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1 STEWARDSHIP RESOURCES (ResCode) Title Copies Author Publisher (K103=) COMMITTED TO CHRIST 5 BOB CROSSMAN ABINGDON PRESS 2012 Committed to Christ: Six Steps to a Generous Life is a six-week stewardship program that presents giving as a lifelong journey in Christian discipleship. After an introductory Sunday stressing the importance of commitment to Christ, the next six weeks are spent exploring six steps to a generous life: Prayer Bible Reading Worship Witness Financial Giving Service With each step, through worship, sermons, and small group activities, the congregation is asked to assess prayerfully their own level of commitment and to consider increasing that commitment by one step. Equal emphasis is placed on each of the six steps, clearly communicating that this program is not simply about money, but rather cultivating a thankful heart that will lead us to giving more than we can ever imagine. (DVD768) CROSSTRAINER-GOD PROVIDES 2 GINGHAMSBURG CHURCH ABINGDON PRESS 2010 Respond to God's generosity by blessing others. Explore the practice of tithing, how it honors God and helps others. When we trust God with our money, God will use it to help those in need. Jesus inctructs us not to focus on getting more possessions; God will always provide for us. Downloadables include Leader's Giude, Videos, Power Point Presentation, Weekly Kid's Piece, Active games With Gameboards. Six-week study. Age: E (DVD14) DON'T SIT ON YOUR STUFF 1 TED AND LEE MENNONITE MEDIA 2004 The Comedy team of "Ted & Lee" enact the parable of the talents. They lead to a discussion of what to do with our own "stuff" - our time, money, and talents. On DVD and VHS Age: MH 21 mins (B1259) EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP-DOING WHAT MATTERS MOST 1 JONATHAN & AMANDA WI ZONDERVAN Christian stewardship is about more than the money we drop into the collection plate--- stewardship is everything we do after we say we believe. In this five session video study, hosted by Dave Stotts, you will learn how to think critically and biblically about the areas of responsibility that have been entrusted to you by God. * Session 1 -- Our Talents and Skills: How to use our God-given talents to serve God in our daily vocation. * Session 2 -- Care for the Environment: A proper, biblical understanding of resources and of humanity's relationship to nature, providing the basis for an environmental ethic of stewardship. * Session 3 -- Loving Our Neighbors: How to effectively care for those in need and ensure that our attempts to help do not cause more harm than good. * Session 4 -- Family, Church, and State: How effective stewardship in our homes and in our churches strengthens the social impact of our families and faith congregations. * Session 5 -- Money and Finances: How to be good stewards of our wealth by following time-tested principles of budgeting and wealth management. 72 Pages (DVD1177) EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP-DOING WHAT MATTERS MO 1 DAVE STOTTS ZONDERVAN Christian stewardship is about more than the money we drop into the collection plate--- stewardship is everything we do after we say we believe. In this five session video study, hosted by Dave Stotts, you will learn how to think critically and biblically about the areas of responsibility that have been entrusted to you by God. * Session 1 -- Our Talents and Skills: How to use our God-given talents to serve God in our daily vocation. * Session 2 -- Care for the Environment: A proper, biblical understanding of resources and of humanity's relationship to nature, providing the basis for an environmental ethic of stewardship. * Session 3 -- Loving Our Neighbors: How to effectively care for those in need and ensure that our attempts to help do not cause more harm than good. * Session 4 -- Family, Church, and State: How effective stewardship in our homes and in our churches strengthens the social impact of our families and faith congregations. * Session 5 -- Money and Finances: How to be good stewards of our wealth by following time-tested principles of budgeting and wealth management. 120 mins Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Page 1 of 6

