A new look at stewardship
Filed Under: adult discipleship, stewardship
Development work has begun on new congregation stewardship resources based on the new phrase chosen to identify the synod: "Christ's Love, Our Calling."
The intent is to extend the annual synod stewardship emphasis into a gospel-motivated, multi-layered, year-round spiritual growth effort. The Commission on Adult Discipleship is designing the resources to focus on one aspect of our calling as Christians in each of the next four years: to seek, to serve, to share, and to speak.
Rev. Dave Kehl, administrator of Adult Discipleship, says although one aim of the effort is to make the new identity phrase "click" in the lives of laypeople, there is so much more. "We want to heighten the appreciation of our identity as saints in Christ and to encourage lives worthy of the calling we have received," says Kehl. "We want to provide a pattern for people to follow to establish new spiritual habits in a world that has drawn us away from godly living."
Congregation resources for the first year of the effort, including worship resources, Bible studies, PowerPoint presentations, home devotions, and more, will be available after synod convention this summer. Congregations will be receiving an introductory mailer this week.
