Stewardship ministry in the Southeastern Iowa Synod is faithfully carried out in congregations. The Office of Bishop of the Southeastern Iowa Synod seeks to provide encouragement, training, and resources for stewardship leaders in congregations.
Fall 2022 Stewardship Resources
This four-week stewardship resource follows the weekly lectionary from October 2 through October 23 and contains background information, worship resources, and questions for reflection.
Fall 2021 Stewardship Resources
Do you want your congregation to improve financially? There is are tools and resources to help. Resourceful Servants is a tool and website your congregation can use to help grow the confidence of your members by proactively engaging in a review of your financial systems. Through using best practices, your congregation signals to members that your congregation is worthy of donations and conveys that accountability, transparency, professionalism, and impact of gifts are serious considerations.
https://resourcefulservants.org/congregations/
Watch a testimonial from Rev. Dan Solomon, Augustana Lutheran Church, Boone, Iowa
Additional Resources
- Narrative Budget
- Developing a Congregational Money Autobiography
- StewardNet: News and inspiration for church leaders is a quarterly newsletter published by the ELCA. Download the most recent copy of the newsletter on the ELCA Stewardship Resources page and click on the StewardNet tab.
- On the ELCA Stewardship Resources page you will find resources to assist you in your personal and household stewardship and in your congregation’s stewardship ministry.
- Luther Seminary: “Stewardship for the 21st Century”: https://www.luthersem.edu/
stewardship/
If you have suggestions for a stewardship resource you have found to be helpful, have an inspiring storing to tell, are interested in a resource grant please contact Pr. Erika Uthe at [email protected] or by calling 319-338-1273.