2 (DVD460) ENHANCING RESOURCES FOR MINISTRY IN CHALLENGIN 1 DR. LOVETT H. WEEMS, JR. LEWIS CENTER DVD/CD-Funding Your Congregation's Vision "From Paying the Bills to Serving God's Vision" "Stewardship Is All About Money" Age: YAS 60 mins (B787) ENOUGH-DISCOVERING JOY THROUGH SIMPLICITY & GENE 8 ADAM HAMILTON ABIINGDON PRESS 2008 Money has great power in our lives and, when used wisely helps us meet our goals, provide for our needs, and fulfill our life purpose. But, in recent years, many of us ignored this when managing and spending our money. We found ourselves spending tomorrow's money today. The result of all of this was not greater happiness and satisfaction, but greater stress and anxiety. Enough is an invitation to rediscover the Bible's wisdom on prudent financial practices. Find the keys to experiencing contentment, overcoming fear, and discovering joy through simplicity and generosity. This book could change your life by changing your relationship with money. Age: YA 110 Pages (DVD430) ENOUGH-DISCOVERING THE JOY THROUGH SIMPLICITY 8 ADAM HAMILTON ABINDON PRESS 2008 Money has great power in our lives and, when used wisely helps us meet our goals, provide for our needs, and fulfill our life purpose. But, in recent years, many of us ignored this when managing and spending our money. We found ourselves spending tomorrow's money today. The result of all of this was not greater happiness and satisfaction, but greater stress and anxiety. Enough is an invitation to rediscover the Bible's wisdom on prudent financial practices. Find the keys to experiencing contentment, overcoming fear, and discovering joy through simplicity and generosity. This study could change your life by changing your relationship with money. Age: YA 72 mins (B811) ENOUGH-STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM GUIDE 5 ADAM HAMILTON ABIINGDON PRESS A new kind of stewardship program. Church leaders are struggling to help their congregations respond to the violent ebb and flow of the economy. While their members are simply trying to stay afloat financially, the budget of their church is suffering as well. In the midst of all of this, there is God and a divine calling for each of us. Adam Hamilton offers a simple campaign that will transform how the church and individuals view the role of money in connection with their their life's purpose and the positive impact that transformation will have on the world. 128 Pages (B433) EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK 3 DAN R. DICK DISCIPESHIP RESOURCES 2003 Building a Gifts-Based Church 165 Pages (K89=) EXTRAVAGANT GENEROSITY 4 MICHAEL REEVES & JENNIF ABINGDON PRESS 2011 The heart of giving. An innovative stewardship program designed to move the entire congregation toward goaloriented, mission-minded giving. The program includes: Program guide, Overview timeline, 28 day devotional, small group leader guide, and dvd with meditations for small group use and 60 second worship videos Age: YAS (DVD636) FAITHFUL AND WISE-BEING A GOOD STEWARD 3 PARACLETE PRESS 2004 This study takes a look at how we can expand giving into every facet of our lives: Our posessions, time, talents & skills, physical environment, sprirtual environment, and our money. Age: YAS 45 mins (K142=) FIRST-PUTTING GOD FIRST IN LIVING AND GIVING 5 MIKE SLAUGHTER ABINGDON PRESS 2013 What happens when we truly put God first in all aspects of our lives? In a culture guided chiefly by shiny, lifepromising distractions, enough seems elusive and keeps us indebted to that next source of satisfaction. What if the Giver of Life offered freedom from this downward spiral would you take it? In First: Putting God First in Living and Giving, pastor and author Mike Slaughter conducts a four-week all-church stewardship program to help participants reassess priorities and create a culture and a lifestyle of giving with a special emphasis on missions. To help parents educate and model generosity for their kids, First includes components for children and youth that help families explore financial decisions together. Sessions include: Naming Our Idols; Money, Work, and Debt; Earn Save Give; and Heart Giving. This program kit includes one each of the program components: shiny gods: finding freedom from things that distract us; Program Guide with Flash Drive; Children s Leader Guide; Youth Study Edition; DVD with Leader Guide; and Devotional Book. Age: eemhyas Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Page 2 of 6

