grace April 2022 Assessing our giving
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly stewardship article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. This month's topic is about using our tax return to assess our giving.
April 5, 2022 -
March 1, 2022
Stewards of God's Grace March 2022 Giving when it's messy!
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly stewardship reflection suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. March's theme is giving as an act of faith in turbulent times.
March 1, 2022 -
February 2, 2022
Stewards of God's Grace February 2022 Learning to love, learning to give
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly stewardship article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. February's reflection discusses what giving says about us as people of faith in a culture where most people don't give to any charity or faith community.
February 2, 2022 -
January 19, 2022
Free Guide to Talking to Your Financial Advisor about gifts to the church
It's that time of year when many of us are speaking with our financial advisors. Here are some things to discuss if you are considering making a gift to the church through your estate. This resource is through the Diocese of Qu'Appelle's charity partnership with Will Power, a national educational campaign of using the power of your will to make a difference for charities.
January 19, 2022 -
January 12, 2022
Stewards of God's Grace: January 2022 - Stewarding Potential
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly stewardship article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. This month's topic is on Stewarding Potential.
January 12, 2022 -
December 1, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace December 2021 Thank God for parish leadership
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly stewardship article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. This month's topic is being thankful for and to parish leadership.
December 1, 2021 -
November 2, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace: November 2021 - Remembering to Give, Remembering to Ask
A monthly stewardship article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters, bulletin boards and websites. This month's article discusses remembering to make our financial offering as an act of worship and the importance of being asked to do so within worship.
November 2, 2021 -
October 20, 2021
Exploring our Sacred Texts : A conversation about stewarding our common life
Over three sessions Rabbi Jeremy Parnes, Rev. Amanda Currie and Imam Dr. Mohamed Masloh, faith leaders from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities, explore passages from their sacred writings that illustrate aspects of stewardship--generosity, hospitality and compassion.
October 20, 2021 -
October 1, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace October 2021 Giving thanks in hard times
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article focusing on an aspect of stewardship and is suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. This month focusing on what a difference giving thanks during hard times can make.
October 1, 2021 -
September 1, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace September 2021 Stewarding beyond our lifetime
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article on various aspects of stewardship suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. This month's article is about using the power of our wills to leave a bequest to ministry about which we are passionate.
September 1, 2021 -
August 1, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace August 2021 Stewarding our energy
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article on various aspects of stewardship suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. This month's article is on being stewards of our own care.
August 1, 2021 -
July 6, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace July 2021 Stewards of our life together
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters or websites. July's article is about our stewardship of civic life.
July 6, 2021 -
July 6, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace July 2021 Stewards of our life together
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters or websites. July's article is about our stewardship of civic life.
July 6, 2021 -
May 31, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace June 2021 Caring for our gathering places
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly stewardship article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters or websites. June's article considers the importance of stewarding our buildings and grounds.
May 31, 2021 -
May 1, 2021
Stewardship of God's Grace May 2021 Guardians of God's Good Earth
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly reflection on various aspects of stewardship to be used in parish bulletins, newsletters or websites. This month considers our stewardship of the earth.
May 1, 2021 -
April 1, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace April 2021 Living the Story, sharing our story
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters and websites. This month's article focuses on our stewardship of the Scriptural witness and our own faith story.
April 1, 2021 -
March 1, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace March 2021 The joy and struggle of almsgiving
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly article on an aspect of stewardship that is suitable for parish bulletins, newsletters or websites. This month discusses what almsgiving is and why it's a Lenten discipline.
March 1, 2021 -
February 1, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace February 2021 Taking the long view
Stewards of God's Grace is a monthly stewardship article designed for use in parish bulletins, newsletters or websites. This month's article is about looking beyond our lifetime when planning for and giving to the ministries of the church.
February 1, 2021 -
January 27, 2021
A Lent 2021 book discussion: Dethroning Mammon
January 27, 2021 -
January 1, 2021
Stewards of God's Grace January 2021 It's about time!
Stewards of God's Grace are monthly stewardship articles suitable for parish bulletin inserts, newsletters, etc. This month discusses what it means to steward our time as disciples of Christ.
January 1, 2021 -
December 1, 2020
Stewards of God's Grace December 2020 Thinking about Gifts?
Stewards of God's Grace are monthly stewardship articles suitable for parish bulletin inserts, newsletters, etc. This month discusses giving gifts to one another and the church prayerfully and joyfully.
December 1, 2020
Stewardship Tips
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December 2, 2021
Creating a Narrative Budget: Five Simple Steps
Whether this is your first narrative parish budget or your tenth, this document will help you think about the basics and what you can do to add interest and information to your narrative budget.
December 2, 2021 -
December 2, 2021
Looking at parish budgets through the Five Marks of Mission
What is the mission of our parish and how does our budget relate to it? This document helps you look at your parish budget through five key areas of mission in the Anglican church worldwide.
