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Stewardship Program Options – Encouraging Word – July 2018

Stewardship Program Options WELS Congregational Services is producing a new stewardship program for 2019. Meanwhile, congregations can find stewardship resources and quality programs at wels.net/stewardship. If you haven’t already tried them, here are a couple of recent programs with good reviews. Joyful Generosity guides followers of Christ through the Bible’s clear teachings on the management […]

Resources for Processing IRA Charitable Distributions – Encouraging Word – July 2018

Resources for Processing IRA Charitable Distributions WELS members looking to authorize a gift to the Lord’s work through their IRAs, and congregations needing a template to acknowledge an IRA qualified charitable distribution, can find these resources at wels.net/qcd. The page also shares articles for promoting this giving opportunity. Anybody 70.5 years or older can transfer […]

Helpful Hint – Encouraging Word – July 2018

Teaching Stewardship to Children Share this month’s planned giving article, “Ideas for Teaching Stewardship to Children” via your church newsletter, e-mail, or web site. The article contains practical ideas for teaching stewardship to children including modeling a generous lifestyle, managing money, donating, and volunteering. Most important, though, is regular time in God’s Word with our […]

Words of Wisdom – Encouraging Word – July 2018

Stewardship Deals with Issues Much Bigger than Money “I once saw a plaque with the following inscription: ‘What you have is God’s gift to you. What you do with what you have is your gift to God.’ ‘What I do with what God has given to me’—those words are a good working definition of stewardship […]

Your Gifts, God’s Blessings 2018 – Encouraging Word – May 2018

Your Gifts, God’s Blessings 2018 “Your gifts, God’s blessings: An annual report to our members” highlights the blessings that God has showered on WELS through the gifts of its members. Learn more about Russell Scoggins, a seminary student from Texas who served in the Washington, D.C., area, during his vicar year; Carl Boeder, a Martin […]