All of me in Response to All of God
Welcome
Alaska Conference
Stewardship Summit
2012
All of me in Response to All of God
Welcome and
Introductions
Steward Promises – John 4
• Lessons for Faithful
stewards
• Reminder of Who’s work
we are doing
• Amazing Blessings given
to faithful stewards
• Jesus and the Samaritan
women
Steward Promises – John 4
33 Then his disciples said to each other,
“Could someone have brought him food?”
34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will
of him who sent me and to finish his
work. 35 Don’t you have a saying, ‘It’s still
four months until harvest’? I tell you, open
your eyes and look at the fields! They are
ripe for harvest.
Steward Promises – John 4
36
Even now the one who reaps draws a
wage and harvests a crop for eternal life,
so that the sower and the reaper may be
glad together. 37 Thus the saying ‘One
sows and another reaps’ is true. 38 I sent
you to reap what you have not worked
for. Others have done the hard work, and
you have reaped the benefits of their
labor.”
Steward Promises –
Matthew 25:14-21
The Parable of the Bags of Gold
14 “Again,
it will be like a man going on a journey,
who called his servants and entrusted his wealth
to them……
19 “After a long time the master of those servants
returned and settled accounts with them. 20 The
man who had received five bags of gold brought
the other five. ‘Master,’ he said, ‘you entrusted
me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained
five more.’
21 “His master replied, ‘Well done, good and
faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few
things; I will put you in charge of many things.
Come and share your master’s happiness!’
All of me in Response to All of God
Blessing Teams
Discussion
Why A Blessing Team
• Moving from Talk to Walk
• Too many Seminar Junkies
• Change takes place at the
local church
• Helping each member
become God’s stewards is a
process not a one time
seminar!
Blessings Team Goals
• Creating Stewards and not
just stewardship events
• Evaluate your churches
Stewardship Temperature
• Implementing these
concepts into your church
lifestyle
Blessing Team Share
• What were the key-points
you just heard?
• How could you apply these
concepts to your life?
• How could you apply these
concepts to your CHURCH?
• Is there anything for the
church calendar?
All of me in Response to All of God
Ministry to Children
and Youth
Stewardship for Youth and
Children
Matthew 18: 1-5
At that time the disciples came to Jesus and
asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven?”
2 He called a little child to him, and placed the
child among them. 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you,
unless you change and become like little
children, you will never enter the kingdom of
heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever takes the lowly
position of this child is the greatest in the
kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes
one such child in my name welcomes me.
Stewardship for Youth and
Children John 6:
5 When
Jesus looked up and saw a great crowd
coming toward him, he said to Philip, “Where
shall we buy bread for these people to eat?” 6 He
asked this only to test him, for he already had in
mind what he was going to do.
7 Philip answered him, “It would take more than
half a year’s wages to buy enough bread for
each one to have a bite!”
8 Another of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s
brother, spoke up, 9 “Here is a boy with five small
barley loaves and two small fish, but how far will
they go among so many?”
Stewardship for Youth and
Children
• Children can teach us about
letting Jesus be Savior and
Lord
• Include children and youth in
services
• Let children and share their
stories about trusting God
(testimonies)
• Be sure children and youth are
given commitment cards - and
then follow them up
Stewardship for Youth and
Children
• Plan to have children and youth on
your leadership teams
• Remember your church school
teachers are part of the church ministry
team
• Include children in church dedication or
spiritual renal appeals and ministry
sacrificial offerings
• Have children’s department leaders,
pathfinder leaders, etc on your local
church blessings team
Church Business Meetings
that are planned for Youth
• Advertisement
• Refreshments
• Children and youth questions and
answer time
• Stewards at 6 years old will build
stewards at 16, 26 and 86
All of me in Response to All of God
Blessing Teams
Discussion
Financial Stewardship
• Weekly Prayer Sessions
• Financial Reports for
Each Family
• Stewardship Summit
• Church Family Business
Meetings
• Local Chr Youth Advisory
• Thank You Letter to
Members
• Monthly Bulletin Insert
• Stewpot Subscription
• Quarterly Offering
Readings (adapted from
NAD)
• Quarterly Stewardship
Poster
• Quarterly Stewardship
Video
• Weekly Offering
PowerPoint + Script
• Sunset & Offering
Calendar Bookmark
• Stewardship Sermons
• Stewardship Bible
Studies
• Tithe & Offering Bible
Studies
• Planned Giving Bible
Studies
Financial Stewardship
• Blessings of Stewardship
Bible Studies
• New Member Bible
Studies
• How to Budget
Resources
• Stewardship Brochure
• Financial Peace
University Classes
• Faith & Finance Classes
• Web Content
• Social Media Updates
• Quarterly/Annual Letter to
church board members
• Stewardship Sabbaths
• Pathfinder/Adventurer
Honor
• E-newsletter for
members
• Department Integration
• Stories/Reports in
Church Publications
• New Member
Stewardship Packet
• Offering Call
Education
• Over & Over Again
Stories
• Banners
• Bookmarks
All of Me in Response to All of Him
Blessing Teams
Discussion
Your Churches
Stewardship Temperature
1. Our church members know the
correct Definition of Stewardship
2. Our church members know the
relationship between right behavior
and right relationship
3. If Stewardship is a thermometer for
Spiritual growth we are doing well.
4. Our members refer to “returning
tithe” not “paying tithe”.
Your church impressions 1= poor,
5= OK, 10 = Perfect
Your Churches Financial
Stewardship Temperature
5. Our members understand that God
owns everything.
6. Our members respond to Gods
goodness more than to offering
appeals.
7. The children and youth understand
Biblical financial stewardship
principles.
Your church impressions 1= poor,
5= OK, 10 = Perfect
Your Churches Financial
Stewardship Temperature
1. Our church members know the
Biblical difference between tithes
and offerings.
2. Our church members understand
the inspired structure of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
3. Most of our members attend
Church Business Meetings.
4. Our members refer to “returning
tithe” not “paying tithe”.
Your church impressions 1= poor,
5= OK, 10 = Perfect
Your Churches Financial
Stewardship Temperature
5. Our members understand that God
owns everything.
6. Our members respond to Gods
goodness more than to offering
appeals.
7. The children and youth understand
Biblical financial stewardship
principles.
Your church impressions 1= poor,
5= OK, 10 = Perfect
GLOBAL SHIFT
20TH CENTURY
21ST CENTURY
Rural
Urban
Slash & Burn
Conserve
Local Economies Global Economy
Save & Invest
Spend & Enjoy
Life Predictable
Life Uncertain