Practical Ideas for Year-Round Stewardship Promotion

Written by Gary Aylor

Note: This is a follow-up article to 5 Vital Tasks of Your Stewardship Promotion Team.

Free Download courtesy of Let's Worship Magazine: The Seasons of Stewardship - Monthly Stewardship Thoughts (118 KB PDF).

A Stewardship Promotion team or committee should provide leadership for the whole church family during the entire year. Adapt these suggestions to your congregations needs.

August - Involve your Stewardship Promotion team or committee in a prayer retreat, and begin developing a calendar for the entire year, incorporating all plans for stewardship education and training. If you have a separate finance committee, involve them in this retreat. Consider going through The Treasure Principle: Discovering the Secret of Joyful Giving together (4 sessions).

September - Begin Budget Planning and set calendar. Select a theme for the year and order resources. Consider having all adult and older youth bible study classes using the downloadable eStewardship Solutions lessons. See our Index of Stewardship Solutions for bible study lessons, free model sermons, free articles, and suggested resources.

October - Sponsor a Budget Fair, showcasing all major ministries of the church, involving as many members as possible. Consider support for World Hunger Offering.

November - Adopt the Budget; Use the Tract What If Everyone Would Tithe? as an insert in the Sunday worship bulletin (Package of 50 tracts $6.50).

December - Assist, as needed, in promotion of the Lottie Moon Christmas offering and International Mission Emphasis. See ime.imb.org for free promotional resources.

January - Observe "Make a Will Month" (Check your State Convention Baptist foundation for help) or use the tract Seven Principles for Christian Stewards (Package of 50 tracts $6.50). Jesus on Money: Book 3, Crossing the Finish Line has excellent instruction in this area.

February - Hold one-day "Successful Christian Financial Management Seminar" for all adults and older youth. Contact Bob Sheffield for a list of trained leaders near you.

March - Use the tract Kaitlyn and the Three Jars (geared to children) as an insert in the Sunday worship bulletin or distibuted to parents of yougn children (Package of 50 tracts $6.50); assist, as needed, in promotion of the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering.

April - Host a training session for all members and staff who receive offerings, handle, account for or disburse church funds. Use Robert Welch's new book Church Administration: Creating Efficiency for Effective Ministry (See Chapter 6 - "Administering Financial Resources" on pages 147-176).

May - Begin a 4 or 8-week study of How Much Is Enough? 30 Days to Personal Revival (work with Discipleship Ministries, as appropriate in your church).

June - Distribute the tract What Are Your Priorities In Life? as an insert in the Sunday worship bulletin (Package of 50 tracts $6.50).

July - Encourage your committee to attend the Church Leadership Week at Ridgecrest or Glorieta.

August - Hold a prayer retreat for the next year Budget Planning Process. Review ABC's of Church Budgeting and Promotion with your team/committee and with the finance committee if they are a separate group. Review the current calendar, and revise for next year, incorporating all plans for stewardship education and training.

September - Begin the Jesus on Money discipleship series (three, 6-week courses); Begin next years Budget Planning, reviewing ABC's of Church Budgeting and Promotion; select a theme and order resources.

Note: For stewardship training for your students use Vital Truth: Stewardship and Responsibility - Isn't It My Stuff or for your children, Stuff: Using All God Has Given Me.

Gary Aylor is the director of Adult Events and Services for LifeWay Church Resources. Before coming to LifeWay, Gary served in various churches for 35 years. Web article adapted by Craig Webb from a previously published article. Used by permission.

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