Nebraska Synod ELCA
Event
A Nebraska Synod Assembly- Pre-Assembly Workshop Opportunity
Friday May 31, 2024, at South Younes Conference Center in Kearney, Nebraska
10:00am-4:00pm CT, Lunch Included
Registration Cost: $25 per person
Whether you have been working with stewardship ministry for decades or are just starting to wonder. Whether you feel like you have it all figured it out, or that it’s time for some new ideas and inspiration because everything seems like it has changed. This is a workshop for you.
We’ll ground ourselves in some basic things to consider and remember about Jesus’ call and invitation and what scripture has to say. Some of the topics will include:
• Connecting faith and finances.
• Telling the story of what is already happening in your congregation because of your congregation’s generosity.
• Saying thank you in at least five different ways.
• Connecting stewardship, vision, and mission, and helping imagine what might be possible and what God might be inviting.
• Making the budget more tangible.
• Remembering to make offering an act of worship, even if the plate seems almost empty.
• And more
About the Presenters:
Pastor Chick Lane is the author of several books with the most recent: Ask, Thank, Tell: Improving Stewardship Ministry in Your Congregation, Reflections on Faith and Finances. He is also the author of two annual stewardship response programs – “Walk with Jesus” and “Because of God’s Great Mercy”. He has served four congregations, as Assistant to the Bishop in the Northwestern Minnesota Synod, as Director for Stewardship Key Leader in the ELCA, and as Director of the Center for Stewardship Leaders at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Deacon Timothy Siburg is the Director for Evangelical Mission, Innovation and Stewardship of the Nebraska Synod. He has served on the Nebraska Synod staff for eight years and has served previously on other congregations in Minnesota and Washington; he previouslyserved as the Communications Associate for the Ecumenical Stewardship Center, and maintains his own blog and contributes regular columns through the Stewardship of Life Institute.
Special guest presenter, Sarah Callahan, AEP®, CAP®, is the Executive Director of Lutheran Giving, one of the Nebraska Synod’s serving arms. In this role, she provides complimentary charitable gift planning to anyone who is interested in supporting one of the serving arm ministries, an ELCA congregation, the Nebraska Synod, or a Church-wide ministry. She also works with congregations who wish to grow their endowment, including serving as the local representative for the ELCA Foundation’s Ministry Growth Fund. She serves as a member of the Nebraska Synod’s Stewardship Table. Her passion and expertise with charitable gift planning and background in financial services and professional fundraising, will aid in responding to questions from those in the workshop.
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