3 (K33=) FIVE PRACTICES LEADER MANUAL & MEDIA 7 ROBERT SCHNASE ABINGDON PRESS 2008 Imagine A vital, fruitful, growing congregation. What does it look like? Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, Extravagant Generosity. Now how do you lead them there? The kit offers leaders a comprehensive but flexible way to make the Five Practices a congregation-wide focus. It includes a leader manual and DVD to help plan the initiative, sermon outlines, projection slides, customizable promotion materials, and much more. Also included are 5 DVDs for leading each of the five practices, featuring the teachings of author Robert Schnase. 60 mins (B724) FIVE PRACTICES OF FRUITFUL CONGREGATIONS 10 ROBERT SCHNASE ABINDON PRESS 2007 People are searching for a church shaped and sustained by Radical Hospitality, Passionate Worship, Intentional Faith Development, Risk-Taking Mission and Service, and Extravagant Generosity. This 6 Chapter Study comes with a downloable discussion guide. Age: YA 144 Pages (DVD1309) FOSTERING A CULTURE OF GENEROSITY 2 LOVETT H. WEEMS, JR. LEWIS CENTER 2013 Generosity is a critical expression of Christian discipleship and key to healthy congregational stewardship. This resource explores faith, generosity, and how generous congregations give rise to generous people. Through engaging videos, presentations, and supplemental materials you will learn concepts and strategies to cultivate generous stewardship in your congregation. Fostering a Culture of Generosity is appropriate for self study and for use with groups in your church. (K91=) FREED-UP FINANCIAL LIVING 3 DICK TOWNER AND JOHN WILLOW CREEK How to get there with biblical principles. You'll discover tools and develop skills that will help you control your finances--so your finances don't end up controlling you! Perfect whether you are working with individuals, small groups, or large groups, this inclusive, six-session DVD--dsigned for use with the Freed-Up Financial Living workbook will teach you how to: Prioritize your financial goals, Develop a personal spending plan, Indentify action to reduce your expenses, and reduce your debt. (K32=) IRRESISTIBLE INVITATION 5 MAXIE DUNNAM ABINGDON PRESS 2008 This is a stewardship resource for churches of all sizes. You're invited to experience a whole new approach to stewardship. Irresistible Invitation is a church wide program that will guide your congreagtion through forty days of spiritual growth. By inviting your church family to become partners in the gospel, this journey into God's extravagant love will renew individual members and unite your church in a fresh commitment to giving and service. This program kit includes: The book,"irresistible Invitation: Responding to the Extravagant Heart of God", Participant's Workbook, Leader's Guide with DVD, Campaign Handbook,and Campaign Media CD-ROM Toolkit. Six sessions (K144=) JOURNEY 101-KNOWING, LOVING,SERVING GOD 1 CAROL CARTMILL, JEFF KIR ABINGDON PRESS 2013 Journey 101: Knowing, Loving, Serving God is a three-part basic faith course that helps to answer these questions as it guides participants on the journey of growing as a Christian. The goal? Becoming a deeply committed follower of Jesus Christ. The three studies are grounded in 15 core traits of a deeply committed Christian--traits that paint a picture of what it looks like to follow Jesus Christ with increasing passion and dedication. This Leader Kit offers everything needed to lead the Journey 101 three-part basic faith course, including one each of these components: the three Participants Guides, the three Leader Guides, the Daily Readings, the Preview Book, and the 3-DVD Set. (K129=) LEAD LIKE JESUS 1 KEN BLANCHARD & PHIL H THE CENTER FOR FAITHW 2003 Christians have more in Jesus than just a great spiritual leader: We have a practical and effective leadership model for all organizations, for all prople, foe all situatuions. Jesus is simply the greatest leadership model of all time and he asks us to make a difference in the world we live in be being effective servant leaders. 120 mins (B678) LET THE CHILDREN GIVE: TIME, TALENTS, LOVE & MONEY 2 DELIA HALVERSON DISCIPESHIP RESOURCES 2007 Ideas for church leaders and teachers to engage children of all ages in the task of stewardship. By Delia Halverson Age: PeEMA 124 Pages Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Page 3 of 6