December 2, 2021 -
December 2, 2021
Narrative Budget for St. Hilda's on the Hill
St. Hilda's is a small (mostly fictionalized) church that sometimes thinks all it does is pay bills. This example narrative budget for St. Hilda's would help them see all the ministry that is happening because of their generous gifts of time, talent, treasure and testimony.
December 2, 2021 -
December 2, 2021
Narrative Budget St. Aidan's
St. Aidan's Moose Jaw generously shares their 2021 narrative budget with the diocese. It shows what great narrative, detailed reporting and illustrative photos can do to create an exciting sense of ministry and how it is resourced.
December 2, 2021 -
January 7, 2021
Stewardship Tips: saying Thank-you with annual tax receipts
Stewardship Tips are written for clergy, wardens, vestries and stewardship committees. This letter talks about the importance of saying thank-you to donors when annual tax receipts are sent out. Sample thank-you notes are included.
January 7, 2021 -
November 20, 2020
Covid and Stewardship: a letter to clergy, wardens and vestries
tips for communicating to parishioners about giving during Covid
November 20, 2020
Stewardship Videos
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Will Power 2022
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Living the Mission 2022
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Sacred Places and Spaces: Greening Our Churches
Episode 2 of Sacred Places and Spaces features Norman Levesque, animator of Creation Care Ministry for the Diocese of St-Jean-Longueuil, explores ways our facilities and grounds can reduce their impact on God's beautiful creation. Norman is the founder of the Green Churches Network (greenchurches.ca). -
Sacred Places and Spaces: Sharing Sacred Spaces Facilities and Ministries
Episode 3 of Sacred Places and Spaces features the Rev. Dr. Sandra Beardsall, minister with the United Church of Canada and retired faculty with St. Andrew's Colleg in Saskatoon. Sandra discusses the many and varied ways denominations can work together in ministry and in the sharing of facilities. -
Sacred Places and Spaces: Loving our Neighbours (again)!
Episode 4 of our Sacred Places and Spaces series features Zoe Chaytors of the United Church of Canada's EDGE Network. Zoe engages participants in a discussion of why we are part of faith communities and how we might interact with the wider community for the good of all. -
Sacred Places and Spaces: From Maintenance to Mission (Episode 1)
The Rev. Dr. Iain Luke from the College of Emmanuel & St. Chad in Saskatoon leads a presentation and discussion on the factors that move congregations to a more missional approach in their ministry. He helps us think through our attachment to buildings and how we can change them or use them to be more missional. -
Bishop Rob on Legacy Giving
Recently retired Bishop Rob Hardwick explains why he and his wife Lorraine have made giving to the Diocese of Qu'Appelle through their will a priority. -
Exploring Our Sacred Texts: a conversation about stewarding our common life
Join panelists Rabbi Jeremy Parnes, Rev. Amanda Currie and Imam Dr. Mohamed Masloh as they explore their sacred texts on the topic of compassion. -
Exploring our Sacred Texts: a conversation about stewarding our common life
Join faith leaders Rabbi Jeremy Parnes, Rev. Amanda Currie and Imam Dr. Mohamed Masloh in exploring sacred texts from their traditions on the subject of hospitality. -
Exploring Our Sacred Texts: a conversation about stewarding our common life
Join faith leaders Rabbi Jeremy Parnes, Rev. Amanda Currie and Imam Dr. Mohamed Masloh in exploring sacred texts from their traditions on the subject of generosity. -
Listening to the Land: a conversation on the stewardship of creation
Panelists Bishop Chris Harper (Anglican), Elder May Desnomie (Roman Catholic) and Rev. Mitchell Anderson (United Church of Canada) reflect on what listening to the land means from their indigenous perspective, tradition and experience; what they hear the land saying and how we might respond. Sponsored by the Ecumenical Stewardship Committee of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle, the Saskatchewan Synod of the ELCIC and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Regina in the spirit of the LAURC Covenant. -
Will Power for Parishes 2021
The Diocese of Qu'Appelle is a charity partner in Will Power--a national educational program encouraging Canadians to consider leaving a bequest to a charity in their wills. Here's an introduction to the program that helps parishes understand how to benefit from it. -
Unmasking the Post-Covid Church
Episode 1 of a four-part series entitled Signs of Life in the Local Church features the Rev. Dr. Ross Lockhart. Ross is Dean of St. Andrew’s Hall at UBC, Professor of Mission Studies at Vancouver School of Theology and a very engaging speaker. We know that churches have been through a prolonged period of adaptive leadership challenges over the last year with Covid-19. What has God taught us through this experience about what it means to be church? How will this experience shape and change the nature of our witness and shared life together in a post-pandemic world? -
Fabulously Flourishing in the Local Church
Episode 2 of a four-part series on Signs of Life in the Local Church. The speaker is Canon Dr. Neil Mancor (Congregational Development Coordinator, Anglican Diocese of Montréal) Before we start talking about money, we need to get the conditions right. In the same way that we prepare the ground for planting our gardens, we need to do the same in our churches. Research has consistently flagged two key characteristics of flourishing congregations: a lively spirituality and an outward focus on the community. In this seminar, we will explore these two characteristics and how they impact financial generosity in the local Church. -
To the Regions Beyond: Spiritual Care in Under-served Areas
