Generous Stewardship

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Generous Stewardship

• Saturday 18th October
• Parish Officers Training Day

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Supporting your Clergy   Handbook for
Churchwardens and Parochial Church Councillors
by Kenneth MacMorran and Timothy Briden Mowbray,
ISBN 978-1-4411-5474-3 This handbook has become
the standard guide for churchwardens and members
of PCC, helping with an understanding of church
law and also the extent of their responsibilities
as elected Church officers.   Practical Church
Management A Guide for Every Parish by James
Behrens Gracewing, ISBN 0 85244 602 0 This book
is a fuller volume  providing essential
information on all aspects of modern church life,
covering responsibilities of all those involved
with church management, both at the parish level
and at diocesan level. It is well worth each
parish having an available copy for
reference.   Church Representation Rules Church
House Publishing, ISBN 978 0 7151 1041 6
 https//www.churchofengland.org/about-us/structur
e/churchlawlegis/church-representation-rules/churc
h-representation-rules-online.aspx Diocese of
Bristol Clergy Handbook This handbook provides
full information on clergy holiday entitlement
and policies to support clergy and their
families. http//www.bristol.anglican.org/ministry
-resources/policies-for-ministry/clergy-handbook  
 
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Finance and buildings Effective giving
campaigns     Giving in Grace These
comprehensive resources will enable clergy and
lay leaders to create over time a culture of
stewardship in the local church and release
Christians to "excel in the grace of giving" (2
Corinthians 87).  http//www.givingingrace.org/
  Giving for Life Church of England resources
for parishes to help with the practical side of
stewardship and giving. http//www.parishresources
.org.uk/givingforlife/   John Truscott
Resources and articles relating to different
areas of church management, including
stewardship. http//www.john-truscott.co.uk/Resour
ces    
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Giving to a need or needing to give? The
Purpose for Christian Giving
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Christians dont just give to a need, we need to
give. Why? Because our giving is the
overflow of Gods gift to us in Jesus ...you
know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that
though he was rich, yet for your sake he became
poor, so that you through his poverty might
become rich (2 Cor. 89).
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The question is NOT how much I should
give? The question IS How much of me, my
life in Christ and all that God has entrusted to
me is reflected in my giving?
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Generous giving is born of Grace... ....an
obedient, grateful response to God's gift in
creation and in Christ, and to the commands of
Scripture.
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So Generous Giving is a regular feature of the
rhythms of Christian life Yours Lord is the
greatness, the power, the glory, the splendour
and the majesty for everything in heaven and
earth is yours. All thing come from you and of
your own do we give you.
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What happens when we freely give?
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We are transformed by the unconditional act of
love for one another and for the world. JOY
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Others are transformed by the unconditional act
of love for one another and for the world. FRUIT
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The challenge to church leaders To give
generously is to be caught up in the overflow of
Gods grace, for when we give, we reflect the
nature of God himself. For church leaders the
goal of stewardship is not simply to obtain the
gift, but to nurture the giver.