4 (B598=) MONEY MATTERS 3 MICHAEL SLAUGHTER ABINGDON PRESS 2006 Michael Slaughter's study on financial freedom for God's churches and people. Stewardship study with DVD: 1. Let's Talk About Money, 2. Speaking to the Felt Need: Freedom, 3. Implementing a Year-Round Strategic Stewardship Program, 4. Sample Worship Celebration and Message Outlines, 5. Group Study Companion: Money Matters for All God's Children. Includes two books and DVD 108 Pages (B672=) NEW CONSECRATION SUNDAY: STEWARDSHIP PROGRAM 3 HERB MILLER ABINGDON PRESS 2007 Stewardship Program by Herb Miller. Revised edition that includes the audio overview of the program and PowerPoint presentation. Comes with Guest Leader Guide and CD-Rom, and Team Member Manual. Approaches financing by teaching stewardship from a spiritual perspective rather than a fundraising perspective. 80 Pages (DVD164) NOOMA: RICH 8 ROB BELL ZONDERVAN 2005 We re constantly bombarded with images of the latest styles of everything, and it s easy for us to feel like what we have won t do. But to most people in the world what we have would be more than enough. Maybe what we have is enough, and God has blessed us so that we can bless and give to others. Age: HYA 12 mins (C1059) POWERXPRESS-MONEY AND TIME 1 ABINGDON PRESS 2005 As children of God, we are called to practice good stewardship by giving generously of the God-given gifts of our talents, our time, and our money. Bible Story References: Mark 12:41-44; 1 Peter 4:8-11; 2 Corinthians 9:6-15 Bible Verse: Each one, as a good manager of God's different gifts, must use for the good of others the special gift he has received from God. (1 Peter 4:10, Good News Translation) Children will have the opportunity to learn that: There are many ways for us to use our talents, time, and money to serve God. All that we have comes to us as a gift from God. Stewardship is an important part of living as a follower of Jesus. Stewardship means being a good manager of all God has given to us. As good stewards, we are to take care of the gifts God has given to us and use them to serve others. Talents are the skills and abilities that we have to offer in service to God. Giving gifts of our time and talents is worth just as much to the church as giving gifts of money or possessions. Age: ee (B645) SERVING FROM THE HEART FOR YOUTH: LEADER 3 CAROL CARTMILL & Y. GEN ABINGDON PRESS 2007 Leader's guide for the six week study for youth on finding gifts and talents for service. Age: MH 80 Pages (B646) SERVING FROM THE HEART FOR YOUTH: WORKBOOK 2 CAROL CARTMILL & Y. GEN ABINGDON PRESS 2007 Participant workbook for the six week study for youth on finding your gifts and talents for service. Age: MH 56 Pages (K88=) SERVING FROM THE HEART-UPDATED EDITION 3 CAROL CARTMILL & Y. GEN ABINGDON PRESS 2011 Finding your gifts and talents for service. A journey in self discovery and service. Does you ministry match who God created you to be? God's plan for the church calls for each member of the body of Christ to play a vital role. God wants us to find joy and fulfillment when we serve. That happens when we serve in a role that matches who God created us to be. Age: YAS 48 mins (DVD348) SIMPLY ENOUGH 5 TONY CAMPOLO & SHANE ALTERNATIVES FOR SIMPL 2007 Tony Campolo & Shane Claiborne have created an intensely personal dialog about the foundations of the Christian life and voluntary simplicity. This pointed yet hopeful video has current relevence to the yearnings of today's Christian. The 6 topics discussed are Lifestyle, Food, Celebrations, Stuff, Money, and Justice. Age: HYA 110 mins Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Page 4 of 6

5 (B43=) SPIRIT GIFTS 2 PATRICIA BROWN ABINGDON PRESS 1996 SpiritGifts is a dynamic group experience that builds community as participants share together in study, reflective exercises, discussion, worship, prayer, music, and group activities. The Leader's Resource includes: program helps, session guides, teaching/presentation pages, charts, spiritual gifts survey answer sheet, definitions of spiritual gifts, prayers, promotional materials and more. Leaders choose the 4-12 week approach or weekend option. 