Episode 4 of a four-part series on Signs of Life in the Local Church. The speaker is Rev. Dr. Robin Haensel (Director of Church Development, Canadian Midwest District, Christian & Missionary Alliance Church). Robin will introduce his recent D.Min. project (Lutheran Theological Seminary, Saskatoon) helping him fulfill God’s calling to equip the church to serve those often ignored because of the logistical challenges of shrinking rural populations. His greatest desire is that the church would be able to fulfill her calling to the world, but especially to those communities that face the challenge of diminishing resources. -
Gathering God's Harvest: Stewardship in the Land of Mammon
Currently the executive director of the Centre Oblat - A Voice for Justice in Ottawa, Joe Gunn is the former executive director of Citizens for Public Justice and the former director of the Social Affairs Office of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops. Joe discusses how our work and vocational choices -- the what and the how -- contribute to Justice, Peace and the Integrity of Creation and asks us how we are working with God. -
Gathering God's Harvest: Money Talks
Former stewardship director for the Presbyterian Church in Canada, the Rev. Dr. Herb Gale invites preachers to think about the challenges of preaching stewardship within a congregation. Using an actual sermon, Herb offers a model to integrate stewardship education within your preaching. -
Gathering God's Harvest: The Stewardship of Self-care
Archdeacon Cheryl Toth and social workers Amanda Fontaine and Murray Patzwald use personal experience, psychological knowledge and biblical reflection to discuss the why and how of self-care for ourselves and our communities in these anxious times. -
Gathering God's Harvest: Practical Stewardship Tips for your Congregation
Wondering how parishes integrate a stewardship approach to parish life? This webinar is a case study of how stewardship was implemented at St. Cecilia Parish. Discover ideas of how to ignite a stewardship approach in your church congregation. This is led by Fr. John Weckend, associate pastor at St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Parish in Regina, and Ray Deis, lay leader at St. Cecilia's. -
Gathering God's Harvest: Ordinary People Doing "Extraordinary" Things
Kurtis Krug, Professional Financial Advisor, demystifies planned, legacy, and major giving for people wondering how their giving can make an impact. Discover how easy and affordable it is to empower yourself to enable your favourite charities to do transformational things. -
Stewardship of Creation: An Ecumenical Stewardship Webinar for the Season of Creation
Dr. Volker Greifenhagen, Bishop Chris Harper, Tashia Toupin, and Rev. Mitchell Anderson present on the stewardship of creation from varying perspectives. What do the Hebrew scriptures teach us about the interconnectedness of humanity and all creation? What we can learn from Canadian Indigenous spiritual tradition, Roman Catholic social teachings, and other sources of wisdom? -
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World: Canada Helps
Learn how to utilize your church page on Canada Helps. Whether Canada Helps is the primary way you encourage electronic giving or your church knows nothing about using its page on Canada Helps, this webinar will be of benefit to your congregation. Prairie boy Lucas Froese, charity engagement manager with Canada Helps, gives hands-on instruction on using the website and helps us think through how to best use the page already set up for your congregation. -
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World: Stewardship through New Eyes
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World is an ecumenical webinar series created in the spring of 2020. Stewardship through New Eyes features an introduction to the series from bishops Don Bolen (RC), Rob Hardwick (ACC) and Sid Haugen (ELCIC) and guest speaker Susan Graham Walker, stewardship staff person with the Anglican Church of Canada. Susan leads a discussion about stewardship as discipleship, encompassing all aspects of our life in Christ, and challenges us to rethink our spiritual practices as disciples and stewards in light of the Covid pandemic. -
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World: Growing the Stewardship Garden
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World is an ecumenical webinar series created in the spring of 2020. Father John Weckend of St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Parish (Regina) discusses the breadth of what stewardship is through the imagery of a garden. Father John explores twelve areas in which we can exercise stewardship in our personal and corporate life. This webinar stretches our understanding of stewardship and challenges us to see stewardship with new eyes. -
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World: Relational Giving
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World is an ecumenical webinar series on stewardship created in the spring of 2020. Relational Giving features Susan Graham Walker, national ACC stewardship staff, and Jane Harding, stewardship and gifts officer for western Canada, UCC. Utilizing the approach of Eric Law, Susan and Jane lead a discussion on how to make the discipleship work of stewardship less transactional and more relational. Aspects of this highlighted by Jane and Susan are the importance of inspiring people, inviting them to give and thanking them when they do. Learn practical tips on how to develop relational giving in your congregation. -
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World: Legacy Giving
Growing God's Kingdom in a Material World is an ecumenical webinar series on stewardship launched in the spring of 2020. Kurtis Krug, professional financial advisor and member of the planning group, introduces key concepts in planned or legacy giving. Kurtis looks at this area both from the point of view of the donor and the charity seeking donations. His presentation will help your stewardship group or vestry consider this important area of giving.