Stewardship Themes
Stewardship materials are available from PC(USA). You can choose from the following themes:
Click on the theme title to go to the resource web page.
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2009 Theme — “New Love: New Mercy”Lamentations 3:21-24This annual stewardship magazine has helpful articles, worship resources, planning guides and information on ordering additional 2009 Stewardship Theme Material. This year’s giving emphasis theme is based on a passage in Lamentations. It is a scripture that resonates with people who have suffered or have learned to be compassionate with those who have suffered. However, in the midst of hardship these verses of hope shine through, “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, God’s mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” The basis of our hope is that the Lord is a radically generous God! We have a calling, a vocation you might say, to live out such a hope by the way we receive, give, use, manage and share all that God has given us — including our every breath!
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“Blessed be the Lord God”Luke 1:68 (NRSV)“Blessed be the Lord God” comes from the song of Zechariah — celebrating the birth of John the Baptist and announcing the birth of the Christ. “Blessed be the Lord God” invites congregations to meditate on the biblical songs as they discern their individual and household giving for the following year. It reminds us that all our giving is in response to God’s greatest gift in Jesus Christ. |
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So Great A Cloud of WitnessesHebrews 12:1This theme reminds us that we are all greatly indebted to the persons who raised us, guided us, taught us and protected us. We repay those debts by doing whatever we can to better society by passing on some of their love to other, by reaching out and listening to the cries of those who have fallen through the cracks of life. |
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That All May Have Life In FullnessJohn 10:10bThis theme explores fullness and abundance as stewardship issues |
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Ready to Share1 Timothy 6:18This theme is used to explore the stewardship of money and possessions. |
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Varieties of Gifts, Varieties of Service, One Spirit1 Corinthians 12:4-6,11aThis theme can be used for an emphasis on mission. |
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Faithfulness Sustains the GenerationsDeut. 7:9This theme is good for congregations celebrating a significant anniversary and those that wish to celebrate the past as they move into the future. |
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Renewed In the SpiritEphesians 4:23This theme looks at stewardship as a matter of lifestyle. |
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Give Thanks … Sing Praise … Declare God’s Steadfast Love!Psalm 92:1-2,4This is an appropriate theme for the congregation that wants to emphasize thanksgiving as a response to God’s good gifts. |
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Other Stewardship Theme Resources
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| In 2008, the Stewardship Task Force developed a theme of "Cutting Corners". The theme emphasizes that now is not the time to be cutting back on our giving to the Lord's work in the world even though that may be difficult for us personally with today's economic conditions. Click Here for "Cutting Corners" resources.
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| "Stewardship in a Box" uses a theme of "Our Gifts to God". All of the material in the "Box" follow that theme.
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