89 Pages (DVD1223) SPIRITUAL GIFTS 1 JIM BURNS & DOUG FIELDS GOSPEL LIGHT 2008 Adolescence can leave a young person feeling particularly "ungifted" - as if they don't fit in anywhere. But that's not what God has in mind. He has given every beliver, young and old, unique spiritual gifts to build up His body. Jim Burns and Doug Fields, noted leaders in youth ministry, take high school students through a study of the spiritual gifts listed in Scripture and then work through an exercise to help them discover their own gifts and how to use them. Watch teens come to life when they discover that they are gifted and have much to offer the body of Christ. Age: Y 45 mins (DVD1178) THE TREASURE PRINCIPLE WORKSHOP 1 RANDY ALCORN & HOWAR CROWN FINANCIAL MINIS 2004 Most people can significantly give to the Kingdom of God, but they don't know how or haven't been taught the awesome eternal benefits of sowing into God's work on Earth. Author Randy Alcorn calls it a hidden treasure, and we all must learn this life-changing principle to find that hidden treasure. The Treasure Principle Workshop, the first study in Crown's "Workshop in a Box" series, teaches the joy of giving. In a dramatic teaching style, this video workshop literally inspires those who watch to learn the principles of giving in a way that causes lasting change. This workshop may be presented as an all-day workshop, weekend seminar, or sixweek Bible study. Free online artwork such as posters, bulletin inserts, and PowerPoint presentations is provided online to help promote the workshop. 170 mins (DVD166) THE WIDOW'S MITE 2 MOORE MULTIMEDIA 2004 A woman who can't seem to get enough will meet a woman who gives all she has. A church meeting brings together Sarah, a middle class church-goer and Jenny, a widow and a housekeeper in Sarah's building. When a church meeting brings together the two women, Sarah will have to choose between giving of herself or holding back. Age: YAS 27 mins (K43=) TRANSFORMED GIVING 5 JOHN ED MATHISON ABINDON PRESS 2006 How can a forty-day church-wide study produce a successful stewardship campaign? By unifying and transforming the members of your congregation. Transformed giving takes the focus off finances and puts it on individual spiritual development and a new sense of Christian community. You'll see your members grow spiritually and transform their commitment to increased attendance, prayer, service, and yes, financial giving. (K160=) TREASURE 1 JACOB ARMSTRONG ABINGDON PRESS 2014 Whether you are in plenty or in want, money has a direct connection to your values, your faith, and the health of your relationships. It s no wonder that in the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus presented a radical message about our treasure and our hearts. In this four-week stewardship program and church-wide study, Jacob Armstrong uses Matthew 6 to reexamine how we look at our finances and possessions, through the counter-cultural teachings of the Sermon on the Mount. Sessions include: Week 1: Where Is Your Treasure? Matthew 6:19-23 Week 2: The Problem with Two Masters Matthew 6:24 Week 3: How to Give Matthew 6:1-6 Week 4: Don t Worry Bout a Thing Matthew 6:25-35 This kit includes one each of the Daily Readings, the DVD, and the Program Guide and Flash Drive. Age: YAS 0 mins (DVD465) UPSIDE LIVING IN A DOWNSIDE ECONOMY 5 MICHAEL SLAUGHTER ABIINGDON PRESS Pastor and author Mike Slaughter offers insight into seeking God's perspective in our daily money concerns. With clarity and a servant's heart, he addresses vital topics such as financial and spiritual investments, personal motivation and God's will, money and marriage, and determining priorites. 4-session DVD with leader guide. Age: YA 35 mins Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Page 5 of 6

6 (CDR42) WE SAY YES! 1 AUGSBURG FORTRESS 2004 This program helps people everywhere to say Yes to God, Yes to their church, Yes to a new commitment to live out their faith in their lives. Built on a firm understanding of the biblical responsibility to care for the church, "We Say Yes!" provides a complete set of materials for a successful stewardship effort. (DVD349) WESLEY AND GIVING 1 UMCOM 1999 The three segment study focuses on John Wesley's understanding of stewardship. Bishop Kenneth L. Carder shares an overview of what John Wesley preached, taught, and wrote about wealth, money, and giving. 25 mins Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Page 6 of 6

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