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Church Admin Resources<\/p>\n

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Finance & Stewardship<\/h1>\n

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Explore our comprehensive resources and webinars focused on essential financial topics.<\/p>\n

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Watch our recorded webinars for informative and engaging sessions that will equip you with the knowledge and tools to effectively manage your church’s finances and ensure long-term sustainability.<\/p>\n

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Children<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Ah-ha Moments and Stewardship Tables for Children<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>These activities on the Discipleship Ministries page of the UMC\u00a0teach children to be good stewards.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Bible Bucks<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>This fun way to teach stewardship to children comes from Discipleship Ministries\u202f of the UMC.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Children’s Books on Giving, Sharing, and Generosity<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>Disciple Ministries provides this list of books.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kidsermons<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>There are ideas here for several children’s sermons on stewardship.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Ministry-to-Children<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>The site has two lessons on stewardship:\u202f<\/span>T<\/span><\/a>he Spiritual Discipline of Stewardship<\/span><\/a>\u202fand\u202f<\/span>God\u2019s Call to Give (Matthew 25:14-30) Stewardship for Kids<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stewardship Crafts<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>The Disciples of Christ website has ideas for crafts to teach stewardship and being generous\u202f to others.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stewardship Manual<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>The Presbyterian Foundation has ideas and activities related to stewardship with children on pages 29-39 of this online manual.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Stewardship With Children<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>The Center for Faith and Giving has a list of resources including videos, articles, a calendar, games, and activities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Teaching Children about Stewardship<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>This article from Ministry Matters looks at teaching children about stewardship in Sunday school. It includes classroom activities.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The ELCA has many resources to help congregations develop best practices in their financial dealings. These resources include:<\/em>
<\/span>*Congregation Audit Guide<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>*Financial and Accounting Guide<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>*Financial Best Practices for Congregations<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>*<\/span><\/b>Handling Financial Matters in the Congregation<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>*Internal Control Best Practice<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ELCA Stewardship<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>This web page includes numerous links and resources.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Miscellaneous<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Horizons Stewardship<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>They offer services in stewardship and capital campaigns, as well as planned giving. You can register at no cost for\u202f<\/span>giving365<\/span><\/b><\/a>\u202fwhich gives access to\u202f stewardship and other resources.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

United Church of Canada Stewardship Toolkit<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>The website of the Philanthropy Unit of the United Church of Canada has numerous links to resources. (There is no apparent link to this from the main UC Canada website.)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Narrative Budgets<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

Building a Narrative Budget\u202f<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>This post from the Center for Faith and Giving includes a video.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Creating a Congregation Narrative Budget<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>The site has a step-by-step process to turn your line-item budget into a document that tells the story of your mission and your money. It is available in both English and Spanish.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Create a Narrative Budget<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>This step-by-step article comes from the Living Lutheran website.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Narrative Budget Template<\/span><\/b><\/a>
<\/span>The Presbyterian Foundation offers a Word document formatted so that you can cut and paste your own information.\u202f<\/span>Click here<\/span><\/a>\u202ffor accompanying PDF instructions<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sample Narrative Budgets<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n

<\/b><\/span>You can find samples of Narrative Budgets from the following churches:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n